Editor's Comment: Advisers cannot carry RDR alone

TIME TO STEP UP

Hello and welcome to my first issue as editor of Investment Week. I have recently moved over from editing Incisive Media's sister publications Professional Adviser and IFAonline.co.uk, which have now been handed to deputy Scott Sinclair.

Our main focus with PA and IFAonline is helping advisers transition their businesses for RDR and beyond, so I thought in my first leader for IW I could share with you some of my thoughts on how our industry is coping with this enormous regulatory shift. One of the key things I have learnt from my time on these titles is that advisers alone cannot bring about the huge improvements in final outcomes for consumers so desperately wanted by the FSA. The wider investment industry has a vital part to play in boosting product transparency levels for consumers and ensuring they get value for mone...