EDUCATION

Financial planning

The Dūcere Global Business School plans to offer partial scholarships for twelve Mentor Education alumni and financial service industry professionals to undertake their M...

Financial planning

Over 17,000 advisers may need to complete further education under the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s reforms, including 1,000 who are close to retirem...

Financial 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....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s National Roadshow will focus educating and calming financial planners regarding the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’...

Financial planning

Deen Sanders, chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, has told SMSF Conference delegates that they should not fear education reforms for ...

Financial planning

Education providers are already seeing the benefits of the new planner education regime, with Mentor Education having experienced increased enrolments in its course offer...

Financial planning

New financial planners are likely to find themselves weighed down by education debt – something which will make it unlikely they will look to buy an existing practice, ac...

People & Products

TAL Risk Academy has a new learning system and 16 new courses part of its 2018 curriculum....

Financial planning

Swinburne Online is offering five new bachelor-level online business and accounting degrees, responding to the Government’s new educational requirements for financial pla...

Financial planning

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

People & Products

PIMCO has announced the launch of its new digital education platform, Market Intelligence....

Financial planning

The industry needs clarity on how the new educational standards for existing advisers will quantify experience and established client relationships....

Financial planning

ASIC has released its Cost Recovery Implementation Statement outlining its estimated regulatory costs in 2017/18 as part of the industry funding model. ...

Financial planning

Planner anxiety over pursuing further education to meet the new academic qualification requirements are unnecessary while the benefits will be significant....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has urged that the provision of advice and the delivery of member education be key criteria in the selection of default funds....

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