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15 May 2013
Some direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms are "blurring" the concepts of investment guidance and investment advice, AXA has said.
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09 May 2013
Platforms may not want to rush to transfer clients' existing investments to clean share classes, an expert has said.
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26 Apr 2013
The decision by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to place a general ban on the payment of cash rebates by providers of financial products to consumers follows on from reforms to the retail investment market that may not be working, an expert has...
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26 Apr 2013
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that there will be a general prohibition on platforms receiving payments for their services from anyone other than consumers under new rules it has announced.
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19 Apr 2013
The perception of investors will be pivotal to determining whether execution-only platforms can be said to have provided retail investment advice to those customers, an official at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.
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14 Mar 2013
Businesses involved in the retail investment market could spend as much as £2.6 billion by the end of 2017 in order to comply with Retail Distribution Review (RDR) rules, according to data compiled by an industry publication.
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13 Mar 2013
Product providers and fund managers would be banned from paying rebates through platforms on so-called 'legacy assets' from April 2016 under new rules being considered by the City regulator, according to media reports.
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01 Mar 2013
Financial advisers need to be provided with more thorough guidance on how to tackle regulatory issues stemming from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), an expert has said.
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22 Feb 2013
The regulator is reconsidering its proposed ban on all cash rebates paid to consumers who have their investments managed through platforms, according to press reports.
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13 Feb 2013
Financial advisers cannot be said to be 'independent' if they offer retail investment advice to clients based solely on their assessment of 'passive investments', the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said.
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