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Tag Archives: RDR
RDR review – long on problems – short on answers
‘Advice firms appear to face little competitive pressure to innovate and offer new, more affordable services, or to try to attract less wealthy consumers. Competition does not appear to be operating effectively in the interests of consumers.’ If you were … Continue reading
IGC reports 2019; what should we be looking for?
For those who don’t follow this blog, I’ve been reviewing IGC reports since 2015/16 and intend to do so again this year. There is very little accountability on the IGCs. Though IGCs were set up to put right … Continue reading
Do pension customers get value for money from financial advisers?
This is the last of eight blogs I’ve written in response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Pension Transparency. Today’s exam question is “Do pension customers get value for money from financial advisers?” and the quick answer … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, WPC
Tagged advice, Chive, Financial adviser, HL, IFA, internet, pensions, RDR, SJP, Technology
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“Investment advisory fees up 14%” -why?
Can someone explain what is meant by an investment advisory fee in this context? The report appears in Financial Planning Today which describes itself as the daily news website for Financial Planners, Paraplanners and Wealth Managers. The article doesn’t mention … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Bonds, charges, equities, fee gap, Fees, Fitz and Partners, Funds, investment advisors, RDR, Transparency, Transparency Task Force
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“People taking their own decisions”?! How the Lewis’ gang up on IFAs.
I don’t know if there’s something in a name, but if I was an IFA, I’d be butting my head against anything called “Lewis” this morning. There’s Martin Lewis, talking to us on the TV of taking control of our … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged IFA, Lewis, Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis, pensions, RDR, Sue Lewis
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Tax-subsidies on retirement advice; a waste of public funds!
The Government intends to extend tax breaks on pensions to allow those with pension pots to use them to pay for advice. The details are in this consultation document. The fundamental premise is that taking financial advice on retirement matters … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, consultant, dc pensions, de-risking, defined ambition, pensions
Tagged advice, Advisor charging, de-risking, FAMR, pensions, RDR, Retirement, Tax, tax relief
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Would you buy a recovering alcoholic a large vodka?
Offering IFAs the prospect of commission is akin to running a meeting of alcoholics anonymous in a pub. Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged advice, Business, Business and Economy, Commission, IFA, IFAs, Paul Lewis, Pension new, pensions, RDR, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
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Helping employers with pensions – you don’t have to be an IFA!
Since RDR in January 2013, the number of IFAs operating in Britain has more than halved from 50 to 24,000. The ban on commission or its sibling “consultancy charging” has made it all but impossible for IFAs to make money … Continue reading
Disruption – is how social media regulates
In the context of Business continuity management, Disruption is an event which causes an “unplanned, negative deviation from the expected delivery … according to the organization’s objectives”. In this blog, I argue that disruption is part of the governance process … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, smelly
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Disruption, Employment, Financial services, negative, pension, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, RDR, regulation, Retirement, South West Trains, Steve Webb
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The state of corporate advice at #casummit
The corporate adviser summit has been held every October in a swanky hotel somewhere in the home counties. This year we are in a frightful faux castle near Horsham complete with fake arrow slits and other accoutrements of the English … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, Retirement
Tagged AE, auto enrolment, casummit, RDR
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