I've studied Financial Planning before. The worst and most boring part is learning all the stupid compliance laws around SMSFs and superannuation. It is hard to retain and it changes from year-to-year due to the fact that they tinker with rules depending on how much shortfall they have in the budget that year and how much money they need to steal from Australians.
Sorry about that. That is just the super and SMSF topics though. I really like studying the Securities, Derivatives and Managed Fund topics. I did mine at the Diploma/Advanced Diploma level. I'm sure it is much more fun to study in a Bachelor degree because you get to branch out in electives and there is time to go into more detail. The Diploma level courses are very much focused on the bare essentials.
If you find Financial Planning to be too dry when you graduate try doing a postgraduate professional certification like:
These will help you move out of Financial Planning and into Asset management/hedge funds/private equity and venture capital. They are also way cheaper than doing a Masters and really just as prestigious.
Or even some of the undergraduate training courses that AFMA offers allow you to specialise in areas like foreign exchange dealing and energy trading. I find energy trading/broking is one financial markets job that you can get in Brisbane (whereas Prop trading, OTC derivatives dealing and stockbroking is almost exclusively based in Sydney or Melbourne).
I'm doing Law of Investments and Markets next term, so that could very well be the unit you're mentioning.
I'll most certainly look into those other qualifications, as that is the area that I do want to head eventually
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I've studied Financial Planning before. The worst and most boring part is learning all the stupid compliance laws around SMSFs and superannuation. It is hard to retain and it changes from year-to-year due to the fact that they tinker with rules depending on how much shortfall they have in the budget that year and how much money they need to steal from Australians.
That doesn't fill me with happiness :( But I'm looking forward to getting away from bloody accounting thats for sure.
Sorry about that. That is just the super and SMSF topics though. I really like studying the Securities, Derivatives and Managed Fund topics. I did mine at the Diploma/Advanced Diploma level. I'm sure it is much more fun to study in a Bachelor degree because you get to branch out in electives and there is time to go into more detail. The Diploma level courses are very much focused on the bare essentials.
If you find Financial Planning to be too dry when you graduate try doing a postgraduate professional certification like:
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst:
https://caia.org/programs/the-caia-charter
Chartered Financial Analyst:
https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cfa
These will help you move out of Financial Planning and into Asset management/hedge funds/private equity and venture capital. They are also way cheaper than doing a Masters and really just as prestigious.
Or even some of the undergraduate training courses that AFMA offers allow you to specialise in areas like foreign exchange dealing and energy trading. I find energy trading/broking is one financial markets job that you can get in Brisbane (whereas Prop trading, OTC derivatives dealing and stockbroking is almost exclusively based in Sydney or Melbourne).
Australian Financial Markets Association certificates:
https://afma.com.au/learning/qualifications
oh cool thanks mate.
I'm doing Law of Investments and Markets next term, so that could very well be the unit you're mentioning.
I'll most certainly look into those other qualifications, as that is the area that I do want to head eventually
Only way to dodge tax is if we start a revolution. Keen?
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