Urgent and important: Preparing for the sunset clause

Preparing for the sunset clause is both urgent and important

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Karl Dines applies the Eisenhower Principle to the approaching sunset clause and urges advisory businesses to make dealing with it a priority

I have been asked to write a piece on the lessons the industry could have learned with the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). It is specifically around timely planning being the best way to avoid last minute rushes which could lead to dips in productivity and, consequently, income. It's due this week, I'm working on it now and the irony does not escape me. So, when asking myself why I left it so late, this is what I came up with 1. Perception that other things were more important 2. Putting it further down my list of ‘to do's 3. Misreading the complexity of the ta...

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