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

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. FINSIA was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance (AIBF), founded

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and the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA), founded 1966. Chris Whitehead is the Institute's CEO. FINSIA has about 8,000 members. In 2007 the institute sold its education business to

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then part of the

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. 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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