FASEA

Financial planning

It was well known that a consortium led by the FPA and AFA was seeking authorisation of as a code monitoring body but the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

Financial planning

The Government has appointed Professor Mark Brimble and Dr Simon Longstaff to a further three years on the FASEA board....

Financial planning

There are only 68 eligible New Entrant Registrations from licensees, but the industry has concerns over how many adviser graduates are doing their Professional Year and i...

Financial planning

The Tax Practitioners Board needs to explicitly acknowledge the sufficiency of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority CPD regime, according to the FPA....

Financial planning

Financial advisers are struggling to cope with the increased burden of the economic crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic....

Editorial

Financial advisers have been the subject of some highly negative publicity over the past decade but their good works have been seen to shine as they help clients navigate...

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority says it’s up to licensees to help advisers deal with continuing professional development in the face of COVID-19 rest...

Financial planning

Registered candidates have the option to sit the exam online or to defer the exam for a later sitting as the authority recognises the challenges presented by COVID-19....

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority had opted for a remote approach for the next meeting of its so-called ‘Contributors Forum’ well ahead of its announce...

Financial planning

Advisers are concerned that the increasing focus on COVID-19 and the Government’s related economic stimulus package will delay passage of the legislation necessary to ext...

Financial planning

A senior adviser has written to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority urging it to deliver CPD relief amid a myriad of cancelled seminars and conferences....

Financial planning

The April exam will continue as planned, but FASEA will advise candidates if a decision by ACER or the government means they have to change....

Financial planning

The FASEA’s Professional Year requirement has become a roadblock in the new environment for young advisers attempting to enter the industry, according to Wealth Today....

Policy & Regulation

Licensees work hard for the stamping fees they are paid and should be entitled to keep them, according to Investment Collective managing director, David French....

Features

The industry has now had four rounds of FASEA exams, but Chris Dastoor writes advisers – particularly those who have passed – are still as confused and unhappy about the ...

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