The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) is a professional institute for practitioners in the financial industry in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

and New Zealand. FINSIA was formed in

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by the merger of the

Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance Australasian is the adjectival form of Australasia, a geographical region including Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. Australasian may also refer to: Institutions Commercial * Australasian Correctional Management, private company running p ...

(AIBF), founded

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

and the

Securities Institute of Australia A security is a tradable financial asset. The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction. In some countries and languages people commonly use the term "security" to refer to any for ...

(SIA), founded

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

. Chris Whitehead is the Institute's

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

. FINSIA has about 8,000 members. In 2007 the institute sold its education business to Kaplan, Inc. then part of the Washington Post. The institute introduced the Financial Service Professional certificate in 2010. FINSIA offers educational scholarships and support to its members.

References

External links

FINSIA website
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