By joining LIA, you demonstrate your commitment to your chosen profession. LIA represents in excess of 8,000 individuals who give and support personal financial advice.
Our mission “to increase the competence, standing and success of those who give and support financial advice” is part of everything we do:
The following benefits are available to Standard Members:
- Professional recognition
- widely respected education courses - Access to updated course reference material at reduced rates
- Regional and National Events
- CPD Seminar Programme providing professional and technical knowledge
- Sales Idea and Motivational Seminars / Workshops
- Opportunity to share experience and develop business and personal relationships
- Active regional social events in 8 regions nationwide
- Discounts on our programme of CPD seminars and other events - The Professional our quarterly educational and professional development journal with
- Factsheet pull out with every issue, and
- Long Term Asset Returns once a year - LIA website facilities, particularly the members’ section, called “Your LIA”, which offers:
- previous exam results
- capability to print result transcript for your records
- access to back issues of The Professional and Factsheets
- and much more - Regular updates through the quarterly LIA email Newsletter
- Our monthly CPD Seminar and Events Circular
- Seminar & Events brochure – highlighting LIA dates to help you plan your year
- Membership of LIA qualifies you to apply for membership of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
- FREE membership of the LIA Golf Society. Members wishing to join the Golf Society should contact the LIA office, or update their profile options in Your LIA.
Qualified Members gain the following benefits in addition to those outlined for Standard Members:
- Use of designations recognised by:
- the industry,
- the Financial Regulator, and on an increasing basis,
- by consumers - Additional LIA website facilities, in the member’s section, “Your LIA”:
- FREE updated course reference material specific to your LIA qualifications
- the ability for QFA, CUA and CPD members to monitor and log their CPD hours on line - FREE access to MyCPD – the online learning system for achieving formal CPD hours. This is available to QFA, CUA and CPD members. MyCPD was developed in partnership between LIA and The Institute of Bankers in Ireland with over 20,000 users having access to achieve some or all of their annual formal CPD requirements.
- The CPD Annual Update document with 4 formal CPD hours applying.
- Facility for employers, consumers, clients etc to verify your accreditation (in compliance with the Financial Regulator’s Minimum Competency Requirements) as a CUA, QFA or QFA FLIA via the Register of Accredited Members.
CPD Members gain the following benefits in addition to those outlined for Standard Members:
- Additional LIA website facilities, in the member’s section, “Your LIA”:
- the ability for to monitor and log their CPD hours on line - FREE access to MyCPD – the online learning system for achieving formal CPD hours. This is available to QFA, QFA FLIA and CPD members. MyCPD was developed in partnership between LIA and The Institute of Bankers in Ireland with over 20,000 users having access to achieve some or all of their annual formal CPD requirements.
- The CPD Annual Update document with 4 formal CPD hours applying.
- Facility for employers, consumers, clients etc to verify your accreditation (in compliance with the Financial Regulator’s Minimum Competency Requirements) as a CPD Member of LIA via the Register of Accredited Members.
