Your guide to becoming directly authorised

With just 18 months left on the RDR stopwatch, advisers are running out of time to decide how to operate their businesses post-2012. For some, the support of a network is the most appealing option. But others are choosing to go it alone and become directly authorised (DA). The advantages of this option include: having more control over the business; receiving payment directly; and streamlined regulatory costs. Fears of a long and expensive process put many advisers off the idea, however commentators agree it should not be an arduous task. A common response is to employ the help of a c...