If it not too political I think it will make the savings gap bigger not smaller. Most individuals will not pay for up front advice and end up not saving.
Ho hum.
Yep it's not going to do much for Adviser/Client relations, a couple of our advisors have bought forward their retirement to avoid a whole host of extra exams. We're kind of fortunate in that we have a non advice (execution only) service as well where we'll still be able to take commission, but its gonna put plenty of sole traders out of the industry