CII

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has added a new category to its Chartered Awards 2012 - Paraplanner of the Year.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has urged providers to 'step up to the mark' and buy into the increased professionalism of the financial services industry heralded by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

A new standard in financial planning will help bring together a fragmented industry - including restricted and bank advice - its creators have claimed.

About half of small businesses will turn to financial advisers to make sure they are compliant with auto-enrolment employer duties ahead of their staging date, a study of 500 firms has found.

RDR

Tenet has attained Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) approval for its adviser development programme, meaning the scheme will now be eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced additional R06 examination sittings in six locations in August, following "a clear growth in demand".

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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has called on financial planners to volunteer in schools, as part of a campaign to encourage financial education.

Every adviser will need a statement of professional standing (SPS) - effectively a practicing certificate for financial intermediaries - to continue seeing clients from 1 January 2013. But what exactly are they? And will clients care?