Aifa to build up graduate recruitment

Aifa is looking to start a graduate incentive programme in order to encourage more IFAs to hire young people. Paul Smee, director general of Aifa, said that the association along with the society for financial advisers will be conducting research into why more IFAs are not using graduates to build their businesses. He said: "There are not enough young people joining the profession so we will work on analysing why intermediaries do not think graduates would be well placed within their business. Attitudes towards recruiting may be slightly outdated." Smee also told delegates at the confer...