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Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The financial services industry is voting in favour of one overarching professional body to oversee standards and codes of conduct, Financial Standard' latest spot poll shows. We asked readers to respond to the statement: Does the financial services ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A financial services industry group said its latest consumer research shows Australians care less about Royal Commission findings and are more concerned about professional standards. The Financial Services Institute of Australasia's (FINSIA) latest ...

FPA to fight latest FASEA proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... relevant financial planning qualification. "A financial planner with a Business degree, eight subjects in the Advanced Diploma, and five Masters level subjects in the CFP program is treated as unqualified in the latest FASEA proposal, but an existing ...

Modern business demands driving adviser education uptake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... requirements. Mentor Education said it has seen a jump in the number of advisers looking to complete its diploma, advanced diploma, master and bachelor courses. Mentor founder and principal Mark Sinclair said the bulk of enquiries and courses being undertaken ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... Monarch Institute. Users of knowITdigital's wealthdigital tool can now study a Diploma of Financial Planning and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning integrated with the knowITdigital CPD offerings, providing advisers with education resources from ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... the candidate must meet the new minimum TASA/TPB requirements for financial advisers; they must have a Minimum Advanced Diploma education qualification and a minimum two years' experience within the last three years and; and they must have kept up CPD ...

Elders introduces adviser education scholarships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... direction on educational standards is impacting advisers across Australia who don't know whether to up-skill via the Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning courses or through tertiary qualifications." The education scholarships are part of an educational ...

Enrolments point to adviser growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... our programs are at the forefront of the industry. "We are continuing to see movement from the Diploma to the Advanced Diploma and then onto the Master of Financial Planning... advisers are benefiting from tailored pathways to postgraduate education ...

Kaplan launches adviser diagnostic tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... ranging between Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) levels 5 to 8; currently the average assessment is set at Advanced Diploma (AQF level 6). The assessment covers seven key knowledge areas: investments and markets, social security, financial strategies ...

Independent body will make new standards simpler: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... will not need to complete a bachelor's degree but may need to upskill if they currently only hold a diploma or advanced diploma. "The minister has confirmed that no existing financial planner will be required to complete a bachelor's degree. However ...