Two degrees have been approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to meet its education standards. ...

Some of Australia’s largest financial advice groups are facing the problem of too few advisers who are degree qualified leading to the need for strong succession planning...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has found that approximately 60 per cent of its members are degree-qualified, compared to 35 per cent industry-wide....

The Financial Planning Association has urged flexibility around which degrees will meet the needs of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

A growing number of financial advisers were committing to longer-term education as seen by the increased uptake of postgraduate programs, according to Kaplan Professional...

The Big four banks and smaller planning firms were internally promoting tertiary qualified paraplanners to combat the shortage of experienced financial planners with degr...

If advisers had a ‘professional year’ requirement instead of a tertiary degree, it could help solve the issue of professionalism and ethics....

Limited financial advisers should not need to complete a full financial planning bachelor degree, Mentor Education believes....