AMP has increased the educational standards to join its Adviser Academy ahead of its first intake next month.
Advisers looking to join the Academy will need to hold a degree equivalent, prior to commencing the six-week course through AMP Horizons.
The course provided in partnership with Griffith University includes three weeks of online learning and a three-week period at the Horizons campus in Sydney, followed by a full year of professional experience at an AMP-aligned practice.
AMP also announced a 50 per cent increase in the number of new student intakes, rising from four to six a year, in a move AMP Horizons head, Amelia Constantinidis, said would provide more flexibility for students to start at a time that suits them.
Under the redesigned course, employees who have worked for 12 months in an AMP-aligned practice will be awarded an education grant to pursue a Certified Financial Planner, Fellow Chrartered Financial Planner or Masters in Financial Planning qualification, to meed the group’s minimum education standards of a post-graduate degree equivalent by 31 December 2019.
