FINANCIAL ADVISER STANDARDS AND ETHICS AUTHORITY

Financial planning

Money Management readers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the FASEA exam, saying the questions are ambiguous and the exam conditions unfair....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has granted one credit recognition of prior learning to coursework linked to the AFA’s FChFP designation and SAFAA’s ...

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Financial planning

Money Management is seeking feedback from advisers on their thoughts and impressions of the FASEA exam, whether they have sat it or plan to....

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Financial planning

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...

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Financial planning

A Money Management survey has revealed a significant vote of no confidence in the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and a desire for ministerial interventi...

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Financial planning

Money Management is seeking to gauge adviser attitudes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority in the wake of the recent controversy around the code of et...

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