RDR

Maybe RDR does not really matter at all. Perhaps everyone in the financial services sector and the accompanying industry of media commentators has got completely the wrong end of the stick.

Morningstar's closed-ended fund strategist Mike Taggart believes investors will continue to largely shun "secretive" investment trusts until they improve transparency.

Pressure from cheap passive investment products will put pressure on active managers to justify the fees they charge, said Jupiter's Edward Bonham Carter.

The investment trust industry is backing the RDR initiative wholeheartedly. Simon Cordery, head of investment trust investor relations at F&C Investments, explains why.

Richard Howarth is poised to increase the gross exposure of the Absolute Insight UK Equity Market Neutral fund following a drop in volatility across markets.

UCIS are perfectly safe products to recommend, if done in the right manner, says Tony Bray of threesixty Services.

Tony Stenning, head of UK retail at BlackRock, looks at the surge of new legislation set to hit UK investors.

David Ingram, director of threesixty Services, explains how to advise on unregulated collective investment schemes in a compliant fashion.

Baillie Gifford's James Budden says the RDR is a levelling tool the investment trust sector should welcome.

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