It is easy to forget that it has been over five years since the implementation of the then FSA’s Retail Distribution Review, or RDR for short, and indeed since their replacement by the now FCA’s regime in April 2013. So, is our world better five years on? I think the answer is very much a ‘yes’.



The latest edition of Financial Planning Today magazine, our popular publication for Financial Planners, Paraplanners, Wealth Managers and IFAs, has been published and is available to read online.

Financial Planners have reacted with relief that pensions were largely left untouched by the Chancellor in today’s Budget and were broadly positive on some of the moves to help first time buyers.

Guildford-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Chapters Financial is to sponsor a local stand up comedy night to raise funds for a brain injury charity.