Financial Services Skills Council
Providers are hailing it as a solution to pensioner poverty but retirement planners are taking a more cautious approach to using equity release in this way. Maryrose Fison takes a closer look at what advisers need to consider when advising on these products.
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) is launching two major reviews of its Professional Competencies standards for compliance and anti-money laundering and pension scheme administration.
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) is set to become a charity and change its name to the Financial Skills Partnership (FSP).
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The FSA could wrench the mandate to update qualifications standards from the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC), and force a review of the criteria every three years.
The Financial Services and Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Liz Field permanent chief executive.
Advisers who bemoan the quality of new entrants to financial services could help fill the skills gaps by going into schools and talking up the industry, the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) says.
Charlotte Moore looks at the qualifications IFAs need to be able to advise on long-term care.
The Financial Services and Skills Council (FSSC) is undergoing structural change to include specialist sector boards, says interim chief executive Liz Field.
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC)is launching a series of consultation events on specialist investment advice exam standards.
Age is no barrier to attaining further qualifications, results from the latest round of Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) exams suggests.
Tied advisers are “just getting on” with meeting new minimum qualification proposals in the RDR by attaining QCF Level 4 under the FSA’s ‘no regrets’ promise.
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