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BFF5390

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 25 April 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Banking and Finance

Coordinator(s)

Mr Andrew Child

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit provides advanced skills in financial planning, construction of a plan, and review of the plan. Coverage includes: preparation of various financial planning documents including the Financial Services Guide, Privacy Statement and Statement of Advice; aspects of the client relationship; gathering data and identifying goals, objectives and financial issues; assessing strategies, preparing recommendations, and writing the Statement of Advice; implementing the plan; reviewing, updating and maintaining the plan.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. develop a practical understanding at an advanced level of various important and topical subjects in financial planning, with emphasis on client and practice issues such as: setting up a practice, gaining and maintaining a licence, dealing with clients, handling compliance issues and ethics, superannuation, portfolio management, salary packaging, internal and external complaints handling, insurance and risk management, estate planning and behavioural finance in financial planning
  2. develop skills in analysis and problem solving that are critical in satisfying client objectives and in finalising the preparation of Statements of Advice (SoAs)
  3. develop skills in effectively managing and communicating with clients through research into current issues and reporting of results.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Professor Philip Gray

Prerequisites

AFF9130 or BFF5913

Prohibitions

AFF5390