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ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... compulsory national examination will help it do that," Medcraft said during an appearance before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Medcraft proposed to put in place a co-regulatory model where industry would set ...

FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... 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 Professor Dimity Kingsford Smith who held ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... and that "there has been no ASIC involvement in the creation of the plan." In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PFC) inquiry on adviser education and professional standards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... members, and receiving member fees and encouraging new members," ASIC said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into adviser professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Quoting a report ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Both organisations exposed their position regarding 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 ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... the industry, the not-for-profit superannuation industry has argued. In a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJC), Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... attempt by Licensees to better the integrity and transparency of the industry." In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into proposals to lift the professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... advisers, as this material is being developed in conjunction with current consultations with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and other industry working groups.

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... degree from January 1, 2018, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in its submission to a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry. The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services is conducting an inquiry into proposals to lift the professional ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... protection mechanism, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will look at the adequacy of current qualifications required by financial advisers ...