Restricted advice

Support services provider Simplybiz has seen a 10% increase in profits in the first year post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) while 2% of its members have left the industry.

National IFA 2Plan is set to benefit from its rivals moving to restricted propositions as advisers are holding on to the IFA label and looking for a new home, chief executive Chris Smallwood has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a guide to how it will measure advisers' disclosure efforts against its expectations, after it detected "unacceptable" shortcomings in its latest post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) work.

'It's nothing like tied': Three 'restricted whole-of-market' advisers on ditching IFA

Enough is enough: What ‘independence’ really means

"Independence is a state of mind - you just need to keep an open mind and consider all the options", the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said as it summed up the findings of its latest post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) research.

The vast majority of IFAs are acting within the guidelines of independence as laid down following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), a study by the regulator suggests.

Why did DC&A Independent Financial Advisers decide to become DC&A Financial Planning on 1 January this year?

A total of 67 of Sesame's near 2,200 member firms have decided to leave the network following its decision to operate as a restricted advice business, group chairman John Cowan has said.

Friends Life has reported a "disappointing" £19m loss for Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) in 2013.