FNSFPL608 — Prepare advice in foreign exchange
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What an assessment for FNSFPL608 must cover
42 assessable components: 5 elements (22 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 9 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Analyse client needs and risk profile
- 1.1Analyse client needs using all information gathered and considering client’s product expectations
- 1.2Consult with authorised representative throughout analysis for further clarification where necessary according to organisational procedures
- 1.3Identify need for specialist advice and ensure client is referred to appropriate adviser where required
- 1.4Assess and confirm client’s product risk profile according to expectations of cashflow and relevant taxation obligations
2 Develop foreign exchange strategies and solutions that meet client needs and risk profile
- 2.1Identify legislative, regulatory and code of practice requirements relevant to products being offered
- 2.2Determine required foreign exchange strategy based on analysis of foreign exchange products, client risk profile, and client needs
- 2.3Conduct required research, analysis and product modelling and apply stress tests for changes in market conditions
3 Provide strategies and solutions to authorised representative
- 3.1Draft required solution, plan, policy or transaction and provide to authorised representative
- 3.2Explain proposed solution, plan, policy or transaction to authorised representative
- 3.3Confirm details, terms and conditions of product and service
- 3.4Disclose impacts and possible risks of proposed solution, plan, policy or transaction and offer alternative solutions to authorised representative
- 3.5Provide supporting written documentation and guide authorised representative through key aspects of documentation
- 3.6Discuss and clarify concerns and issues regarding proposed solution, plan, policy or transaction
- 3.7Confirm with authorised representative client’s understanding of proposed solution, plan, policy or transaction
4 Establish agreement and complete documentation process
- 4.1Obtain formal agreement from authorised representative and obtain their sign-off on proposed solution, plan, policy or transaction
- 4.2Document fees, cost structures and timeframes for execution and processing of agreed solution, plan, policy or transaction
- 4.3Ensure proposal and required statutory and transactional documents are completed and signed off by client
- 4.4Provide draft agreement and other required documentation to authorised representative
5 Agree to arrangements for providing ongoing services
- 5.1Prepare documentation of fees and costs for ongoing and specifically defined services according to organisational policies and procedures
- 5.2Agree to type and form of ongoing service to be provided
- 5.3Provide documented service arrangements to authorised representative for confirmation
- 5.4Implement procedures for agreed ongoing service according to organisational policies and procedures
Performance evidence
- prepare accurate and ethical advice on foreign exchange for at least two different clients; with one of the two clients requiring advice on foreign exchange products, and one advice on foreign exchange services.
- interpret and comply with industry regulations and codes of practice
- analyse client needs, financial situation and risk profile, and prepare appropriate strategies or solutions relating to foreign exchange.
Knowledge evidence
- economic environment, including: characteristics and impact of economic and business cycles, interest rates and exchange rates, inflation, government monetary and fiscal policy
- operation of financial markets, including: roles played by intermediaries and issuers, structure and interrelationships within financial markets, interrelationship between industry sectors
- financial products, including: concept of a financial product: general definition, and specific inclusions and exclusions, types of financial investment products, types of financial risk products
- aspects of ongoing service provision, including: reporting on performance, communicating comprehensively and clearly, reviewing of solution, plan, policy or transaction.
- legal environment, including disclosure and compliance covering: role of the authorised representative or adviser, relevant legal principles relating to the Corporations Act, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Act, Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act, and Competition and Consumer Act, relationship between ethics and regulatory requirements, including good faith, faith, utmost good faith, full disclosure of remuneration and fees, and other conflicts of interest that may influence authorised representative’s recommendation, relevant industry standards and codes of practice, regulatory guidelines, internal and external complaints resolution procedures
- foreign exchange markets, including: market participants, roles played by intermediaries, types of foreign exchange products, their characteristics, associated risks and alternative products, including derivatives
- taxation issues in relation to foreign exchange products and markets in which they operate
- theories of investment, portfolio management and management of investment and risk, including: investment concepts and strategies, identification of types of risk, client risk profile, hedging concepts.
Foundation skills
- Learning: Extends knowledge of foreign exchange product features and applications relevant to current role using research and analysis
- Numeracy: Interprets financial product information and calculates client costs, risks and returns
- Oral communication: Articulates requirements using industry-specific language appropriate to audience and environment; Uses active listening and questioning techniques to elicit information and confirm understanding
- Reading: Interprets textual information from relevant sources
- Writing: Uses specific industry-related terminology to complete and consolidate workplace documentation
- Planning and organising: Takes responsibility for the planning, sequence and priority of tasks within own workload to achieve effective and compliant outcomes
- Self-management: Takes personal responsibility for following policies, procedures and protocols to provide advisory services and documentation that comply with legal and organisational requirements; Applies systematic and analytical decision-making processes to determine and implement solutions that meet client needs and financial requirements
- Teamwork: Selects and uses conventions and protocols when communicating with authorised representatives; Seeks and shares information, establishes agreement and maintains ethical service relationships; Adapts personal communication style to show respect for the values, beliefs and cultural expectations of others
- Technology: Uses the main features and functions of digital tools to complete work tasks
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What does an assessment tool for FNSFPL608 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for FNSFPL608 needs to address all 42 unit components: 5 elements with 22 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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