The RDR is not a 'panacea' for the investment market's problem but it is worth a third of IFAs leaving the industry, FSA chief executive Hector Sants has told ministers.
The RDR has become Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit.
Today's inaugural RDR debate in Westminster Hall finished just moments ago. Here is the best of what was said...
A group of countries including Germany and the UK have thrown their weight behind an EU proposal to fine member states for failing to cut their budget deficits.
The FSA has fined the London branch of Société Générale £1.57m for failures in transaction reporting.
The Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA), one of the bodies set to replace the FSA from 2013, will be subject to audit by the National Audit Office (NAO) under rules proposed by the Treasury today.
The new Government has announced plans for a total shake-up of financial services regulation to conclude in 2012, which is also the deadline for IFAs to meet RDR requirements.
The FSA has sent out written warnings to 38,000 investors whose details were discovered on a 'master list' used by boiler room fraudsters.