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Can technology help advisers service the masses?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... a government regulatory perspective," he said. This outcome mirrors that of the UK government's Retail Distribution Review (RDR), which has been blamed for worsening the advice gap. "What that did was force a lot of retail advisers into the wholesale ...

Australia to echo UK advice growth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... UK-based financial advice technology provider referred to various reforms in the UK, such as the 2012 Retail Distribution Review and General Data Protection Regulation in 2018, which saw financial adviser numbers fall and firms leaving the space. However ...

FCA begins financial advice market review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... to improve the distribution of retail financial services products. Its first initiative, called the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) took effect in 2012, aiming to raise advisers' minimum qualifications levels, change the disclosure of charges and services ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... competent," the CII said. The level 4 Diploma became the standard for financial advisers in the UK when the Retail Distribution Review came into force at the beginning of 2013. Advisers are already required to complete a minimum of 35 hours continuous ...

Aligned advisers return to UK

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... be restricted to recommending only Aviva products - after the UK's version of the FoFA reforms, the Retail Distribution Review, all but consigned the vertical model to the scrapheap when they came into force in January 2013. Trade and professional bodies ...

Multi-asset funds see huge lift in inflows

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... previous concerns that asset allocation products were usurping their role. Rule changes following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in the United Kingdom have seen more advisers outsource asset allocation and many find MA products the best solution. ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... among the most difficult regulatory challenges. However, the UK's equivalent piece of legislation, the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was not part of the list. The research also found that compliance officers are experiencing "regulatory fatigue and ...

Mandatory qualifications will lead to adviser exodus

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Standard, Tynan pointed to the results of introducing minimum qualifications for financial advisers via the Retail Distribution Review in the UK in 2012. "It's already happened in the UK. Everyone thought it was just a Julia Gillard and industry fund ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... groups in the UK was the quick succession of major regulatory reforms that included introduction of the Retail Distribution Review, requirements for much greater transactional and fee transparency, and this year's announcement of choice of pension fund. ...

Praemium strikes deal with RBS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... access to Praemium's separately managed account (SMA) platform. The platform is compliant with the UK's Retail Distribution Review (RDR), the UK equivalent of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms which came into effect at the beginning of 2013. ...
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