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19 May 2010

Unintended Consequences of RDR

The Retail distribution Review (RDR) is perversely increasing the advice gap and it has left the industry to come up with proposals to plug it.

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30 Apr 2010

Post RDR charging: the case for flat fees

The Retail Distribution Review provides an opportunity for wealth managers and advisers to review how they charge for investment services. Stuart sets out, from a business perspective, the case for flat fees.

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16 Apr 2010

How the FSA has undermined ‘independence’

In the financial services industry the term ‘Independence’ really means something to customers when it has an economic definition. Sadly, RDR has moved so far from economic logic as to render the term useless.

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14 Apr 2010

‘Restricted Advice’ for Wealth Managers

No Monkey Business in the press: our view on what the RDR rules on firm status imply for wealth managers.

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