Better business: How to attain QCF Level 6

One of the most contentious requirements of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) move to raise the adviser qualification bar to QCF Level 4 as a way to increase the professionalism of the sector. While most advisers – reluctantly or otherwise – submitted to the new requirements, a significant amount chose to leave the industry in the face of extra studies and exams. Many, however, decided to view the move as an opportunity to go one step further and extend their professionalism towards QCF Level 6. Some have done so in anticipation that the...