The financial planning education and training agenda in Australia

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Bruce, Ken
Gupta, Rakesh
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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Against a backdrop of fitiaticial services reform atid uncertain economic times, attention has been focused oti the competence of financial advisers. This paper examines the current training and education standards set by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and those set by professional bodies such as the Financial Planning Association of Australia. It provides a comparison of the state of regulation of financial planners in the United States with the recent report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The paper suggests that minimum training standards set by the Australian regulator have ...
View more >Against a backdrop of fitiaticial services reform atid uncertain economic times, attention has been focused oti the competence of financial advisers. This paper examines the current training and education standards set by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and those set by professional bodies such as the Financial Planning Association of Australia. It provides a comparison of the state of regulation of financial planners in the United States with the recent report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The paper suggests that minimum training standards set by the Australian regulator have allowed private education providers to capture the training and education agenda away from the profession with the result that financial planning in Australia may not yet be a profession, but simply an industry.
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View more >Against a backdrop of fitiaticial services reform atid uncertain economic times, attention has been focused oti the competence of financial advisers. This paper examines the current training and education standards set by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and those set by professional bodies such as the Financial Planning Association of Australia. It provides a comparison of the state of regulation of financial planners in the United States with the recent report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The paper suggests that minimum training standards set by the Australian regulator have allowed private education providers to capture the training and education agenda away from the profession with the result that financial planning in Australia may not yet be a profession, but simply an industry.
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Journal Title
Financial Services Review: the journal of individual financial management
Volume
20
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Subject
Investment and Risk Management
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Banking, Finance and Investment