“Gold is like buying a foreign currency without having the problems of the country issuing the currency,” says financial planner Dermott Whelan, investment director at Informed Choice. “The price rise has been driven by a flight to quality or a flight to safety.”

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Financial Planner Philip Sullivan passed JO4: Pension Funding Options on his route to the Diploma in Financial Planning.

Investment Director and Financial Planner Dermott Whelan passed AF4: Investment Planning and is now just one module short of becoming a Chartered Financial Planner.

The objective of this examination is to develop in depth financial planning skills related to investments and the management of investment portfolios.

Congratulations to both Philip and Dermott for passing these latest exams.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to introduce new higher minimum professional standards for all financial advisers by the end of 2012, as part of their Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Here at Informed Choice we are not satisfied with attaining the minimum required standard (in anything we do) and will all continuing striving to reach the highest standards in terms of professional qualifications.