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FPA to offer Life Risk course

... practitioner members to gain a professional identification in their area of speciality. The new program combines modules on ethics and the specialty area, for example life risk, to deliver an advanced level professional qualification, higher than ASIC's ...

FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... the Practice Standards. Previously the FPA framework to support professionalism amongst its members included a code of ethics and a set of rules for professional conduct. After a four-month consultation process, the Practice Standards will be introduced ...

AFA maps education Pathway

... FChFP designation," said the group's chief executive Richard Klipin. Pairing up with PS146 Training, the four units are Ethics & Compliance in Practice; Client Engagement & Advice; Understanding, Applying & Implementing Financial Solutions and Managing ...

New era for investment analysts

... such as investment policy, asset allocation, legal and regulatory environment, due diligence and manager selection and ethics. There is also the AMP-sponsored CIMA scholarship, worth $5,500, which is the first of its kind in the institutional market. ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... courses. "We must push back against complexity," said Diermeir. There must also be tougher emphasis on codes of conduct and ethics, which is why the CFA Institute is producing many papers on trustee, investment manger and fiduciary standards that they ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... 90,000 strong across 55 countries, said the key to its success over the last six decades is its sharp focus on professional ethics rather than just technical education. Ethics supported by professional standards is what makes you a professional, said ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

Intangibles the new bottom line in company valuations

... a different set of issues than their predecessors. Climate change, reputational risks and workers putting lifestyle and ethics above financial needs are just some of the factors influencing the value of companies and whether they are profitable or not. ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... the Australian National University today, Professor Justine O'Brien from the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, said, "The political calendar in the UK, US and now Australia is giving concerns about private equity political traction." ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct. The FPA Disciplinary Committee upheld 29 of the charges and fined de Boer $47,000 along ...