Three quarters of IFAs plan qualifications boost

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Almost three quarters of IFAs plan to enhance their qualifications in response to the RDR, according to Defaqto.

The results come following a survey of 501 IFAs as part of Defaqto's Retirement Savings & Income Report 2008, due to launch at the end of this month. Matt Ward, author of the report and Defaqto’s principal consultant for Pensions and Wealth, says: “The RDR is designed to take our industry forward and it is very encouraging to see IFAs reacting to the roadmap in a positive fashion with practices seeking to improve the professionalism of their advisers. “Consumers will want to feel comfortable that in approaching a financial adviser for planning assistance they are entering into a profes...

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