Abbreviations

ABA

Australian Bankers Association

ACSB

Advice Competency Standards Board

Advisers Act

Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (US)

AFA

Association of Financial Advisers

AFP

Associate Financial Planner

AFS

Australian Financial Services

AIST

Australian Institute of Superannuation of Trustees

AQF

Australian Qualifications Framework

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission                  

ASIC Act

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

BT

Bankers Trust Financial Group

Campbell Inquiry

Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System, 1979

CASA

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

CFP

Certified Financial Planner

COBA

Customer Owned Banking Association

Committee

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

CP 153

ASIC Consultation Paper 153: Licensing: Assessment and professional development framework for financial advisers

CP 212

ASIC Consultation Paper 212: Licensing: Training of financial product advisers – Updates to RG 146

CPA

Certified Public Accountants

CPD

Continuing Professional Development

Economics Inquiry

Senate Economics Committee, Performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, June 2014.

FINSIA

Financial Services Institute of Australasia

FOFA

Future of Financial Advice

FOS

Financial Ombudsman Service

FPA

Financial Planning Association of Australia

FPEC

Finance Professionals' Education Council

FSC

Financial Services Council

FSI

Financial System Inquiry

FSPR

Financial Service Providers Register

FSR Act

Financial Services Reform Act 2001

FSU

Finance Sector Union of Australia

GFC

Global Financial Crisis

ISA

Industry Super Australia

PSC

Professional Standards Councils

RG 139

ASIC Regulatory Guide 139: Approval and oversight of external complaints resolution schemes

RG 146

ASIC Regulatory Guide 146: Licensing: Training of financial product advisers

RG 183

ASIC Regulatory Guide 183: Approval of financial services sector codes of conduct

SMSF

Self-Managed Super Fund

SPAA

Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia

Wallis Inquiry

Financial System Inquiry, 1997

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