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Better Business: Building your brand

Professional Adviser| 11 Mar 2010 | 08:00

Richard Goodall, sales and marketing director at Ascentric, on how to make your firm stand out from the crowd.

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Sesame launches RDR 'idea-share' tool

IFA network giant Sesame is set to launch an online RDR forum enabling its member firms to share ideas as they prepare for life after 2012.

IFAonline| 08 Mar 2010 | 11:45
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FSA recognition of trade bodies could raise fees - threesixty

FSA plans in the RDR to recognise trade bodies only if they meet a strict set of criteria will likely result in higher fees and lower membership, threesixty warns.

IFAonline| 05 Mar 2010 | 14:44

Other rdr articles

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Threat to 'restricted' advisers as consumers look elsewhere

Multi-tied advisers are way down the list of consumers’ preferred distributors for financial products in the future, behind even supermarkets and major retailers like M&S.

IFAonline| 04 Mar 2010 | 11:00
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Financial network runs RDR-ready roadshows

IFA network Financial Ltd is hosting a technical roadshow designed to help advisers prepare for the RDR.

IFAonline| 25 Feb 2010 | 15:05
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Restricted label will bring clarity - SJP

St James’s Place (SJP) has welcomed the ‘restricted advice’ definition proposed in the RDR.

IFAonline| 24 Feb 2010 | 12:55
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Insurers 'must look beyond small IFAs to survive post-RDR'

Life companies may need to diversify their distribution channels beyond small IFAs to survive the RDR's commission ban, a study by Fitch Ratings concludes.

IFAonline| 23 Feb 2010 | 12:20
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Qualifications biggest adviser concern in 2010

Over a quarter of advisers consider the RDR proposal to enforce a new qualification standard will be biggest issue facing the IFA industry over the next 12 months, research suggests.

IFAonline| 19 Feb 2010 | 15:52
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AIFA open letter sparks fresh qualifications row

An open letter from an adviser to AIFA has reignited the fierce debate over whether higher minimum qualifications are the answer to the industry's problems.

IFAonline| 17 Feb 2010 | 15:30
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Advisers call for RDR spotlight on platforms

Platforms should come under the same whole of market regulatory scope as investment products post-RDR, according to advisers.

IFAonline| 11 Feb 2010 | 15:00
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Sants departure will not impact RDR - PFS

Hector Sants' departure as chief executive of the FSA will have no bearing on the RDR, despite it coming just two years before the 2012 implementation deadline, the Personal Finance Society (PFS) says.

IFAonline| 09 Feb 2010 | 11:30
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Insurers 'paying too much commission to win pensions business' - papers

Major insurers are spending ­millions of pounds of cash reserves to win a larger share of the corporate pensions market, despite evidence that much of the business will prove to be loss-making, according to a leading insurance-market expert.

IFAonline| 08 Feb 2010 | 08:19
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IN Partnership expands again with Bragagnini Associates

IN Partnership is continuing its growth plans with the addition of Bragagnini Associates Financial Solutions to the network.

IFAonline| 05 Feb 2010 | 16:00

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