FASEA

Financial planning

The list of approved education programs and courses to meet the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been expanded following a consultation process....

Financial planning

Standard 3 of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics goes further than is conventional and risks doing commercial damage....

Financial planning

Advisers continue to perform well in the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam, with 86% passing the December sitting....

Financial planning

Capital Partners founder, David Andrews has backed the FASEA regime and the code of conduct as key differentiators between those giving advice and those flogging products...

Financial planning

Eligible financial advisers will not have to travel to sit the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam in February....

Financial planning

Financial advisers need to start asking which parts of the value chain benefit from hidden or indirect fees to help avoid conflicts of interest and grow their business, a...

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is noting only three members of its executive team following the departure of its chief executive officer, Colin Chri...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasury has delivered only vague answers to Parliamentary questioning about the future funding of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

People & Products

Consumer representative, Catriona Lowe has been confirmed as exiting the board of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority at the end of this month....

Financial planning

Financial advisers are being asked to do no more than other professions in terms of assessing their obligations under Standard 3 of the adviser code of ethics, according ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wanted the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to clearly spell out the sanctions it would impose on adv...

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released the content of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission submission on the adviser code of et...

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is now officially overdue in providing answers to key questions around Australian Securities and Investments Commissi...

People & Products

Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority director, Catriona Lowe has been appointed to a fulltime directorship on the Government’s Australian Energy Regulator (AE...

Financial planning

Three months after the resignation of Matthew Rowe the Government has looked to former NAB Wealth executive, Will Hamilton, to fill the vacant industry spot on the board ...

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