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SFE Austraclear Launches Free Clearing & Settlement Education Program

Date 14/02/2006

SFE Austraclear has developed a comprehensive and free online education program, AClear Education for participants in the financial markets clearing & settlement industry and specifically for SFE Austraclear system users.

AClear Education is an online training program for the SFE Austraclear replacement system designed exclusively for system users. The program will be delivered via the SFE website and consists of 14 courses with each course containing a variety of learning material including:

  • Detailed manuals
  • Visual de monstrations which show users how to perform functions and
  • Multiple choice examinations

Personalised “Certificates of Achievement” are also available from the website enabling employees to provide progress updates to current or future employers detailing the necessary knowledge they have gained to complete a course. In addition, AClear Education courses also qualify for Australian Financial Operations Association (AFOA) CE hours under the Accreditation program run by AFMA Services on behalf of AFOA. This provides another way for AFOA accredited employees to ensure that they achieve their required annual CE hours.

For both novice and experienced SFE Austraclear users, AClear Education has something for everyone. In addition to the courses, the site also contains a Reference Library tailored to the Clearing and Settlements industry containing:

  • Glossary of industry terms
  • Glossary of SFE Austraclear system terms
  • System hints, tips and shortcuts and
  • Relevant industry articles and publications

AClear Education has been developed to offer SFE Austraclear system users choice – being online it is flexible, fast and convenient, and being free users can take as many courses as they wish, in any subject they wish, whenever they wish – at the office or at home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For organisations looking for specialised in-house training, SFE Austraclear can also offer customised training courses where content can be tailored to a specific organisations’ requirements. This type of customised service may attract fees or charges.

The program is being officially launched on 14 February 2006, further details and registrations are available on the SFE website (www.sfe.com.au/acleareducation).