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FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... has appointed a new Chair of its Conduct Review Commission (CRC) and rolled out a proposed Education and Professional Standards Framework to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry. The FPA has appointed Dr June Smith as Chair of its CRC, replacing ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... AMP have lifted their education requirements for advisers. This followed intense public debate on raising professional standards. The Beddoes Institute found that trusted advisers perform significantly better across key business metrics, including client ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... "we are supportive of the FSC's proposal to establish an independent body to oversee education levels and professional standards for financial planners." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall rejected the idea and said ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... "given that the [Financial Services Council] FSC now says more, not less regulation for financial advice and professional standards, why has the government decided to dismantle Labor's FoFA reforms and put even more pressure and risk on Australian investors?" ...

AMP Horizons launches online masters with Griffith University

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... really appeal to people looking to further their career as a financial adviser and aspire to the highest professional standards," AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis. Griffith University discipline head of finance and financial planning associate ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... adviser education in a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into lifting the professional standards in the financial services industry. The submission highlighted that competency standards should be a combination of the ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... advisers should be forced to undergo mandatory ethics classes as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the professional standards of the industry, the not-for-profit superannuation industry has argued. In a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... inquiry will analyse mechanisms that would ensure that financial planners found to have breached any law or professional standards in their employment are transparent, for both the sector and consumers. Financial services providers and companies' response ...

Planning industry on brink of golden era

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... in everything we do." Fox emphasised the need to for individuals to put pressure on each other to raise professional standards saying: "About 40% of advisers only have the diploma and that's not good enough." He added: "There are some advisers who aren't ...

AFA Excellence in Education state winners announced

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... recognises advisers that continually invest in their staff and business, themselves and invest in raising professional standards through education. Head of Campus AFA Nick Hakes said higher education was one of the keys to delivering great advice and ...