Continuing Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development

The FAAA is dedicated to helping our members continue their professional development and meet their annual obligations.

FAAA Learn

Through our learning management system, FAAA Learn, CFP® Professionals and Practitioner members can meet their annual legislative requirements for free. Other membership categories can gain access to a broad range of free and discounted education content. Engage in webinars, articles, and quizzes and let FAAA Learn track the hours for you! Explore some of our current content below or login.

Member Audits

We periodically contact members at random to partake in CPD audits which include the completion of a CPD plan and CPD record. Participation is mandatory and ensures our community upholds the highest professional standards as per the FAAA Policy: CPD

Current number of free CPD hours that members can access in FAAA Learn

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Client Care & Practice

WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

The role of the adviser if a client loses capacity

WEBINAR

0.75 HOURS CPD

ADHD and its influence in financial wellness

ARTICLE

2 HOURS CPD

Aged care - what clients want

Professionalism & Ethics

ARTICLE

1.5 HOURS CPD

The role of financial planners in preventing, recognising and responding to elder financial abuse

ARTICLE

1 HOUR CPD

Building trust in Fintech

WEBINAR

1 HOUR CPD

Revisiting Standard 12 of the code of ethics

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Regulatory Compliance & Consumer Protection

WEBINAR

0.75 HOURS CPD

AFCA case studies

WEBINAR

1 HOUR CPD

AML/CTF reforms – how will they impact financial advisers

ARTICLE

1.5 HOURS CPD

ALRC review of Corporations Act

Tax (Financial) Advice

WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

Tax deductibility of risk advice and opportunities in the Life Insurance sector

ARTICLE

2 HOURS CPD

The superannuation tax debate

WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

From UK to Oz - mastering pension transfers

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Technical Competence

ARTICLE

1 HOUR CPD

Revisiting the 4% withdrawal rule using Monte Carlo simulations with random market declines

ARTICLE

1 HOUR CPD

Efficient asset allocation for individual investors in the EFT World

WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

Understanding retirement communities and the value of advice

General

ARTICLE

1 HOUR CPD

Indigenous autonomy and financial decision-making in communities

ARTICLE

0.75 HOURS CPD

Comprehensive financial planning for a sustainable retirement

ARTICLE

1.25 HOURS CPD

Financial and psychological reverberations during COVID-19 -evidence for individual and generational turning points

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WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

Federal Election 2025

WEBINAR

0.5 HOURS CPD

In conversation with Sarah & David

WEBINAR

1 HOUR CPD

How to be retirement ready

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Quick summary - CPD requirements

Membership category FAAA accredited* Total required*
CFP® Professional (Practising) 28 hours - 70% of minimum hours required by the Corporations CPD Standard 40 hours
CFP® Professional (Non-Practising) 10 hours - 50% of minimum hours required by the FAAA 20 hours
CFP® Professional (Retired) N/A 15 hours (can include reading the newspaper, attending an FAAA event, reading FAAA Weekly, mentoring etc.)
FAAA Practitioner 28 hours - 70% of minimum hours required by the Corporations CPD Standard 40 hours
FAAA Affiliate 10.5 hours - 70% of minimum hours required by the FAAA (recommended best practise - no mandatory requirement) 15 hours (recommended best practise - no mandatory requirement)
FAAA Specialisms N/A 9 hours

For further information read FAAA Policy: CPD

*hours per CPD year