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AMP offers Adviser Academy course via Griffith

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... its finance-related degrees," said head of AMP Horizons Amelia Constantinidis. "As we continue to improve professional standards, it made sense for us to look at more ways to work with independent education providers. This partnership means Griffith ...

Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... a really inconvenient way for members to experience the value." SMSF Association director technical and professional standards, Graeme Colley, said there was room for education in member direct investment options. "If you're not complementing that with ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... reforms would pass the Senate. Frydenberg also addressed issues about foreign investment, life insurance, professional standards, and the ongoing role of ASIC.

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is helping to fuel the housing bubble, SMSF Association technical and professional standards director Graeme Colley said it is misleading to use these figures to conclude that SMSF investment in residential property ...

FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... charitable foundation which targets grants for community not-for-profits. "This award brings to mind the high professional standards that the CFP program fosters, ensuring that we gain a deep understanding of financial planning principles and practice," ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... pursuing a similar approach with ASIC, but he added that developing association-governed, FoFA-compliant professional standards was "uncharted waters." According to Delta Financial Group founder and principal adviser Mike Sikar, though, forward-thinking ...

FPA pushes for three-year opt-ins

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... that the opt-in law was not the appropriate way to go and that client engagement should be governed by professional standards," he continued. As a result, the FPA is developing professional standards that meet the law's ongoing client engagement process ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... that Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will issue a final document outlining the measures to improve professional standards for financial advisers at the end of June. Specific reforms rumoured to be under Government scrutiny are reductions in upfront ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... executive of CPA Australia Advice. "We see it as critical that our new company has the same culture and professional standards that are the cornerstones of CPA Australia, which includes a fundamental objective to act in the public interest," he added. ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... services body, Finsia, says the industry currently has an opportunity to set a global benchmark for the professional standards of financial advisers. In its latest submission to the federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on lifting professional, ethical ...