EXAMS: IFAs to focus more on advice skills

New IFAs will be expected to pass a core examination in advice skills if they are to fit into the new Training and Competence regime which comes into force next year. On top of that, they have to pass examinations in retirement planning, protection, investments and risks, and financial environment regulation and ethics. This comes as the Skill Council for Financial Services today launched the new standards framework for financial services, which the government hopes will raise the level of skills, qualifications and standards within the financial advice sector. The sta...