RDR

When the FCA announced recently it was going to look into the issue of the soft-closing of funds I was tempted to say "better late than never".

Portfolios address post-RDR problems

Assets under administration up 18%

Does the govt want to resurrect banks' advice role?

'Everyone is still working out their value'

Average investors have seen their platform costs tumble by almost a fifth in the last five years, according to research by the lang cat, but advisers are not favouring the cheaper options.

Boston Consulting Group's annual global asset management report has revealed that retail fund fees in the UK fell by some 10% last year as price pressures began to be felt in the domestic market.

Why the old life company service model just doesn't work

A surge in demand post-RDR makes for positive headlines, but it also masks a bigger problem