An online platform will help advisers to prevent their clients from suffering financial abuse as misconduct rises during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The most burdensome compliance-related task for advisers are file noting and data collection at the fact-find stage, according to a report. ...

The Financial Services Council has announced a collaborative work with members across the financial services industry to design templates to help enable the implementatio...

While a fixed-term fee agreement is a valid alternative for advisers finding difficulty in the ongoing fee arrangement requirements, they need to ensure their fee chargin...

Administration and compliance accounts for nearly 30% of all financial adviser work tasks and those factors along with education requirements look to be barriers to busin...

Around 300 financial advisers are known to have passed their Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam but left the industry this year, according to data. ...

To avoid any uncertainty over the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam scheduling next year, advisers should only take the ‘career break’ option as a las...

Over 80% of financial advisers say they find regulatory and compliance demands to be highly or very highly stressful, according to a report. ...

Advisers who want to continue in the industry should do everything they can to pass the exam this year as it is not clear whether they will be able to sit an exam next ye...

Five times is a charm for one adviser who sat the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam that many times before passing. ...

This week saw a big drop in adviser numbers to 19,953 as licensees with limited advice services continued to cut advisers roles and advisers opting not to proceed with th...

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. ...

As licensees continue to clean up their books before 30 June, this week saw a departure of 58 advisers, according to HFS Consulting. ...

The scammers are promising high returns of 8% to 20% per annum if the investors moved their super balance to a new self-managed superannuation fund. ...