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Money Management’s 2020 TOP Financial Planning Groups research has confirmed the number of planners working at the biggest groups has dwindled to its lowest levels in yea...

Expert Analysis

The focus on sustainable investments, from investors and regulators, has reached a tipping point. This provides both challenges and opportunities for financial advisers, ...

Financial planning

Adviser struggles included three of the Standards, ethical obligations, understanding client best interests, and understanding the difference between types of advice....

Financial planning

The August exam saw 65% of re-sitters pass, compared to the average of 54%, and 10,000 overall have now completed the exam. ...

Financial planning

Although it costs over $200 to apply for a re-mark for a failed FASEA exam attempt, it is possible for it to succeed....

Expert Analysis

The FASEA exam can seem like a daunting prospect but, Brian Knight writes, the facts of the task are less scary than the myths....

Financial planning

The exodus continues among financial advisers offset in a small way by a modest but growing number of provisional advisers. ...

Financial planning

Understanding the full implications of the code of ethics and its implementation as well as the best interests duty might be bothering some advisers....

Financial planning

Due to the current stay at home restrictions and unavailability of physical locations, Melbourne’s FASEA exam will be held online only....

Financial planning

The SMSF Association has launched nine compulsory online modules as part of its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation. ...

Financial planning

There will be six exam sittings in 2021 across 31 locations with online proctoring available....

Financial planning

Two additional financial planning electives from the Securities Institute Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, from 1991 until 2007, have been approved by ...

Financial planning

Synchron’s Don Trapnell has renewed his call for specialist life/risk advisers to be held to a different level of educational requirements to advisers providing holistic ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has used an updated pre-Budget submission to urge the Government to roll functions of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Author...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds believe they are on safe ground in providing both scaled advice and intrafund advice citing the authority of the Australian Securities and I...

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