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Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... technical consultation process, quality monitoring, training and providing technical accounting advice. She is a member of chartered accounts Australia and New Zealand and of South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the association said. She ...

Chartered accountants largely FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority should recognise the qualifications of chartered accountants in order to keep them in the financial advice industry. That is the view of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, saying the ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... provide firms with the ability to independently assess their advisers' knowledge and development needs against the industry standard. This is part of a firms' obligations to ensure that advisers are and remain competent," the CII said. The level 4 Diploma ...

Westpac names independent director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... a role which also oversaw asset management across the region. Prior to HSBC, Fung held a number of roles at Standard Chartered Bank. She is currently a non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Hang ...

Kapstream appoints analyst, promotes internally

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... most recently a former senior credit analyst at Scotiabank and before that was a convertible bond analyst at Standard Chartered Bank. Kapstream managing director and portfolio manager Raymond Lee said Chrystal stood out "given the breadth of experience ...

New law tightens unpaid SG penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... responsible, he said. Howlett warned company directors could also be liable for SG payments for many years - not just a standard three or four-year period. They are unable to hide behind complex company structures or family trusts from backdated claims ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Only two-in-five people working in the investment industry passed the first stage of the most recent Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination. Of the 68,086 candidates who took the Level I exam in December last year, 57% failed to progress to the ...

FPEC chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... advisers proposed by FASEA. FPEC was established by the FPA in 2011 as an independent body chartered with raising the standard of financial planning education and promoting financial planning as a distinct learning area and a career of choice. FPA chair ...

AFA working to bust FASEA myths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... our view that an adviser with a relevant degree, the DFP and the ADFP or a professional designation such as the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner which is at a higher AQF level, should not have needed to do any further study, however we are hopeful ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... of the North Australian Pastoral Company and chair of energy services company Evergen. Wilton and Dunne are qualified Chartered Financial Analysts.