Guardian Wealth Management have announced that they have hired Niraj Vyad, who is the former Operations Head at Bluefin and has also worked closely with Bluefin Financial Planning in the south east....
The pre-crisis Financial Services Authority board was apparently far too devoted on issues like the development of the RDR to properly meet the challenges of supervising RBS. This is according to the regulator's own report into the reasons behind the collapse of the bank....
The FSA are launching an investigation into any advisers who sold Arch Cru funds and will be contacting all of them over the next few days to get their hands on further details in addition to requesting client files....
Recent research commissioned by the FSA has shown that larger firms are often less certain about where they stand in relation to the retail distribution review (RDR) than smaller firms, with smaller firms in general more able to keep up with qualifications and the like....
A number of financial advisers in the banking and building society sectors, in addition to other financial advisers who are part of networks or act as tied advisers, have been lagging behind in their efforts to become qualified for the upcoming retail distribution review (RDR)....
Research commissioned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that there are now 8% fewer registered individuals today than there were during the same point in 2010....
AXA have announced that they have put Bluefin Advisory Services (BAS) up for sale. The sale will include their wealth management division....
The IFA network Tenet have announced that they are set to restructure their charging structure in conjunction with launching a restricted advice proposition in the first half of 2011. The claim that the moves should make the company a more attractive proposition to larger members....
The retail distribution review will apparently drive down the cost of investment by as many as 50 basis points according to Andrew Power, who is the lead RDR partner at Deloitte....
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) have increased the pressure being placed on the pricing models of life insurance companies after the regulator began questioning platform bosses on whether or not their platform fund manager rebate ban should be extended to the life insurance industry....