Quilter Financial Advice School sees Level 6 students graduate in lockdown

Achieved Chartered status

Sophie King
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Quilter Financial Adviser School’s (FAS) first cohort of Level 6 Advanced Diploma programme students have graduated and achieved Chartered status.

The programme ran for more than a year and a half and the 19 students worked under lockdown conditions for the final four months, taking their final exams under remote conditions. The exams were invigilated by the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF). The course was developed by Quilter FAS and Level 6 trainer Paul Lucas after he joined the school in 2018. The programme is available for the entire market and to any adviser wishing to take the qualification. Quilter FAS head of training Julian Hince said the graduation of the first cohort of Chartered students was a "real mil...

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