As part of our Investing in the Profession initiative, we put your burning questions to Steve Jenkins, director of financial markets at the CII.
Q. I have the diploma and have used the gap-fill tool but I cannot obtain easy access to structured continuing professional development (CPD) to fill these gaps. What are you doing to make gap-filling easier? Matthew Stevens, IFA, B P Sanders and Company A. Gap-fill is nothing more than the FSA requiring level 4 qualified advisers to ‘top up’ their existing qualifications. This can be done through CPD – there is absolutely no need to take any more exams. Advisers can use historic CPD to evidence their gap-fill or make use of the plethora of new CPD material available. Personal F...
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