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Despite yet another truncated week, there was plenty going on in the world of financial advice...

Tuesday Apparently, the RDR isn't enough to "improve the consumer experience" - product intervention is next on the agenda, with price capping an option. Aegon does not think this is a good idea. Meanwhile, Succession Advisory Services, that consolidation vehicle (although don't tell Simon Chamberlain we called it that) takes a giant step towards what it says will be "biggest capital event the industry has seen" in two years' time.   Wednesday Contracts for Difference (CFD) trader Direct Sharedeal folds. This could spell trouble for some IFAs. Any financial advisers at your f...

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