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BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... system that allows some advisers to become qualified in providing advice for retail customers after only four days of training. The necessary guard rails are being put in place to raise the professional, ethical and educational standards, which will ...

Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... reasonable steps to ensure its representatives complied with the aforementioned requirements. The court determined that NSG's training on legal and regulatory obligations was insufficient to ensure clients received advice which was in their best interests ...

FASEA announces first focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the policy for regulated qualifications in the Australian education and training system, with level 7 corresponding with a bachelor degree.

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... providing advice around property investment, believing that any provider of advice should be required to have formal training and be regulated/licensed.

Cyber training is advice value-add: AUSTRAC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... intelligence and policy David Hawkins believes there are opportunities for financial advisers to value-add by providing cyber training services. Speaking at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast, Hawkins agreed with a point that ...

Increased scrutiny driving regtech need

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... also working with clients to connect real-time risk identification with professional education, shaping the industry's training outcomes now and in the future and enabling licensees to identify when and how to train advisers. The two organisations have ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
AMP has refreshed its mental health training for financial advisers with new content that exceeds the minimum standards of the Life Insurance Code. Initially designed for customer-facing insurance staff, the modules aim to help advisers manage difficult ...

XPLAN expands adviser training offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Industry software provider IRESS recently enhanced its training offer to include CPD point accreditation and introduced a program of structured learning pathways. The changes to XPLAN education and training took effect this week, and include a program ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... views the trend towards the development of succession plans as "positive", as greater emphasis is placed on the grooming, training and development of next generations to take over the family business compared to other regions. "The next generations of ...

AMP launches LIF-ready resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... LIF readiness initiatives, which include professional development master classes, legislative updates and specialised training for practice staff. AMP's director of insurance proposition Greg Johnson said: "We know advisers are experiencing a huge amount ...