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The FSA's proposal to split the adviser market based on qualifications has raised new questions about the future of the IFA industry and, in the view of one IFA, dragged up an old one from the distant past.

The FSA's report into the sub-prime mortgage market, which resulted in the regulator taking action against five intermediary firms for ‘weaknesses' in their advice procedures, has been largely welcomed by the mortgage industry.

For the vast majority of IFAs who have been offering sound advice to clients for years, the news from the RDR that a higher standard of adviser qualifications and professionalism is needed will have come as a shock.

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