Investing in the profession

David Thomson, director of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Insurance Institute, gives a quick recap of the rules surrounding Statements of Professional Standing.

Perspective Financial Group's Julie Hepworth offers a series of tips to help advisers hop, skip and jump their way through the CII's RO exams.

Fidelity FundsNetwork is launching a series of nationwide platform training workshops for advisers next month.

Most introducer relationships don't work because they lack workable incentives, says Alan Smith, IFA at Capital Asset Managers. Instead, he says, this is how it should be done...

A growing number of financial advisers believe the UK will suffer a skills shortgage within the next decade, according to a study by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

New Model Business Academy's Lee Travis looks at the options for advisers who will not be RDR ready on 1 January 2013.

Chris Urwin, global research manager - real estate at Aviva Investors, looks at where the best opportunities lie for global real estate investors.

The advent of RDR is changing the way advisers view their investment offering, says Phil Lindsay, development director (UK) at OBSR.

Jon Everill, a former director at Bluefin and a co-founder of Destini, has been voted in as the new president of the Personal Finance Society (PFS).

A London-based Chartered Financial Planner has been appointed secretary of international financial planning association the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).