IFA sector asks "will our advanced exams be worth anything"?

Trade bodies and IFAs are concerned that passed "top-up" or advanced IFA qualifications, such as AFPC modules, will not be seen as a recognized achievement when changes to the examination regime are enacted next year. IFAonline has received several emails from IFAs, since plans for the new Skills Council examinations standards were unveiled, questioning whether credits will be given to IFAs for the qualifications they have already passed when the new regime requires advisers pass specialist subjects to do particular sectors of business, such as pension transfer advice. One IFA com...