CII

Maria Merricks looks at how the RDR's qualification requirements will impact the adviser community.

The RDR has created some serious issues for adviser firms looking to acquire a business and those looking to sell up for their retirement, says Almary Green's Carl Lamb.

The CII's Rebecca Prestage discusses the examination options available to advisers.

A certified financial planner is threatening to quit the "mafia-like" CII after it warned it would take disciplinary action against him unless he supplies full CPD records.

Advisers are divided over how and when to deal with a potential "double tax hit" expected to be announced in an emergency Budget on 22 June.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) will apologise to candidates who took an exam with an "error" in a question on inheritance tax (IHT) worth more than a tenth of the overall marks.

As Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) chairman Mike Izzard steps down, Stephanie Spicer takes a tour around Andrew Tripp, the association's next leader in waiting

Advisers have been left angry and anxious about their prospects of passing a CII exam because of an apparent ambiguous question worth more than a tenth of the overall marks.

A swathe of new RDR exams have left advisers "confused" and "crossing their fingers" their current qualifications will still be valid after 2012.

A new RDR-compliant diploma which allows advisers to learn within 24 hours if they have passed or failed certain modules is being launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).