{"id":26928,"date":"2014-07-16T17:40:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T07:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=26928"},"modified":"2014-07-22T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T07:50:50","slug":"afa-announces-professional-development-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2014\/07\/16\/afa-announces-professional-development-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"AFA Announces Professional Development Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Association of Financial Advisers and dealer group Affinia have announced a partnership designed to increase the number of advisers that are members of a professional association.<\/p>\n

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Affinia’s Craig Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a joint statement, the AFA and Affinia confirmed that new advisers joining the risk-specialist dealer group will automatically become members of the AFA. They will also be offered the AFA\u2019s Masters-level professional development training for specialist risk advisers, which leads into the AFA\u2019s Chartered Life Practitioner (ChLP) designation.<\/p>\n

The partnership has been built into Affinia\u2019s professional development program, the Affinia Risk Academy, to help ensure Affinia advisers maintain a high standard of professionalism, training and development.<\/p>\n

However, despite the mandate, individual AFA membership fees and any professional development training will need to be funded by the individual adviser.<\/p>\n

\u201cAffinia shares the AFA\u2019s goal of increasing professionalism of advisers and we particularly support using development programs that have been purpose-built for advice practitioners,\u201d said Affinia General Manager, Craig Parker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrue professionalism means being committed to quality advice through ongoing education, giving back to the profession, and maintaining membership of a peak professional body like the AFA.\u201d<\/p>\n

AFA CEO, Brad Fox<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be able to join with Affinia to encourage more advisers to become members of the AFA, while also offering a professional program that enhances both the business performance and professional credibility of their risk specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n

In similar news, the Commonwealth Bank recently announced that it will require all of its financial advisers to undertake the Financial Planning Association\u2019s Certified Financial Planner certification (see: CBA Commits to Adviser Associations, Education Benchmarks<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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