The Chartered Insurance Institute has unveiled plans to launch a new framework for financial planning examinations this autumn, following the negative feedback this week surrounding publication of the Financial Services Skills Council's official exam review update.
The CII is to consult on the detail of the framework with its 20 leading customers within the next couple of weeks, and a formal submission will then be made to the FSSC and Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) for accreditation and inclusion in the list of appropriate examinations. If everything goes as planned, it will be launched in October 2004, the CII says - which at present is at least two years ahead of the FSSC's latest proposals. The CII has broadly followed the previous module-based proposals for the new exam framework and divided advisers into four stan...
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