Kaplan Skilled has teamed up with the Faculty for Monetary Planning, a Kaplan US firm, to carry three globally recognised monetary recommendation designations to the Australian market.

This transfer goals to empower monetary advisers and monetary providers professionals with distinguished {qualifications}, setting them aside as specialists in particular areas of monetary recommendation.

The Faculty for Monetary Planning has been a pioneering establishment in monetary planning schooling, introducing the Licensed Monetary Planner certification in the USA greater than 50 years in the past. At the moment, the worldwide supplier of monetary planning designations boasts 12 certifications and greater than 100,000 designation holders worldwide.

Introducing specialist designations

The partnership between Kaplan Skilled and the Faculty for Monetary Planning marks the primary time Australian professionals can entry these designations:

• Monetary Paraplanner Certified ProfessionalSM (FPQP)
• Chartered Retirement Planning CounsellorSM (CRPC)
• Accredited Behavioural Finance ProfessionalSM (ABFP)

Eligibility for these designations is predicated on prior research with Kaplan Skilled, encompassing particular topics or full {qualifications}, with many candidates capable of apply instantly.

“The introduction of those globally recognised designations to the Australian market affords extra methods for people to showcase their hard-earned experience and information, enhancing their credibility and belief within the eyes of shoppers,” Kaplan Skilled CEO Brian Knight stated.

Showcasing experience to shoppers

The designations deal with the rising shopper demand for licensed specialists in numerous fields of monetary recommendation.

“Those that earn these designations can showcase their credibility, experience, and information via added credentials on their adviser profile, web site, enterprise playing cards, and different digital advertising supplies, which can assist entice purchasers and employers searching for well-qualified monetary advisers and monetary providers professionals,” Knight stated.

“The achievement might be additional amplified via a digital badge, which permits people to simply share verified proof of every designation (together with the method required to earn it), wherever and each time they select.”

Future plans and securing the designations

Kaplan Skilled plans to introduce extra world designations from the Faculty for Monetary Planning to the Australian market quickly.

With a one-off payment of $395 for certification evaluation and issuance, and a renewal payment of $90 each two years, professionals can preserve their designations alongside annual CPD necessities beneath the Monetary Adviser Requirements. An introductory low cost of 15% on the certification payment is obtainable till 30 June 2024.

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