The AFA Education Pathway

Education is core to business strategy and practice, creating both opportunities and sustainability.

By launching the Education Pathway that leads to the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP), the Association of Financial Advisers is signalling the role of advice and adviser education is vital to the long term prosperity of Australia.  Through this pathway, the AFA seeks to enhance client relationships with its members by focusing on the development of professional advisers who strive to improve and develop their specialist knowledge and expertise in line with best practice standards

The AFA’s vision of lifelong learning and education is embodied in its Education Pathway developed to enable its members to deliver better advice outcomes to Australian consumers. The aim of the AFA’s Education Pathway (outlined below) is to ensure that advisers are competent, compliant and confident in their careers, whilst promoting the professionalism of the insurance and finance community.

International FChFP designation

The FChFP is the AFA's highest educational designation. The term ‘Chartered’ being an indication of the high level of professional competency required.

Individuals who hold the FChFP designation have the ability to display the FChFP mark of excellence to affirm to clients and peers, your dedication to best practice standards. The FChFP also provides a gateway to an international career as it is recognised by all 11 members of the Asia Pacific Financial Services Association (APFinSA) including Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan & Thailand.

Education Partner

The AFA has partnered with RG 146 Training Australia – financial services training experts – to deliver the Education Pathway. The adviser of the future needs a broad range of skills, expertise and experience and RG 146 Training Australia’s emphasis on practical skills in industry education and the AFA's FChFP Pathway will be of crucial assistance to advisers.

The AFA’s FChFP Pathway has been developed to fill a void in the market for practical, skill-based adviser education.

The key features of the AFA's FChFP Pathway are detailed in the table below to assist advisers make arguably the most important decision towards securing their career and professional standing within the financial advice industry.

In developing the FChFP Program, the AFA has focused on providing:

• unlimited telephone and email student support;
• ability to start at any time,
• competitive pricing with no hidden fee; and
• flexibility by providing both distance education and FAST Track workshops.

To ensure a positive learning experience !

Download Here the introduction to the AFA Education Pathways brochure

Click Here to view answers to frequently asked questions about the AFA's FChFP Education Pathway.