FASEA releases draft exam guidance
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) has released proposed guidance on the Financial Adviser Examination that is flagged to form a compulsory part of its much-debated education reforms.
The Authority proposed that the exam would test advisers’ practical application of knowledge in:
- Corporations Act (emphasis on Chapter 7 – financial services and markets);
- The FASEA Code of Ethics;
- Behavioural finance – client and consumer behaviour, engagement and decision making;
- Financial advice construction – suitability of advice aligned to different consumer groups; and
- Applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication.
All advisers registered as authorised representatives prior to 31 December, 2018 would have to pass the exam before the start of 2021. From January, next year, new entrants or those returning to the industry would have to pass the exam after completing their tertiary degree and before commencing their professional year.
The exam would consist of both multiple choice and short answer questions, and advisers would have two chances to re-sit the exam.
FASEA was currently undertaking a procurement process with specialist service providers around the exam’s development and delivery.
Feedback submissions to the Authority on the proposed exam would close 31 July, at five pm.
AUTHOR
Hannah Wootton
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