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By Dominic Welling, FTAdviser

The retail distribution review (RDR) is set to cost providers more than £5m to implement, and only a fifth (20 per cent) have actually started work on putting all the changes in place by December 2012.

According to a survey from management consultants Winchester White, providers consider the RDR as a "substantial change to the way we do business",

Exploiting RDR requires more than a tick-box process – the winners will grasp the Executive intellectual challenge. So where is your organisation?

Consumer research threatens disaster for fee based advice, but can the situation be remedied by collective effort?

Opinion at our RDR executive Forum provided a startling wake up call for all of us involved in the implementation of RDR.

The obvious impact of RDR on adviser forces and the end consumer can mask the dramatic impact of the proposals on the back office. Even if these are recognised some organisations are under-estimating the power of the back office to aid a successful RDR delivery.

Senior level interview at UK's Distribution in Financial Services conference organised by Marketforce. Key topics include Retail Distribution Review (RDR)

Please find below a selection of blogs and reports that Winchester White has produced on the subject of RDR.

In its current form the impact of RDR will be significant and the implications for much of our industry profound. At Winchester White we have a specialist team dedicated to assessing the impact of RDR on various current business models and their prospects post January 2013. This analysis has highlighted the key questions organisations have to answer to enable them to set their direction of travel toward the post RDR world.
As part of our objective of helping our clients face the RDR challenges with confidence we have established this RDR Knowledge Base.