Editing Stockbroker (section)

===Ireland===
The recognized benchmark designation for investment professionals in [[Ireland]] is the QFA ("qualified financial adviser") designation, which is awarded to those who pass the Professional Diploma in Financial Advice and agree to comply with the ongoing "continuous professional development" (CPD) requirements. The qualification, and attaching CPD program, meets the "minimum competency requirements" specified by the Financial Regulator, for advising on and selling five categories of retail financial products:
* Stock shares, bonds, and other investment instruments
* Savings, investments, and pensions
* Mortgage loans
* Consumer credit
* Life insurance

As of 2019, [[Davy Group|Davy]] and [[Goodbody Stockbrokers|Goodbody]] were Irish largest stockbrokers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/so-you-want-to-invest-in-the-stock-market-what-will-it-cost-1.4047803|title=So you want to invest in the stock market: what will it cost?|last=Hamilton|first=Peter|publisher=[[The Irish Times]]|date=October 15, 2019|access-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref>