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ASIC has released the pass data for candidates who sat the February financial advice exam. ...

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Adviser losses have dramatically slowed this year compared to the start of 2022 when there was a net loss of more than 1,700 advisers. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has clarified why the cost of sitting the financial adviser exam has increased by more than 50% this year to $1,500....

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Financial planning

Enrolments for the first financial adviser exam of 2023 open today with licensees applying for a new adviser urged to act quickly....

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Over half of advisers sitting the November financial adviser exam passed the test, according to latest ASIC figures....

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Financial planning

There are 16 days until Quality of Advice Review deadline this month, so Money Management has crunched the numbers on the current state of the adviser landscape....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has shared information about how the adviser exam will be run in 2023 when it moves to being primarily new entrants....

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Financial planning

Today is the final day for candidates who need to pass by 1 October to register for the last sittings of the financial adviser exam....

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Financial planning

Compassion should be given to those advisers who have not yet passed the financial adviser exam, according to the AFA’s Phil Anderson, rather than condemnation....

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Half of advisers who have not passed the financial advice exam still intend to stay in the industry with the most-common role as a mentor of new advisers or in a ‘general...

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Over 1,800 advisers have graduated from postgraduate qualifications in 2020 and 2021, according to Kaplan Professional, an industry record....

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Financial planning

Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones would support changes to the financial adviser exam so that Professional Year advisers could choose to sit an exam ba...

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Financial planning

The percentage of candidates who passed February’s financial adviser exam, the first one under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has fallen to 32.4%. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers can use 2022 as a year of opportunity to build and make their business more efficient given there will be no major regulatory changes over the next yea...

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Financial planning

The cost to sit the financial adviser exam will be higher than initial estimates as it moves to being run by the corporate regulator and any Standard 3 amendment responsi...

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