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AMP rides subdued market with solid growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... climbed 2.5 per cent to 1,812 planners while planner practice numbers were up by 64 to 880, thanks to the AMP Horizons Academy, which had 81 graduates last year and 140 new recruits this year. The group's contemporary wealth management arm, which includes ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... being properly operated by all the parties," Dr Mohd Akram, executive director of the International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance told the Malaysian Sinchew news service. Dr Akram's comments coincide with hundreds of Muslims worldwide ...

AMP launches planning course

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... takes the driver's seat on education by launching a new Diploma of Financial Services course. Offered through AMP Horizons Academy from January 2011, the new qualification level will boost AMP's training capability while offering education for those ...

More workshops to prep for fee-for-service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... fee-for-service around the country. Other similar workshops regarding fee for advice include the Encore Group, Leading Minds Academy, CVM Systems, ili, and REMeX launch of Fees4Service. "These workshops allow us to demonstrate that with proper preparation ...

RIAA unveils investment academy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Responsible Investment Academy will launch its first suite of programs at the seventh international responsible investment conference in Sydney next month. The Responsible Investment Academy, backed by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia ...

Fees4Service targets transitioning advisers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The Encore Group, Leading Minds Academy, CVM Systems, ili, and REMeX have banded together to launch Fees4Service - a consulting service targeting advisers transitioning to a fee-for-service model. The five firms have launched the service to provide ...

Commonwealth FP restructures, head departs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... email statement. CFS intends to direct resources to "where they are needed most" within its Centres of Excellence - Advice Academy, Advice Delivery and Advice Development - which support the advice businesses. "As a result of this changes the general ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... through 'main street' shopfronts. "We think we're being pretty innovative in the advice space. We've got the Horizons academy and we're moving early in this space [retail shops], and for us it is all about really lifting that profile, we think about ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... client because it means they have control." NAB/MLC then asked him to assist in the development of a financial planning academy, a role he left to take on the current position at the FPA. Expectations Grahame Evans, managing director at Professional ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy has appointed former RSP Recruitment Australia director Julia Byrne as its new head of planner recruitment. Byrne assumed the new role on 11 May and reports directly to AMP Horizons director Tim Steele as a member ...