52% of advisers use just a single model portfolio service provider
- Wednesday, 20 April 2016
- Articles
More than half of advisers only use a single model portfolio service provider – despite the boom in model portfolios and providers since the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review.
Read more...Platforms prepare for a year of opportunity and challenge
- Monday, 05 January 2015
- Insight & Analysis
The wrap and platform market has experienced considerable upheaval over the last 24 months following the Retail Distribution Review, the move to clean share classes and the price wars of 2014. But will the pressure continue into 2015 and, if not, what can we expect to see? Nicola Brittain reports.
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FCA fines Sesame Ltd £1.6m for 'undermining' RDR
- Thursday, 30 October 2014
- Articles
Sesame Ltd, the UK's largest network of financial advisers, has been fined £1,598,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority for setting up a so-called 'pay-to-play' scheme which the regulator says undermined the ban on commissions introduced by the RDR.
Read more...FCA review finds most advisory firms' 'independent' tag accurate
- Thursday, 20 March 2014
- Articles
A thematic review published today by the Financial Conduct Authority shows that most advisory firms describing their service as 'independent' appeared to use the description accurately.
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