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Financial planning

Both stockbrokers and risk advisers are continuing to lobby Parliamentarians for changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime to better recognis...

Financial planning

A claim by Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority chief executive, Stephen Glenfield, that the authority is offering advisers a ‘two-thirds discount for experie...

Financial planning

The chairman of a key Parliamentary Committee has suggested to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority that it should be subject to the oversight of a specif...

Financial planning

A member of a key Parliamentary Committee has queried whether financial planners are too afraid to challenge the Australian Securities and Investments Commission because ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior financial planning executives cited advice they had given to the chair of the Financial Adviser Standar...

Financial planning

FASEA has opened for consultation its proposal to grant advisers an additional three months to meet the 40-hour CPD requirement....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission actually sought to rein in some elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics that ...

Editorial

Too many Governments have looked for quick fixes where financial adviser regulation is concerned and it is time for an audit and the removal of costly and unnecessary lay...

Features

The passage of an extension of time for financial advisers to comply with FASEA education requirements in the Senate was a step towards a more professional advice system,...

Financial planning

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information have confirmed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was closely consulted about development of the Fi...

Financial planning

FASEA has granted a once off three-month extension to meet the 40-hour CPD requirement....

Financial planning

FASEA has confirmed the dates for the remaining 2020 exam sittings which will be held in August, October and November. ...

Financial planning

The financial services bodies have welcomed the extension of the FASEA exam and education standards, which now have the deadline of 1 January, 2022, and 1 January, 2026, ...

Financial planning

The Government has managed to secure the passage of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam extension legislation....

Financial planning

Adviser morale and advice business valuations are taking a hammering as uncertainty continues to surround extending the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority e...

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