Firms face 460m annual bill for regulation
Advisory firms based in the UK are spending an estimated £460m each year on the direct and indirect cost of regulation, according to a recent study.
Advisory firms based in the UK are spending an estimated £460m each year on the direct and indirect cost of regulation, according to a recent study.
An early Financial Conduct Authority review into the adjustment to the RDR shows some advisers continue to describe themselves as independent yet are choosing products from a limited number of providers.
Research from Deloitte shows distributors will have to work harder to get their products out to consumers who are being turned off financial advice as, from 1 Jan next year, they have to pay for it.
Europeans pay more for their investment funds than US investors do, owing to higher distribution fees and other costs, according to a report by Lipper FMI, the funds research organisation.