FSA wrong on exams

Delegating responsibility for qualifications to authorised firms would create problems for individuals looking to change employers

The FSA's Examination Review has been a source of immense frustration to many people in the industry. This is perhaps understandable bearing in mind the time that has passed since the review was first announced in 1999 but perhaps we now have an opportunity to get the show on the road. From the Life Insurance Association's (LIA) perspective, bearing in mind our long-term but ultimately successful lobbying to establish approved examinations, the idea that the list of such examinations in the FSA handbook should be deleted and responsibility delegated to the Financial Services Skills Counci...