training

Financial planning

Professional development a ‘core focus’ for wealth managers

Wealth management leaders are being encouraged to maximise the value of new and existing talent through continuous upskilling, as one-quarter of Australian employees seek...

Financial planning

FASEA confirms there’s no news on course approvals

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been forced to clarify that it is yet to approve any graduate diplomas or bridging courses, following some confus...

Financial planning

PC calls for higher SMSF advice standards

With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...

Life/Risk

Call for more mandatory training in life/risk

Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be subject to more stringent education requirements or risk comm...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC wants product sales training powers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing that giving it product sales training intervention powers may reduce the need for it to take extreme actio...

Financial planning

New training to help investors cut their losses

Investors could soon train their brains to resist the urge to hold onto bad investments with a new program developed by Monash University researchers. ...

Financial planning

Aged care training should be self-regulated

Education and training standards around aged care advice should be self-regulated by the industry instead of imposing a legal legislative instrument, according to Aged Ca...

Financial planning

Property advisers need training

Most people believe a person providing information or advice on investing in property should have some level of formal property investment education or training, accordin...