qualifications

HDC Training is launching a series of study sessions to help advisers prepare for Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Diploma exams.

Advisers worried about changes to charging are probably taking too simplistic a view of how to earn their money, says consulting expert Roderic Rennison.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC)is launching a series of consultation events on specialist investment advice exam standards.

Aviva's Financial Adviser Academy has put 5,000 advisers through its financial skills course since opening its doors in March 2008.

Advisers are being warned ‘alternative' assessment methods proposed by the FSA as a different route to QCF level four will be just as rigorous as written exams.

Mark Benson, technical manager at WAY Investment Services, says there are various ways IFAs can prepare for the increase in the minimum qualification level proposed in the RDR...

Paraplanning should no longer be seen as a 'stop-gap' on the way to becoming an adviser, so says Chartwell Financial head of paraplanning Sarah Hammond.

Scottish Widows will help develop the Level 4 Institute of Financial Planning IFP) paraplanner qualification

The RDR fails to meet its original objectives on the key issues of qualifications and increasing access to advice, according to new research.

Forecasts of an IFA exodus in the build-up to 2012 appear unfounded as advisers previously unwilling to take more exams are changing their minds, research suggests.