EDUCATION

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has finally cleared the way for higher education providers to seek accreditation of the degree and other courses they...

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Tools & guides

Minh Ly breaks down the new means testing rules for lifetime income streams, which have now been legislated by Parliament....

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Financial planning

HUB24 has launched a managed portfolios education centre for financial advisers, which also provides them with client-facing tools to support advisers in educating their ...

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Financial planning

FASEA will provide guidance to planners facing both the exam and Code of Ethics but hasn’t confirmed how long before the professionalisation regime kicks in in full force...

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People & Products

In an increasingly busy marketplace, AccountantsIQ and I Love SMSF have partnered to launch a program aimed at easing the burden of the FASEA mentoring and exam requireme...

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People & Products

RegTech start-up, Think Caddie, has announced its continual professional development platform could help advisers and Australian financial services licensees comply with ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released the legislative instrument underpinning the financial planner Code of Ethics....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has made some minor concessions around the financial adviser exam....

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Financial planning

The planning industry faces an obstacle in ensuring consumers are aware that advisers are improving their education standards, if it wants to see the possible improvement...

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Financial planning

Financial adviser respondents to an ongoing Money Management survey say that while they back most of the objectives of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authorit...

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Financial planning

A Hobart financial planner who was not sufficiently trained, despite holding a Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan, or competent to provide financial services has b...

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Financial planning

Money Management’s survey of adviser intentions on the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime has revealed Kaplan rather than the universities as the...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has acknowledged that the financial adviser exam will likely act as a culling mechanism for inadequate advisers but has urged that t...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers worried about the incoming education reforms could restructure their business to become money coaches. ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has accused the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority of being ‘absolutely unreasonable” with respect to its start-date f...

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