FASEA

Financial planning

The professional year does not need to be completed full-time as provisions for part-time work are allowed, while the number of entrants doing their PY has increased tenf...

Financial planning

Licensees should not be responsible for individual financial adviser registrations to the corporate regulator as it makes clear these are a statutory obligation and not a...

Financial planning

The burden of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s requirements combined with the high costs imposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commis...

Editorial

As the Government winds up the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority it must also fix the code of ethics. ...

Financial planning

The education provider is offering scholarships worth $100 to be used towards tuition fees for each financial planning subject for the remainder of the year....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics, arguing that if doctors were subjected to ...

Financial planning

The Government and Treasury should seek to avoid repeating the FASEA mistakes by using the establishment of a Single Disciplinary Body to reduce regulatory costs. ...

Financial planning

A bachelor’s degree from Southern Cross University, and a graduate diploma and bridging courses from the Australian Institute of Management have been approved....

Outsider

Outsider wishes his hearty congratulations to his old mate, Wayne Leggett, who is amongst a bevy of highly experienced financial advisers to announce they passed the late...

Policy & Regulation

While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has pointed to the winding up of FASEA and a cap on Australian Securities and Investments Commission spending as being positives from t...

Financial planning

In the latest FASEA exam, advisers struggled with demonstrating knowledge of advice documentation, practical application of due diligence in financial advice, and the app...

Financial planning

The pass rate is slightly higher than the January/February sitting, which saw the lowest pass rate of all exams. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s functions may have been devolved to Treasury and ASIC but the minister is making clear that nothing else has change...

Editorial

An acceleration in the exit rate of financial advisers is guaranteed as the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam process comes to a close which is a good...

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