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ASIC hires from Link Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... marketing programs and relationship manager. She holds an MBA in business administration from Deakin University and a graduate diploma in educational psychology. She left Link Group earlier this month.

FASEA busts dishonest education providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... education providers recently produced and distributed marketing materials that incorrectly indicated their AQF8 graduate diploma offerings are approved by the government body. FASEA said the materials have since been recalled and those that received ...

Planning diploma relevant despite FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
New education requirements will not be the end of the Diploma of Financial Planning, according to a leading industry education provider. Currently the minimum education requirement for financial advisers, Mentor Education believes the DFP will continue ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... Institute to develop a 'Regulated Retail Investment Adviser Re-evaluation' test for financial advisers with a level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning. The objective of the re-evaluation is to identify areas of strength and weakness in technical knowledge ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

AFA gets an audience with O'Dwyer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers told its members it met with the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services to air its concerns with the FASEA proposals on professional standards. On Monday the association drew Kelly O'Dwyer's attention to its ...

AAT reduces former adviser's ban

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... providing clients with financial services guides in which he falsely claimed he had held and completed courses related to a Diploma of Financial Planning. ASIC also found that in December 2014 Williams created false certifications of his claimed qualifications ...

Government super fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... over 16 years of experience in superannuation and investment management. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, and completed a Certified Investment Management Analyst qualification in 2013. The 75-year ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... three subject bridging course. Those who have been in the industry the longest may need to complete the full graduate diploma," he said. As for the exam - the guidance on which was released last week - Lavery said: "Those providing advice under limited ...

FASEA must recognise all prior learning: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... only a degree in economics. In contrast, it does not recognise that of an adviser with an unrelated science degree but a Diploma of Financial Planning, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and the CFP certification. As it stands, the ...