KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Bernama) -- ­ MFPC held its 8^th biennial graduation ceremony, at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel, celebrating the accomplishment of over 500 graduating students with the Registered Financial Planner (RFP) or Shariah Registered Financial Planner (SRFP) designations. Building on its success since the year 2004, this year’s ceremony focused on the importance of transforming the lives of individuals by ensuring the adoption of financial planning approaches. 
 
Representing the Malaysian Government at the Council’s 8^th Graduation ceremony was YB Fuziah Salleh from the Prime Minister’s Department who is in charge of Islamic affairs. MFPC has in recent years build the momentum of the Shariah RFP designation to meet the needs of the Malaysian populace.
 
In her speech, Fuziah Salleh said, “I would like to remind you that professionals like you are critically needed for the too many Malaysians who face financial distress”. “More and more Malaysian consumers are getting into serious financial problems due to poor financial knowledge, wrong attitudes and poor financial habits leading to irresponsible financial behaviour,” she added.
 
Michael Kok Fook On, President of MFPC, congratulated and encouraged the graduates. He said, “As the demand for Islamic financial services continues to grow locally and globally, Malaysia is well placed to take advantage of this. It is Islamic finance that provides Malaysia with our advantage over neighbouring financial centres”. “MFPC’s development of the Registered Shariah Financial Planner has certainly been a move in the right direction. And I am encouraged to see Muslims, as well as non-Muslims, graduating today with this designation. This augurs well for Malaysia’s thrust to be an Islamic Finance hub”, he said.
 
The Agensi Kaunselling & Pengurusan Kredit (AKPK) and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has made it compulsory for all their customer-facing financial advice personnel to be equipped with either the RFP or Shariah RFP designation. The favoured designation in Malaysia was the brainchild of the former governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and is the prerequisite qualifications for the application as licensed intermediaries.
 
The ceremony also saw the annoucement of four outstanding student awards, and the confermnent of fellow members to Vincent Kwo, Deputy President of the Council, Khor Hock Seng, Group Chief Executive Officer of Great Eastern Holdings Limited, Fikri Mohamad Rawi, CEO of Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad and Ahcene Lahsasna, CEO of Salihin Shariah Advisory for their outstanding contribution to the development of MFPC.
 
Our home grown RFP programmes ensures our graduates are able to blend ground-breaking intellectual achievement with practical applications.


About:-
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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SOURCE : Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)  
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Mervin Anthony
Manager
External Relations and Project Management
Malaysian Financial Planning Council
Tel : +6 03 62035899
Email : mervin@mfpc.org.my

--BERNAMA