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February 2022 adviser exam dates released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... Council for Educational Research, which also facilitated the exam administration for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, which shuts down on December 31. "We are working with ACER to finalise Sitting 17, Sitting 18, and Sitting 19 of ...

Government backflips on adviser education

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... financial advisers. Like Labor's proposal, the government suggests 10 years of experience, a good record, and a tertiary level ethics subject should be enough to meet the education requirements for existing financial advisers. This is a backflip on the ...

More advisers fail FASEA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... this the lowest pass rate on record. Fifty-two percent of the 2129 advisers who sat the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam were successful. The pass rate continues to deteriorate from as high as 88% at one point. This has gradually ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... professional exams, and meet continuing professional development requirements, and abide by an appropriate professional code of ethics. But we won't be asking you to waste your time on degrees you don't need," he said. The industry's call ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has opened a round of consultation to amend the wording of Standard 3. Following concerns raised by the industry, FASEA is now asking stakeholders what they want the wording of Standard 3 to state ...

Financial Standard, Deakin University partner

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... Planning as well as bridging courses (MAA769, MLC714 and MAA728) which are all approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA). "Deakin is extremely excited to announce this new partnership with Financial Standard and is looking ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... rate was stable at 60% but continues to fall below the overall pass rate of 88.5%. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's latest examination statistics show that more than 1300 candidates sat the September exam, which is lower than the ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... from 1 January 2022, the Financial Services and Credit Panel within ASIC will make the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority redundant. The FSCP will become the single disciplinary body for the industry by taking on complaints about advisers ...

Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority said the advice industry is closer to reaching the professional status it is striving to achieve. This is based on new figures FASEA has released to show that advisers are taking educational qualifications ...

Adviser exam cost jumps under new bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... the soon-to-be ASIC administered exam pay $948 per sitting. This is significantly more that the Financial Standard and Ethics Authority's charge of $540 plus GST per sitting. Advisers will be charged $218 to have ASIC review the marking of one or ...