Money Management’s survey of adviser intentions on the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime has revealed Kaplan rather than the universities as the...

The Association of Financial Advisers has acknowledged that the financial adviser exam will likely act as a culling mechanism for inadequate advisers but has urged that t...

New research has suggested that when it comes to keeping clients happy, adviser soft skills are every bit as important as possession of a university degree for financial ...

Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be subject to more stringent education requirements or risk comm...

Authorised advisers need to make sure they’re on ASIC’s Financial Advisers Register by the end of the year, before new professional standards take effect, or risk being t...

The Finance Sector Union has called for the current move to professionalisation to be extended beyond just planners, but has warned that there are issues with an industry...

The approach adopted by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority may have served to undermine accountants utilising the limited licensing regime, according to...

Many financial planning practice owners are seeking to move ahead of knowing the final shape of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime, according...

Even allowing for an injection of pragmatism the essential elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime will remain unchanged and planners will...

Aussie universities have been left in the dark as the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority takes its time to roll out its proposed reforms....

The Financial Planning Association is arguing that third-party professional associations such as itself should be integral to the new continuing professional development ...

The Diploma of Financial Planning will continue to be the qualification of choice for many, according to Mentor Education Group....

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority not to impose extreme CPD requirements on advisers but, rather, align...

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged that planners doing their Professional Year should be allowed to generate revenue for the planning practices overseeing th...