Education key to fixing savings gap, future of adviser industry

The importance of education in tackling the savings gap, imprinting on consumers the importance of getting correct financial advice, and improving the level of financial services by putting more IFAs through exams were the key themes to emerge at yesterday's IBC conference on depolarisation. During a question and answer session, in which a panel were asked whether depolarisation proposals would put the industry back 15 years or herald a new beginning, Society of Financial Advisers chairman John Porteous said it was noticeable professionalism was increasing as more IFAs are passing mo...