Tenet is linking with the IFP to offer advisers who already hold certain qualifications a way of achieving QCF Level 6 without having to sit a formal exam.
This is two steps ahead of the QCF Level 4 standard required post RDR and comes as the debate intensifies around whether qualification standards may be hiked yet again after 2013 for IFAs. Tenet's Certified Financial Planner option will be awarded to advisers who attend two structured training days hosted by a CFP professional and complete a financial case study over a 12-week period. To be eligible, advisers must already hold specific exams in tax (either JOI,G10 or AF1) plus a further advanced subject (G60, G20, G30, G70, IMC, AF2, AF3, AF4). The programme is equivalent to a QCF ...
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