Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSCBY LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014 12:25PMThe financial advice sector is in need of change and a new Advice Competency Standards Board should lead the transformation, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). Read more: FSC, FSI, Advice Competency Standards Board, ASIC, Financial Services Council, Australian Securities, Better definitions, Financial Planning, Financial Standard coverage, Financial System Inquiry, Investments Commission, John Brogden Related News |
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Brighter Super head of listed equities and ESG Fiona Mann was shaped by a childhood steeped in military-like discipline and global nomadism. Andrew McKean writes.
It makes a lot of sense and will remove any bias and differential treatment or preference that we so often see.
Professional bodies have their place but professional unification can only come about with a registration board. I originally qualified with the then Public Accountants Registration Board [PARB] of NSW and if you were a Chartered Accountant you still had pt have PARB registration.
It got abolished and there was no replacement so we regularly see some sort of contest between CA, CPA and IPA, not dissimilar to what one sees 'occasionally' within the FP profession.