FTAdviser latest:CII calls for adviser input on CPD

Story by: Anya Diaz-Cebreiro, Financial Adviser

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is urging advisers to tell the body how they see the evolution of continuing professional development (CPD).

  • Time published: 16:37
  • Date published: 03.07.2009
  • Published in: Advisers

FSA bans mortgage broker for fraud

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned an East London mortgage broker for submitting false income information on a mortgage application for himself.

  • Date published: 03.07.2009

Training support offered to redundant financial services staff

Colleges that make up the National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) are offering support to individuals within the sector who have been made redundant to improve their skills or retrain for a new career path.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Disclosure requirements for 'restricted advice' must go further

Firms offering 'restricted advice' under the latest Retail Distribution Review (RDR) proposals must be forced to use a mandatory form of words in their initial disclosure information, Skandia claims.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Insurance director fined £20k for AR control failings

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined the director of an insurance broker £20,020 for control failings in relation to an appointed representative (AR) firm.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

CII amends requirements for chartered status

The Chartered Insurance Institute has revised its requirements for achieving chartered status and revealed it wants one in 10 adviser firms to achieve the ranking.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Sesame to takeover PMS and Bankhall brands

Sesame has confirmed both the Bankhall and PMS brands would survive if it made a binding offer for the two businesses to current owner Skandia, Ivan Martin, executive chairman of Sesame, has confirmed.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Sayers to step down from FSSC

Teresa Sayers, chief executive of the Financial Services Skills Council, is stepping down once an independent review of the organisation is completed.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Towry Law to double in size with acquisition of firms

Towry Law is planning to double in size in the course of the next 18 months by snapping up IFA firms whose bosses are exiting the industry rather than meet the retail distribution review's requirements.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Factoring ban tough on regular premiums

The ban on factoring presents a serious threat to the regular premium savings industry, Zurich has warned.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

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Skills gap delays recovery

The Confederation of British Industry has warned that shortage of skills in the business arena could hamper London's economic recovery, as firms struggle to find the right talent to match jobs.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 02.07.2009

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CII updates its CPD policies

The Chartered Insurance Institute has begun a review of Continual Professional Development policy, in an attempt to raise standards and build trust across the sector.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Features

Another day in paradise, but is it Monaco or Bristol?

Nick McBreen, IFA for Worldwide Financial Planning, starts his week boarding a plane to Monte Carlo for a retirement planning summit and ends his week labouring away at his garden in Bristol unsure which best represents his idea of paradise

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 02.07.2009

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