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FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its guidance on the professional year that all new advisers will be required to complete from 1 January 2019. FASEA proposes the professional year be designed to ensure the practical learning ...

CPA Australia scraps advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... wishing to provide advice. "Taking into account the uncertainty created by the potential impacts of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA), increased regulation and costs, as well as potential outcomes from the Financial Services ...

Three attempts at adviser exam is fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... poll shows. Overall, the exam's content, structure and 65% scaled pass score as proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) is deemed fair and reasonable, according to the majority (62%) of participants we polled last ...

AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... education and training course for financial advisers. Open to those with a degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the new Adviser Pathways program is a two to three-year course designed to meet the evolving needs of ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... postgraduate study. According to a survey conducted by the industry body in support of its submission to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA), 57.8% of its existing adviser members currently hold qualifications that are AQF 8 ...

FASEA issues adviser exam proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its draft guidance on the five key areas existing financial advisers will be tested on under the new education requirements. FASEA is proposing tthe Financial Adviser Examination assess the ...

FASEA must recognise all prior learning: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... adviser education reforms. The survey, which forms much of the foundation of the FPA's submission to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, also found 84.1% of existing advisers hold what FASEA has deemed an unrelated degree and are not ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... the Association of Financial Advisers believes a practical trade-off is required in order for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to meet its "mutually exclusive" goals for increasing industry professionalism. Former AFA chief executive ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers is seeking significant changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's draft education standards, including calls for experienced advisers over 55 to be subject to more lenient requirements ...

ASIC slams SMSF advice, flags further education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... limited authorisation that had also provided deficient advice. As a result ASIC will engage with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) to discuss a specific SMSF qualification for those wishing to provide SMSF advice. "Through ...