This is kind of a tangent, but I just spent a week in the Southern US and I have to say I really enjoyed it (first time in the South). Good food, nice people, amazing women. I particularly liked Atlanta and Charleston. Of course I’m a white guy so maybe that helps but I felt like I fit in pretty well there, although maybe that’s just Southern Hospitality.
No idea on the UK CFP thing but I wanted to give a shout out to my homies in the South.
To be quite honest with you, the majority of qualifications that the CII provide are really for financial advisors. Not investment analysts/fund managers like the CFA charter is primarily meant for.