| Hi Deej, the easiest route into financial services is the mortgage advisers role and with a sales background you may be attractive to various companies. The Cemap exam is relatively straightforward and is all you need (Cefa is the banking equivalent) you can study for either in your spare time and the exam I believe was £60 last time I looked. The FPC 1 2 and 3 qualifications are a bit trickier but would lead to an IFA position advising on Investments, Pensions, Life/health protection etc, but nowadays its a tough environment to break into as any company that wants to put you through the programme even if you are already qualified cannot realistically expect you to earn commissions for about 6 months and the level of supervision is inhibitive. Once you have achieved competent adviser status though though world is your oyster. Competent adviser status takes 1 to 2 years on average. Although I believe some companies have streamlined it a bit more now. Good luck with it, you can earn a decent crust from mortgages alone.  |