TAP launches adviser academy to 'raise the bar for professionalism'

Ryan Edwards

The Adviser Platform (TAP) has announced a professional training and development academy to help advisers grow their own advice firms.

The managing director of TAP, Ryan Edwards told Good Returns that “there’s a real gap in the market in terms of bringing new people into the industry and giving them the tools to be successful”.

The academy aims for participants to learn the skills to be a successful adviser, focusing not just on client facing skills, but also business management, compliance, legal and most importantly to Edwards “raising the professional standards of how people conduct themselves in the industry”.

TAP will be working with established firms both to identify new candidates and to provide training and development pathways to bring that adviser through a 12-18 month programme. The end result being an “aim to increase the pool of professionals giving advice in NZ”.