Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 122 results for "Pathways"

Super funds raise $9m for social bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... (Aspire SIB), raising $9 million to help about 600 individuals in South Australia with accommodation, case management, pathways to employment and life skills development. Due to the strong interest, fundraising for Aspire SIB closed a month ahead of ...

Advisers embrace new education regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... and stakeholders are all waiting for clarity around the syllabus for bachelor degrees, bridging courses and transition pathways for existing advisers." Mentor Education said it remains committed to lifting industry standards through education to improve ...

Elders and AFA partner on education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Financial Planning, Tony Beaven said: "We have, over the course of the year, been working closely with the AFA on academic pathways for the adviser network in anticipation of future education standard reforms and have pleasure in offering scholarships ...

Top 10 financial planning stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... "Existing advisers will be required to reach degree-equivalent status, which can be achieved via a number of flexible pathways, including by completing bridging courses approved by the new standards body," O'Dwyer said. 2. Well-known advice firms merge ...

ASIC approves world-first fintech exemptions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... regulated appropriately and promote good consumer outcomes." He added: "Fintech and start-up businesses now have more pathways than ever to begin testing the viability of innovative financial services and credit services consumers, before incurring many ...

CBA reinforces gender equality through financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... its financial education program. The recommendations include: Discuss women and financial inequality in secondary and pathways workshops Script positive gender roles that do not limit children's self-belief of what they can be and achieve based on gender ...

Enrolments point to adviser growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... Diploma to the Advanced Diploma and then onto the Master of Financial Planning... advisers are benefiting from tailored pathways to postgraduate education and professional designations.

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... Establishing the Biomedical Translation Fund; and Exploring further opportunities for long-term private/public co-investment pathways.

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... reach degree equivalent status and until 1 January 2021 to pass the exam. This can be achieved via a number of flexible pathways, including by completing bridging courses approved by a new standards body.

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... "Existing advisers will be required to reach degree-equivalent status, which can be achieved via a number of flexible pathways, including by completing bridging courses approved by the new standards body," said O'Dwyer. In its revised draft the government ...