Canaccord Wealth Management has partnered with fi360 Canada Inc. to provide Canaccord advisors the opportunity to obtain the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Professional designation.
“The AIFP designation sets Canaccord investment advisors apart by denoting their successful completion of the most advanced professional training available on fiduciary standards-of-care,” says Tanya Bird-McCann, chief operating officer, Canaccord Wealth Management. “Our continued partnership with fi360 will solidify Canaccord’s advisor training program as one of the most robust in the Canadian market.”
Fi360 Canada Inc., in association with Pittsburgh, Penn. based fi360, offers a comprehensive approach to investment fiduciary standard education, practice management and support that will help establish them as the go-to source for investment fiduciary insights in Canada.
“We are extremely pleased to add Canaccord Wealth Management as a preferred partner” says Beat Guldimann, chairman of fi360 Canada. “Fi360 has been very successful in making the fiduciary standard a core component of best practices in the investment industry in the United States and Australasia. We are looking forward to bringing these standards to the Canadian market as we begin rolling out the AIFP designation and related support programs.”
The first training program for Canaccord advisors took place in July 2011. Future AIFP training sessions and exams will be provided throughout the year.
Canaccord Wealth Management is a division of Canaccord Genuity is a subsidiary of Canaccord Financial Inc. (TSX:CF).
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