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Details of new SMSF accreditation revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... will be conducted online and is expected to launch in June. Ward said the accreditation will be as much about improving technical knowledge as it is about providing practical help. "We've tried to cover off lots of different professions so it's peppered ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... and an early inductee to the company's graduate recruit program, Michael has continued to develop and refine a sound technical understanding of investments, financial products and markets through his career and further education." "As one of our most ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... (SMSF) professionals must steel themselves against the criticism levelled at the sector, said AMP SMSF head of policy and technical Peter Burgess, who set out to dispel some of the charges made against SMSFs in a presentation at the SMSF Association ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... being rolled into SMSFs, but the trend is changing," the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said. He attributed the shift to the fact that many more people are retiring now ...

Netwealth appoints general manager for adviser channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... salaried financial planning businesses including experience in practice management, para planning, dealer group support, technical support, financial planning operations across retail and private banking will further boost the experience in the netwealth ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The global economy will be better this year than last, but troubles in the Eurozone and the waning power of Abenomics mean investors will find better odds in the US and China, chief economists said at a Financial Standard forum last week. The videos ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... performance "Education and professional standards are at an inflection point. GenXt has a heritage of not only academic, technical and formal education but also developing how that's practically applied. Whether you are a young adviser or a career changer ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... client experience optimisation. Fox argued that education standards have to reflect "practical advice outcomes". "The technical knowledge is an important part," he said, "but the ability to create advice that deals with the non-technicalA demands of ...

BetaShares names chief operating officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... chief operating officer from CitiCorp. Debbie Bennett has extensive experience in financial services, most recently as technical sales manager at CitiCorp. She has also held senior management positions at RBC Investor Services and J.P. Morgan. The company ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... events. MLC and SPAA will also work together on research and trustee initiatives to benefit the SMSF industry. MLC head of technical and development Keiran McIlwain said: "This commitment will provide more of our advisers with market leading training ...