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Kellie Wood
HEAD OF FIXED INCOME
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Schroders Australia's Kellie Wood talks about winning a lot, so much so that it's become a well-intentioned joke with her co-workers - but it's this ambitious attitude that spurs her on every day. Eliza Bavin writes.
Instead of ASIC spending millions of dollars on exams, how about spending money on prosecuting the 170 product providers that have lost clients money with little or no recourse. A more noval idea would be to have Directors of the Banks and Industry Superannuation funds be held liable for poor advice or loss of funds. If that was the case the standard for advisors would improve overnight at no cost to ASIC.
What about getting ASIC staff to sit their own exam to ensure they have the appropriate standard of skills too. They were asleep at the wheel thru all the recent turmoil in the financial services industry.
It seems ASIC is teflon coated these days, they should get their own backyard sorted out.
My dealer group is responsible for my training. I meet all the requirements set down by the FPA for maintaining my CFP.
I'll tell you what to do with the exam so stop blaming the many for the actions of a few; I'm plain sick of it.