Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a sustainable and on-going education approach to help professionals manage their own learning and growth beyond their qualification, ensuring that they stay on the top of their game throughout their career, despite the changes within the industry. The financial services industry is no different.

All financial professionals who need to remain Fit & Proper according to the FAIS Act need between 8 and 35 CPD hours for the year which should include at least 3 hours on Ethics and Practice Standards. Fulfilling these requirements is time-consuming: practitioners need to accumulate accredited hours in small doses from a variety of different service providers, impacting productivity and stress. Which is why having a portal like CompliNEWS – with all relevant industry information and research, in different formats – is a win for busy professionals who need ready access to not only information, but a CPD portal.

While there are numerous CPD service providers, not all of them offer verifiable CPD hours, so make sure you are spending your time well! Strict guidelines govern this regulatory process, with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority – a financial institutions market conduct regulator in South Africa – relying on the South African Qualifications Authority to approve the Financial Planning Institute, who in turn accredits service providers such as CompliNEWS.

To help our colleagues and clients overcome these challenges, Juta offers quizzes on CompliNEWS to enable professionals to easily earn verifiable CPD hours. Taking advantage of this is easy!

CompliNEWS CPD Frequently asked questions:

How do I make use of this?

1. Register on https://myjuta.co.za/accounts/signup/
    
2. Once your account is verified, you will then need to subscribe at https://jutacomplinews.co.za/subscriptions/request/
    

 How do I login to the CPD tool?

1. Go to http://jutacomplinews.co.za
    
2. Use your My Juta user credentials to login and access your CompliNEWS dashboard
    
3. Click on the My CompliNEWS link on the left menu
    
4. Click the Access MCQ Quiz Assessments button, then click the Access MCQ Quiz Assessments button.
    
5. You will now be on Juta Passmasters login page.
    
6. Enter the email address you use on the CompliNEWS website and your password.
    
7. If you are a first-time user of the CPD tool, your password will be changeme. You will be prompted to change your password, when logging in for the first time.
    
8. Complete the form and click Save Changes.
    
9. Click Continue once your password has successfully been changed.
    

How do I complete a quiz and download a certificate?

1. Login to the CPD tool
    
2. Click on the Access Resources button to access the monthly quizzes.
    
3. Select the quiz for the month you would like to take by clicking on Launch.
    
4. Complete the quiz by selecting the correct answer for each multiple-choice question.
    
5. Click Finish Attempt in the bottom right of the screen once you have answered all the questions.
    
6. Click Submit All and Finish.
    
7. Confirm that you want to Submit All and Finish by clicking Submit All and Finish again. (Your mark for the attempt will appear at the top of the screen out of 100. If you achieved 80% or 80 out 100 you will be able to get your certificate.  If not, you will need to reattempt the quiz.)
    
8. Click on My Books at the top of the screen.
    
9. Click on Access Resources.
    
10. Click Launch for the certificate for the month of the quiz you completed.
     
11. Click Download Certificate.
     
12. Save the PDF certificate in a safe place for submission or proof as required.

As a trial user can I access the CPD benefit?
CPD assessments are only available to paying subscribers – all the more reason to register!

I did a quiz but my certificate says “Not Available”?
You will only be able to download your certificate once you have achieved 80% for your quiz. When you get 80% the button will change to “Launch”.

What happens if I fail a quiz?
Try again! You have unlimited attempts for each quiz.

I am not a member of CSIA or FPI but can I still do the CPD assessments?
Sure – you can still do the FPI assessments and receive your certificate from them.

About CompliNEWS
CompliNEWS is an online portal and weekly e-newsletter service, bringing subscribers the latest commentary applicable to the Financial Services Sector, with access to legislative and regulatory news and research.
Providing the busy reader with the key points at a glance, it also allows access to carefully curated commentary for those who would like, along with a pre-selected library of continually updated Juta statutes, a newsletter archive of all CompliNEWS editions from 2015 to date, CPD points for subscribers, and a monthly Ethics newsletter.

Have a query? Please contact our technical support team:
Telephone:      +27 21 659 2300
E-mail:             info@jutacomplinews.co.za