Training academy launched to attract advisers

The Financial Advice Academy (The FAA) will recruit and train advisers for networks, banks and other tied sales forces by providing high quality training and support. It has been set up by ex Zurich Financial Services directors Bob Gill and Peter Jewitt while Karl Snowden, head of public policy at HBOS, will chair the company. According to Jewitt, the financial services industry is currently shrinking and needs to grow. He says it is important to get new blood in at the bottom of the ladder and not let people escape when they get to the top. "The Financial Advice Academy's mission is ...