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Neil McCarthy: Cherrypicking applicants damages consumer confidence
Finding a way to increase confidence in the protection application process would amount to a big improvement in the industry.
Chris Gilchrist: Keep it simple
To get better consumer outcomes we need to stop assuming that consumers act in a rational way.
Sheriar Bradbury: Ucis should be treated with caution
The FCA is currently consulting on its final guidance for promoting Ucis but unless they become fully regulated they should be treated with the utmost caution by advisers.
Dev Malle: We should not become fixated with FTBs
First-time buyers are important but we need to look at measures such as reducing stamp duty to help home-movers to ensure the market functions properly.
Syed Kamall MEP: Concerns over the extension of Prips directive
Syed Kamall says there is no need to re-invent the wheel when designing the Kiid for the Prips directive.
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Nic Cicutti: Advisers must take responsibility for products
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IMA's Navdeep Sidhu: Regulators should avoid Ucits rule changes for change's sake
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MM Leader: What will replace consultancy charging?
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Robert Reid: The demise of consultancy charges leave an obvious gap
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Brokers dismiss 'toothless' payday lender supervisory body
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Ukip calls for RDR to be scrapped
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Partnership to retain enhanced annuity focus following IPO
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Threesixty calls on Skandia and FundsNetwork to confirm platform trail stance
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DWP bans consultancy charging for auto-enrolment
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Towry posts £9m profit despite £6.8m cost hit
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Regulatory costs will lead to adviser backlash
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The Technical Quiz: 16 May
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Trustees urged to consider affordability of pension deficit repayments
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Apfa: Client visits should be driven by need not calendar
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Friends Life corporate sales hit as rivals slash auto-enrolment prices
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Is the US entering a golden era?
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Advisers using execution-only as gateway to future clients
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Tony Wickenden: GAAR guidance indicates when HMRC thinks it should apply
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What advisers are saying: The decline of the onshore bond
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Tony Mudd: When it pays to give
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Liz Field: Creating better information for employers
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Govt plans to create FCA duty to consider economic growth
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BSA appoints Skipton chief as chairman
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Total protection sales down 2.7% in 2012
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Miliband attacks Govt's lack of action on house building and payday loans
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Scottish Widows and Nucleus in legacy clash
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People on the move
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MAB continues to expand high-street presence
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Skandia platform inflows drop 10%
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Martin Davis to leave Cofunds
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Aegon distribution arm posts £2m loss as pensions earnings plummet
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Declining surveyor numbers generating problems for brokers
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Experts hit out at 'unacceptable' landlord checks on immigrants
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My Beautiful Career: Helen Turner
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Number of chartered firms soars by 25%
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Advisers look to higher qualifications
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'Spirit of the RDR' regulation risks uncertainty
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Out of Context
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Multi-asset view: Lose monetary policy is distorting equity prices
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HMRC launches fresh crackdown on offshore tax evasion
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Advisers turning backs on big firms to go it alone
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Lloyds cuts 850 jobs
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F&C reports £1.5bn net outflow for Q1
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MM Profile: Andrew Beswick on changing advice models to meet client demand
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City of London Police makes pension liberation arrests
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Multi-asset managers split on how to play gold
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Govt cements state pension reform start date
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CML: Repossessions in decline as BTL market grows
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F&C multi-managers add Jeremy Lang's Ardevora UK Income fund
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Brian Tora: Junk and disorderly
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Mark Dampier: Safe as houses? Not always
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Case Study: What impact will the Consumer Insurance Act have?
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Aviva: Pension charge cap could force providers to rethink commission deals
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Financial transaction tax: A levy sans frontières
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Comment of the week: No wonder it is so tough to make a profit
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Foster Denovo sets aside £2m for client redress
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Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks set aside further £38m for redress
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Bellpenny acquires Price Bailey client bank
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Service companies need to improve their support for advisers
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Skandia adds 40 staff in re-reg push
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First State to soft-close £4bn Global Emerging Markets Leaders fund
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MM takes four top media awards
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Jelf buys The Insurance Partnership for £15.5m
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Rathbone sees unit trust AUM rise 11%
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Labour examines single pensions regulator proposal in policy review
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Rise in paraplanners encouraging new learning and support services
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Pension schemes braced for crucial Supreme Court ruling
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Scot Wids hires L&G RDR director to lead intermediary protection offering
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NatWest Intermediary Solutions launches NewBuy and Help to Buy mortgages
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iPipeline poaches Avelo client director
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Pensions minister rules out single regulator proposal
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Steve Webb: Industry's consultancy charging solutions were too complex
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Politicians and advisers vow to amend Care bill to avoid LTC advice 'disaster'
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Lisa Winnard: Financial services needs a supply of new talent
