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SII opens up gateway exams to students

Story by: Girlie Garduce, Financial Adviser

SII offers cut-price exams in investment, regulation and principles of financial regulation

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 11.09.2008
• Published in: Advisers

There is nothing wrong with the military style of command as long as it is applied in the right way

Major Terry Smith, commanding officer of 101 Engineer Regiment of the TA and regional manager for east London for HSBC, talks to Maike Currie about how things learnt on the battlefield can be applied in the office and boardroom

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Skills is the pill to fend of crunch ills

If you do not have the skills to adapt to market needs, or if they are rusty, then it is very likely that when the credit crunch is over you may either not have a viable business or be unemployable

• Date published: 11.09.2008

NAPF Pensionsforce launches website

Pensionsforce, the free-of-charge workplace education service designed to help employers help their employees plan for retirement has launched a new website, www.pensionsforce.co.uk.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Lack of talent management hits bottom line - survey

Research shows companies miss important business opportunities due to poor talent management

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Saluting the standard-bearers

Two organisations have now been granted permission to assess ISO 22222, which is a massive step in the right direction

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Be the man with a plan

As the inaugural Financial Planning Week, the chief executive of the IFP explains the differences between advise and financial planning

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Flex Academy targets skills gap for benefits advice

IFAs welcome Staffcare training academy to help develop their flexible benefits proposition

• Date published: 11.09.2008

New qualification targets long-term care insurance

ifs School of Finance to offer certificate in long-term care insurance

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Singapore launch

The Securities & Investment Institute has confirmed that Singapore will be the first regional launch location for the Islamic finance qualification.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Quarter of staff unsatisfied by job

One in four of the UK workforce are not satisfied with their job, and almost one in three, 30 per cent, do not feel engaged with their employer, according to a new report from the Trades Union Congress.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Careers on hold

School children are being abandoned by teachers and employers when it comes to developing their career prospects, a damning survey has revealed.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Evaluation guide

Acas, the employment relations service, has published a guide on how best to ensure that employers pay their staff fairly using a job evaluation.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

SHL to present case study

SHL, a specialist in talent assessment solutions in the workplace, will present a case study entitled Effective Succession Planning on 16 September, from 11am to 12.30pm at this year's Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development annual conference in Harrogate.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

ifs says personal finance has no place in the GCSE maths curriculum

Maths and personal finance do not mix, says ifs School of Finance

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Government pushes partnership plan

Gov't framework sets out to encourage new business models and partnerships

• Date published: 11.09.2008

CII taskforce prepares for post-RDR world

CII taskforce anticipates a rise in demand for qualifications when the RDR final feedback is released

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Consumers seek financial guru, motivational coach and personal shopper - Aegon survey

From gurus to superstores, Aegon outlines what consumers want from advisers

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Getting your point across

The incoming Diploma for Financial Advisers will help intermediaries improve how they communicate complex financial information

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Fuhr heads to Barclays Global

Barclays Global Investors has appointed Deborah Fuhr as global head of exhange traded funds research and implementation.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

Dubai appoints Neuville

Dubai Insurance Company has appointed Reni Neuville as an underwriting manager to its venture with insurance providers William Russell.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

No discount on standards

The remit of many of the professional bodies seems to be not just to monitor those already in financial services, but to expand the reach further, and raise the standards generally of financial services qualifications.

• Date published: 11.09.2008

ProShare to host share talks

An introductory course focusing on employee share plans for financial advisers is being headed by ifs ProShare.

• Date published: 11.09.2008