Ethical training at the click of a mouse

financial-advisers/cent/executive-director/

15 February 2008
| By George Liondis |

The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has revamped its responsible investment training course for financial advisers.

The online course takes four hours to complete and once certified a planner will be able to use the responsible investment symbol to promote their qualifications, which will be listed on the RIAA website.

Commenting on the launch, RIAA executive director Louise O’Halloran said in the three years to June 2007, managed responsible investment portfolios grew 380 per cent.

“Responsible investment has moved rapidly towards the mainstream in the last 18 months and demand for specialised advice is growing, particularly amongst high-net-wealth clients. People are motivated by a desire to align their values with their investments, but they are also starting to understand the strong connection between responsible business practices and profits,” she said.

The course provides information about a range of products and services available in the sector, explains how stocks are selected for inclusion in responsible investment funds, provides case studies and will cost $407 per person, with group discounts.

Read more about:

AUTHOR

Recommended for you

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 4 days ago

TOP PERFORMING FUNDS

ACS FIXED INT - AUSTRALIA/GLOBAL BOND
Fund name
3y(%)pa
1
DomaCom DFS Mortgage
92.15 3 y p.a(%)
3