Undergraduate - UnitAFF3111 - Personal financial planning

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Accounting and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day) Caulfield Summer semester A 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Andrew Child

Quota applies

Enrolment restriction quota of 60 students in Summer A 2011.

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to financial planning. Coverage includes: the legislative and economic environment; the role of financial service advisers; licensing and disclosure; investment strategies, products, and related taxation implications, with particular reference to securities and managed investments; social security; superannuation, pensions and other retirement issues; estate planning; and the financial planning process. This unit meets Australian Securities and Investments Commission registration requirements for Tier 1 in respect of: specific knowledge in financial planning, securities, managed investments and superannuation; generic knowledge; and skills.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

describe financial planning activities and legal compliance requirements for financial planners
demonstrate specialist skills required for interaction with financial planning clients
demonstrate generic knowledge of the Australian and global investment environments, together with specialist knowledge in the areas of superannuation, financial planning, securities and managed investments
prepare financial plans for clients with different financial objectives
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with personal financial planning and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFF3111.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Philip Gray

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFC2140 or AFF2631 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFC3440