15 Apr 2016 UK Distribution roundtable: Blurred lines (RDR)
In 2012, RDR permanently overhauled financial advice in the UK. Our panel discussed the impact....
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15 Apr 2016 RSMR targets adviser DFM due diligence with new product
Fund ratings agency Rayner Spencer Mills wants to help advisers navigate the world of DFM with a new product....
06 Apr 2016 Graham Bentley: What role does luck play in active management?
Graham Bentley considers the part randomness plays in determining fund results and rankings ...
04 Apr 2016 Bestinvest buys RDR champion Towry for £600m
Towry - which built up £9 billion of client assets using a fee-based adviser service - is to be sold by its private equity backers....
30 Mar 2016 BlackRock rules out D2C platform launch (Paywall)
BlackRock, the world’s largest fund management company, rules out launching a direct-to-consumer platform in Europe....
20 Mar 2016 RSMR’s Rayner: Our main aim for 2016 is to advance our DFM research
Ken Rayner talks about ratings expansion plans, competition in the market and that Fundscape/gbi2 Gatekeepers Report....
09 Mar 2016 Market being skewed by conflicts of interests on fund ratings?
A landmark report has called into question the business models of UK fund ratings agencies....
09 Mar 2016 La experiencia de la RDR (Spanish)
Mucho se está hablando del proceso de cierre de sucursales bancarias que cuestiona el modelo tradicional de distribución en España....
07 Mar 2016 Boutique asset managers pushed aside as ratings agencies under fire
A number of smaller asset management groups have told Investment Week of their frustration with ratings agencies....
07 Mar 2016 Who is judging the judges on fund selection and ratings
The implementation of the RDR was intended to stamp-out bias in the area of investment advice....
02 Mar 2016 Warning sounded on lack of quality in fund ratings
Fund rating lists are biased and often do not base their ratings on the quality of the underlying funds....
02 Mar 2016 Warning on fund ratings bias as smaller products ‘overlooked’
Fund ratings and best buy lists are of variable quality with smaller products and providers often overlooked....
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