The Financial Services Authority has written a guide for consumers on how the RDR will change financial advice.

HM Treasury has postponed its proposed changes to the limits on Venture Capital Trusts following concerns from the Association of Investment Companies.

Ernst and Young has forecast that advisers have failed to consider the changes to their value proposition and business models post-RDR.

Customers are finding financial products complex but are still unwilling to use a financial adviser, according to Ernst and Young.

The Financial Services Authority has recommended projection rates are revised downwards.

The Financial Services Authority has said there is still ‘no fixed date’ for the latest platform paper, following previous delays.

Early-bird discount tickets are currently available for the Institute of Financial Planning annual conference.

According to the Wall St Journal, Financial Planner is the fifth best job for 2012.

Defaqto has forecast outsourcing is becoming an attractive proposition for advisers following research that 42 per cent of platform users already outsource their investment process.

Institute of Financial Planning sponsor Hornbuckle Mitchell has appointed Alex Footman as its new marketing manager.