Retail distribution review
22 March 2012
Artemis is launching a Monthly Distribution fund for James Foster and Jacob de Tusch-Lec as it looks to hone its product range ahead of RDR implementation.
18 January 2010
The asset management industry has mixed feelings about the long-term threat exchange traded funds pose to index-hugging unit trusts and Oeics
18 January 2010
Over the past few months I have constantly banged the drum for a brave new world in which asset managers finally bite the bullet and launch cost effective multi-asset portfolios, comprised largely if not exclusively of ETFs.
21 December 2009
For investment trusts, 2009 has not been without its excitement. Volatile discounts have made life very difficult; the flight to quality was swiftly followed by the dash to trash as investors switched to more exotic investments
23 November 2009
The investment trust industry has funded everything from the building of railways across the US to the development of South American economies in the 19th century.
23 November 2009
The AIFM directive was drafted by the EU in response to what it saw as an absence of common regulatory standards for non-Ucits investment vehicles and there are six key issues that specifically affect the UK-listed closed-ended fund sector.
09 November 2009
“I don’t need a financial adviser because I don’t have any money to invest,” is apparently something the ex-footballer John Barnes said in an interview last year.
05 October 2009
Apparently, it is 20 years since I got into financial services journalism. I only know that because a PR reminded me! Actually, it is not something I have been trying to forget, but it does make you wonder where the past 20 years have gone.
21 September 2009
Price and transparency are rapidly becoming the ‘new’ battlegrounds in investment advice, driven by the combination of RDR and attempts to entice more investors back into the markets.
07 September 2009
As faith in traditional pension schemes wanes, more and more people are turning to ‘real’ Sipps to take charge of their pensions
27 July 2009
I am not going to bore you with my applause for the FSA’s recent RDR proposals – anything that moves us away from the current system is going to get my vote, especially if it forces investors to ditch their myopia on commission-based fees and ‘encourages’ them to actually pay up front for decent professional advice.
12 July 2007
An adviser survey has revealed the IFA response to the Retail Distribution Review is overwhelmingly ...
27 June 2007
Consumers could switch off trail commission if proposals from the FSA’s Retail Distribution Review a...
27 June 2007
Regulated advisers could be split into two categories dubbed professional financial planners and gen...
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