CPD

The R01 exam may not be the best route for experienced advisers to improve their knowledge or gap-fill for CPD as it is too academic and lacks relevant material, according to IFA Ian Lowes.

Listen to our latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate on fixed income and top-up your CPD.

More than 400 (and counting) IFAonline and Professional Adviser readers have now read our RDR gap-fill article on ethics and passed an online test to claim their structured CPD learning credits.

Steve Martin, managing director of Smart Financial Planning, reveals the steps he has taken to ready his business for the new regulatory environment.

In part one of a new series examining the FSA's professionalism rules, Perspective Financial Group's Julie Hepworth explains how to meet the FSA's annual CPD requirements - and how to keep a record of what you have done.

Morningstar has launched a new gap-fill event programme for IFAs to help them meet RDR Level 4 qualification requirements.

IFP members using Techlink Professional will be able to automatically log unstructured learning hours on the organisation's CPD platform.

The New Holistic Advice Forums being launched for Sesame network members and Bankhall customers will help advisers with their gap-fill CPD requirements.

The FSA says advisers no longer have to spend a minimum of one hour on structured CPD activities - it will permit 30 minutes instead.

FSA proposals requiring advisers to demonstrate ongoing CPD in all core competencies, even if they do not operate in every area, discriminate against specialist intermediaries, AIFA says.