370 candidates have completed the exam requirement for the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate, the Chartered Insurance Institute has announced. 67 qualified as associates (ASFA) and 16 as fellows (FSFA).
Qualifications director Lucy Courtenay says: “This is excellent news and shows that advisers want to be seen as professionals by demonstrating levels of commitment above the regulatory minimum standard.”
Childhood illness and disability is a very emotive issue. All of us would rather not think about what could happen and parents rarely want to plan for the consequences of something happening for fear of somehow making it more likely to occur. However the impact of a child being diagnosed with a critical illness would […]
Product providers say they face a wait of up to 20 years before breaking even on the new stakeholder products despite the 0.5 per cent rise in the price cap. Scottish Widows says under 1 per cent it would have taken 12-15 years to make a profit, dropping to eight to nine years for 1.5 […]
Failure to offer mortgages and protection products to women who work part-time or are pregnant could result in prosecution under sex discrimination legislation warns the Equal Opportunities Commission. Speaking exclusively to Money Marketing, EOC chief executive Caroline Slocock said the organisation would give backing to claims if providers distribute products in a way that discriminates […]
Are the comments of Bank of England Governor Mervyn King equal to a 25-basis-point rise in interest rates? Several commentators suggest that two rises of 0.25 per cent over a period of months have had much less psychological impact than one of 0.5 per cent. One says the property boom requires a much bigger rise […]
The Government is introducing legislation in the Pension Schemes Bill to protect people saving for retirement through master trusts. This follows industry concerns on the risks to members of a master trust failing. In this article, we consider the changes being introduced, why they are needed and their likely effect. What are the changes? The […]
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Legal & General has announced a tie-up with technology firm Origo to launch a new service to support advisers track the progress of client applications. The product known as Track My Apps is aimed at supporting advisers selling Legal & General’s retirement income range of products from fixed-term annuities to lifetime annuities. The online system […]
Octopus Group has appointed its former chief customer officer, Ruth Handcock, as chief executive of the investment business. Handcock will be the first new chief executive since Octopus was founded in 2000 and will lead the group’s investment business. She joined the company from of challenger bank Tandem in July 2018. CEO Simon Rogerson will […]
Unbiased is investigating a potential scam which uses its directory service to target financial advisers to steal their data. The emails have been sent to advisers through Unbiased, in an apparent phishing scam. Informed Choice managing director Martin Bamford says IFAs have been approached by a supposed prospective client who sends advisers a link to […]