EDUCATION

Financial planning

The financial advice industry needs to keep experienced advisers to mentor the next generation, especially when there is a market crash, and to curb clients being orphane...

Financial planning

The now-defunct education authority said it had “no power” to exempt an adviser from sitting the exam but had referred any adviser it knew to be experiencing mental healt...

Financial planning

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has provided advice to members wishing to cancel their Australian financial service licence following rising costs of runn...

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals has criticised “elitist” younger advisers who do not support Labor’s proposed education exemption for older...

Financial planning

If elected, a Labor government would assume that a decade of experience was worth at least a degree and would scrap the degree requirement for those advisers....

Financial planning

The Aged Care Steps Accredited Aged Care Professional program will be available as an elective unit which can lead to eligibility for the Financial Planning Association o...

Financial planning

Exam takers who did not pass have until Friday, 29 October, to register for the November exam....

Financial planning

One-third of advisers are likely to have their rating downgraded as the firm incorporates more focus on education and professional standards....

SMSF

The SMSF Association has entered into new partnership agreements with Kaplan Professional and Deakin University to offer its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation (SSA)....

Financial planning

This is the lowest pass rate, beating the previous record of 67%, with only two exam sittings remaining this year....

Financial planning

Advisers are now turning to focus on their business growth but the workload around fee consent requirements are a burden and they need efficient processes to lower this l...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has appointed Marc Olynyk as its new chair of the Financial Planning Education Council....

Features

Advice practices need to put more work into their culture, career structures and salaries if they want to attract and retain what little supply there is of current and fu...

Financial planning

There needs to be a better recognition of previous study undertaken by financial planners, and in particular continuing professional development studies, according to the...

Financial planning

The education provider is offering scholarships worth $100 to be used towards tuition fees for each financial planning subject for the remainder of the year....

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