The Financial Services Skills Council is launching another round of consultations on examination reform proposals this Friday to look at final draft specifications for investment and mortgage advice exams and the way appropriate exams should be identified.
However, any plans to implement examination reform could be delayed until at least November 2005 when details of the international ISO financial planning standard will finally be published. The FSSC says this is the first time the examination review – to be detailed in Friday’s ‘Assuring the Quality of Appropriate Examinations’ paper - has gone out to industry-wide consultation since the Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed over responsibility to the Skills Council. Unfortunately for the FSSC, there are several key developments outside their control which could yet upset the refo...
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