FASEA approves additional qualifications

If FASEA does not recongnise all Diploma's done via the FPA regardless of when it was done it's and indictment on the FPA as a whole and they are defunct as an association. Absolutely ridiculous that FPA temerity Diploma are not recognised.

This is a FARCE. All Diploma of Financial Planning graduates should be credited. (at least for 4 units) End of story.

For heavens sake, just let all advisers over 60 stay until they have had enough. Their experience and the things they have absorbed by osmosis and CPD points is priceless. I would hate to be a person who is currently 60 and thinking of retiring in 5-6 years cause the people you will have left to see will not be anywhere as experienced in retirement and life planning as a current older adviser. You cannot teach about divorce, domestic violence, mental health, complicated asset protection structures, death of a person close to you...the human toll of the GFC, market falls..holding someones hand whilst they cry in your office and then hugging then on the way out..listening to stories that the four walls should never repeat.....no university course covers this. But advisers have either experienced it all or listened to it from clients over the years. Their empathy is second to none - but without a piece of paper they are apparently useless in assisting clients. Let the younger ones making a career out of this industry complete the study, but we older advisers who did every possible course available to us at the time and then some, and kept up all our CPD, are now expected to give up the careers we love to keep bureaucrats happy. Common sense says a carve out will retain advisers when they are most needed.

So much for being an early adopter . I did the original DIp FP as soon as it was available and was in the first intake of CFP's in the late 90's and have held the "highest designation " since, including all of the relevant CPD etc specialist cources in SMSF, Direct Equities , Estate Planning and 30 plus years experience ... sorry mate back of the que for you no recognition of anything ...

FARCE-IA simply has no clue. They would not know how to the words 'consistency' or 'professionalism' - does anyone disagree?! There is clearly no place for these inanimate creatures in our (once great) industry. It is a travesty what they have done. No other word.