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Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... specifically approved AQ7 Financial Planning major in an undergraduate degree or the completion of a specialised post-graduate diploma or master's degree in financial planning," he said. Evans added that extra studies and paying more for the adviser ...

First Australians Capital appoints managing partner, receives $9m backing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
First Australians Capital (FAC) has named Benson Saulo as its managing partner as it receives a $9 million grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) to drive future expansion and development. Saulo, who commences the role effective immediately, will ...

FAAA suggests adviser pathway tweaks

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... acknowledge the challenges for older advisers, approaching their retirement, in undertaking an eight-subject graduate diploma," she said. Abood said implementing an appropriately targeted experienced pathway could help to offset the substantial decline ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... that many women prefer to be active participants in the advice journey," she says. Having recently gained her Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning while caring for two young children and experiencing a marriage breakdown, Carey Financial's Baulch ...

Financial advice among most qualified professions: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... ASIC-recognised qualifications shows 82% of advisers' tertiary qualifications specifically relate to financial planning, such as the Diploma in Financial Planning or its equivalent which is held by two-thirds of advisers. Further, 27% of advisers had ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... "Ever since the FASEA education reforms came into effect in 2019, the highest priority for advisers has been the Graduate Diploma required," he said. "There was no longer a focus on professional designations; that's a phenomenon that has been experienced ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
Appearing at the 2022 ASFA Conference this morning, ABC News journalist Stan Grant has echoed the sentiment that China has arrived as a global superpower and probed Australia's tense but necessitous relationship with its largest trading partner. ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... educational providers like Kaplan have a set duration to finish their qualifications - that is four years for a graduate diploma and five years for a master's. ASIC's Financial Adviser Register does not record how many advisers are in such a ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
The NZ Super Fund and three other New Zealand institutional investors have excluded Russian sovereign debt and investments in majority state-owned enterprises and will look to divest any current holdings as soon as possible. NZ Super Fund, the Accident ...

Financial Standard, Deakin University partner

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... possible, while opening up new learning opportunities to further their careers." Deakin University currently offers a Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning, Master of Financial Planning as well as bridging courses (MAA769, MLC714 and MAA728) which are ...
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