ifs School waits on RDR before exam go-ahead

The School says it does not want AFAM, which is designed to address an apparent lack of communication and analysis skills among advisers, to “influence or dictate” the outcome of the RDR, adding it will also pilot the new qualification among IFAs. Gary Millner, communications director at the ifs School of Finance, says: “By piloting and testing the AFAM qualification within the context of the RDR, the School is hopefully putting the horse in front of the cart, not the other way round. “As the FSA has not made clear what its final intentions are with regard to the RDR it would be foolish t...