Clean share classes to attract majority of assets
The majority of advisers believe at least 50% of all new platform business will be directed into clean share classes over the next 12 months.
The majority of advisers believe at least 50% of all new platform business will be directed into clean share classes over the next 12 months.
Axa Wealth has closed its pre-sale adviser helpline making one person redundant following a post-RDR business review.
Around 7000 advisers could receive commission on Henderson sales three weeks later than normal as the firm reviews the payments’ compliance with the RDR.
Over 40% of adviser firms believe they will have shut down, merged with a competitor or been acquired in three years according to a survey conducted by Action Consulting.
Suffolk Life has appointed two sales executives in response to demand from advisers for increased support post-RDR.
Developed market equities and short-dated fixed income remain key asset classes for ETF investors, according to data from iShares.
The majority of advisers have started charging clients a percentage of the investment amount as they seek to establish the best fee models post-RDR.
In a report released last year, Deloitte identified up to 5.5 million "disenfranchised" UK customers who have either chose to cease using an adviser, or lack access to them. It is encouraging then that the majority of IFAs want to engage with clients.
Lighthouse Financial Advice has made a strategic decision to move into the ‘advice gap’ left behind by high street banks and other advice firms, tapping into over five million ready-made clients through ‘affinity groups’ and workplace connections.
The UK has become a more attractive investment destination in the past year due in part to the wider range of choice offered to investors as a result of RDR, according to research from Morningstar.
Bellpenny has announced its acquisition of Price Bailey’s client bank and funds under management, its second accountancy IFA acquisition in less than a week.
RDR is being blamed for the decline in mass market investment in Q1 2013 as net fund sales slumped to a five year low and ISAs were hit with net outflows, but some asset managers and their funds bucked such a trend…