Retail Distribution Review proposals: impact on market structure and competition

June 2009

How will consumers be affected by changes to the way retail financial investments are sold? What impact will this have on market structure and competition in the personal investment sector? The Financial Services Authority asked Oxera to consider these questions in the context of its Retail Distribution Review. The FSA’s proposed reforms, which are a direct result of its review, would significantly alter the way that sales of financial investment products are regulated, and include a ban on commission payments to financial advisers, introduction of higher professional standards, and new prudential capital requirements.

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