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RDR

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Income protection sales reach highest level in 15 years

From PPI to the credit crunch

  • Income Protection
  • 11 November 2019
FCA to survey adviser firms for RDR and FAMR review
FCA to survey adviser firms for RDR and FAMR review

57 responses to probe

  • Regulation
  • 22 July 2019
Fixed fees 'nine times more attractive' than percentage-based adviser charging
Fixed fees 'nine times more attractive' than percentage-based adviser charging

Quarter want to see return of commissions

  • Regulation
  • 10 August 2017
RDR review delayed by two years to 2019
RDR review delayed by two years to 2019

'Baseline report' also published

  • Regulation
  • 03 July 2017
Don't let time be a factor in mortgage protection
Don't let time be a factor in mortgage protection

Alan Lakey highlights the reasons why he believes mortgage advisers tend to have difficulty in making the protection sale.

  • Critical Illness
  • 11 January 2016
Cigna to enter life insurance market

Cigna Insurance Services is to enter the individual life insurance market this year, the company has announced.

  • Term Assurance
  • 26 January 2015
RDR is working, FCA declares

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has declared the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), its "once in a generation" project to revamp the retail investment advice market, is working, though some concerns remain on the costs and labels of advisers' services....

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 16 December 2014
Financial advisers up 5% on eve of RDR levels

The number of financial adviser has risen slightly in the post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) years, though has dipped since January, new figures have shown.

  • Regulation
  • 25 November 2014
FCA chairman defends RDR project

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chairman John Griffith-Jones said he is glad the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) did not take longer than expected, saying it achieved its aims despite failing to distinguish between guidance and advice.

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 19 November 2014
Sesame restricted panel providers all deny breaching FCA inducement rules

All seven products providers featured on Sesame's ‘focussed' restricted advice panel have denied breaching the regulator's rules on inducements, after the network was fined £1.6m last week for selling the coveted spots to the highest bidders.

  • Regulation
  • 06 November 2014
FCA fines Sesame £1.6m for 'pay-to-play' arrangements

Sesame, the UK's largest network of financial advisers, has been fined £1.6m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for setting up a pay-to-play scheme that "undermined the ban on commission payments brought in by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR)"....

  • Regulation
  • 30 October 2014
FCA ends probe into Partnership distribution deal with adviser

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has discontinued an investigation into whether a distribution deal between Partnership Assurance and an advisory firm contravened its rules on incentives, according to the provider.

  • Regulation
  • 27 October 2014
Worst ravages of RDR over as advisers in 'survival mode' halve

Advisers have overcome the biggest hurdles they were confronted with as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to a poll, with the number reporting they are still in "survival mode" having halved.

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 17 September 2014
PFS reports post-RDR membership surge

Membership of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reached more than 35,000, with more than 1,000 people joining in the past year.

  • Regulation
  • 26 August 2014
F&TRC - Tracking new business progress

Existing case tracking methods for new business are inefficient and a drain of advisers' time. Kerry Nicolaides outlines some alternatives

  • Technology
  • 15 August 2014
APFA urges FCA to cut regulation costs

Advisory firms have successfully adapted to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but the cost of regulation remains a massive barrier to development, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

  • Regulation
  • 27 June 2014
Simple statements that speak volumes

Annual statements would help advisers to sell more protection. Adam Higgs reveals how.

  • Technology
  • 11 April 2014
FCA - most advisers describing 'independent' financial advice accurately

A thematic review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found most advisory firms describing their service as ‘independent' appeared to use the description accurately.

  • Regulation
  • 20 March 2014
Adviser optimism strengthens post-RDR despite muted protection sales

The outlook for the financial services sector is seen to be improving as a consequence of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), but most advisers report protection sales continue to lag following its introduction.

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 07 March 2014
Compliance service for financial planning firms launched

A compliance service designed for financial planning firms has been launched.

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 05 March 2014
WOL: There's life in the old dog yet

Whole of life (WOL) sales are generally declining, but it could be used to meet changing needs. Fiona Murphy takes a closer look .

  • PMI
  • 04 March 2014
Former adviser banned for fabricating SPS

A former investment adviser has been fined £19,900 and banned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for fabricating his Statement of Professional Standing by using a template he found online.

  • Regulation
  • 30 January 2014
Life insurance confidence at 'highest level' since RDR

Confidence and overall business volumes in the life insurance sector ‘rose strongly' over the past three months to its highest level since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was introduced, a survey suggests.

  • Whole of Life
  • 20 January 2014
Advisers have benefited from RDR - Wheatley

Advisers have generally benefited from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) as their revenues have increased and they are more professional and better qualified, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.

  • Regulation
  • 14 January 2014
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