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Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Certified Financial Planners (CFP) designation, two-fifths have a Diploma in Financial Services (DFP), 13% are Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP) and 13% hold another financial planning qualification. Industry bodies have advocated improved ...

Accountant pays $10,000 fine for $100,000 fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... directors who act fraudulently and seek to benefit personally are brought to account." Lim was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and a director of Aperio Resources Limited, a gold exploration company focusing on mineral ...

AMP Horizons launches online masters with Griffith University

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... measures include a requirement that all existing and new advisers must obtain a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP), or Master of Financial Planning (MFP) qualification. New advisers must complete this ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... national examination for financial advisers would fail to address the current deficiencies and, instead, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ say the focus should be on adviser training and establishing a comprehensive curriculum. A single examination ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... should reflect that." The submission compared the current professional standards for financial advisers with those for chartered accountants, lawyers and doctors, all of which require several years of study. Financial advisers meanwhile it said could ...

LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... Foods and Care Australia. Her previous directorships include QIC, Spotless Group and chairman of Queensland Rail. A chartered accountant and former partner of KPMG, Morris worked in audit and corporate services in Brisbane, London and on the Gold Coast. ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... financial planners will not eliminate the problems that the financial advice sector has experienced in recent years, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) said in a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Australians ...

BT unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... National Australia Bank (NAB), BT advisers will have to hold a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation, a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) or a Masters in Financial Planning. Advisers will have five years to complete the task, and ...

ATO considers increasing Bitcoin control

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... the amount of the transactions in Australian dollars, the purpose of the transaction and the parties involved in it. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand welcomed the move and tax counsel Michael Croker noted that "Bitcoin poses novel problems ...

AMP lifts minimum adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... existing and new AMP advisers must hold post-graduate qualifications such as a Certified Financial Planner degree, a Fellow Chartered Financial Practicioner or a Masters in Financial Planning. New advisers must complete this qualification within five ...