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Francesca Lagerberg, head of tax at Grant Thornton, runs through her top ten predictions for the Budget on 21 March 2012.
Leading product providers have revealed plans to increase their of direct business operations as they expect up to 10% of advisers to leave the industry due to RDR, according to confidential discussions with researchers.
Cofunds has revealed that less than 10% of advised clients on its platform are currently associated with a fee-based remuneration model.
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Experts are bracing themselves for a "firesale" of protection products next year ahead of a rule change which could see premiums soar by 10%.
Auditors are too trusting of managers' explanations of financial reporting when looking into company accounts, the Audit Inspection Committee (AIU) says.
Meteor Asset Management has bought the structured product books of both NDF Administration and Defined Returns Limited.
The national advisory group, Foster Denovo has appointed Scott Soper as compliance director.
The administrators of structured product providers NDFA and DRL say their priority is to confirm investor funds have been segregated from the firms' business accounts.
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