Sesame Bankhall unveils The IFA School

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Sesame Bankhall Group is to launch a school for budding advisers to help "attract and nurture" the next generation of IFAs.

The IFA School, which will launch next year with 15 trainee advisers, will take students through an 18-month programme designed to take them to "full, competent adviser status". This will include investments, mortgages and general insurance permissions, while Sesame hopes participants will be able to undertake basic protection advice cases within six months. The School is open to people who are new to financial services as well as those who have previous experience but who are looking to get back into delivering advice. Ivan Martin, Sesame Bankhall Group executive chairman, says: "...

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