KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- As part of the Council’s efforts to uplift the professionalism of financial industry in Malaysia, Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC) held the 4th MFPC National Financial Planning Tournament 2018 at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Learning Centre, Bangi. The tournament will be held for 3 days from the 2 - 4 November 2018. The 4th edition collaborating university is Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) with the core strategic partners being Securities Commission Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd (BMD) and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM), Affin Hwang and Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia (FiMM).

A total of 20 universities is participating at the tournament vying for the Championship trophy and cash price of RM 8,000. The objectives of this tournament are to promote the importance of financial planning skills and knowledge among the undergraduates and for interactive learning experience amongst the industries players and communities.

The official tournament materials are derived from the Registered Financial Planner (RFP) and the Shariah Registered Financial Planner (RFP) modules. The RFP and the Shariah RFP programmes are recognized by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Securities Commission Malaysia as a professional qualification for the application of the Financial Adviser Representative License and Capital Markers Services License (CMSL) respectively.

“It is very important to highlight that undergraduates will be the nation’s future leaders, thus they must be equipped with essential life skills which is not only focused in theory but also through practical learning” according to the President of Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC), Michael Kok Fook On. “Today, we live in a very challenging world, thus it is very essential to know that having better financial planning could drive you to have a sustainable life in future and makes life easy when making day to day financial decisions” he added.

Apart from this tournament, there will be a side pocket event which is the Financial Fun Run Freedom on 4 November 2018 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) which will be officiated by the YAB Tuan Amirudin Bin Shari The main objective of this run is to ensure students are well-rounded individuals to improve their mental and physical ability by adapting the importance of exercising in their everyday lives.

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Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)

MFPC is an independent body set up with the noble objective of promoting nationwide development and enhancement of the financial planning profession. MFPC provides an evolving set of Best Practice Standards and Code of Ethics that must be adhered to by Registered Financial Planner (RFP) and Shariah RFP designees. This requirement is aimed at ensuring that the public will be served with the highest quality of financial planning services. MFPC was registered on 10th of March, 2004 under the Societies Act, 1996. The Registered Financial Planner (RFP) programme was launched by the former Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz in November 2002.

The RFP designation was approved by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as the prerequisite qualification to apply for the Financial Advisers’ License and Financial Advisers’ Representative License. RFP designation was also approved by Securities Commission Malaysia for the application of the Capital Markets Services License (CMSL) in view of the introduction of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007.

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Malaysian Financial Planning Council
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