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FASEA bumps adviser CPD to 50 hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... proposing the number of hours advisers are required to dedicate to CPD be increased from 30 to 50 under the new professional standards regime. Up to 20 hours can be allocated to subjects of the provider's or licensee's choosing as well as other formal ...

Advisers grapple with client retention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... losing clients and the ongoing financial services Royal Commission isn't helping. The good news is professional standards reform is helping restore the reputation of the industry, Investment Trends research reveals. In the 12 months to May, financial ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... unlikely to be enough," Fox said in a Linkedin post. Fox also drew attention to the fact that when the professional standards legislation was passed in 2017, a perception was borne that advisers had eight years to meet the new requirements with a final ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... qualifications and ongoing CPD. "We also do not believe the FASEA proposals are consistent with the intent of the Professional Standards Legislation. We are therefore arguing for a range of enhancements to the FASEA proposal for existing advisers," the ...

FASEA names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... framework." Glenfield said he is looking forward to the new role and to assisting the development of higher professional standards, as well as improving consumer trust and confidence in the sector. "I thank the FASEA Board for the opportunity to lead ...

Advice group strengthens leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... professional services firm. Part of that commitment is to support our advisers with the highest calibre technical, professional standards and business support."

FASEA begins work on adviser exam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... to be contacted the week after to commence the next stage of the process. The exam is a key measure of professional standards reforms for financial advisers, with all new advisers required to pass an exam from 1 January 2019 and all existing advisers ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... structure and aged care. The audience of about 50 included technical services managers, compliance officers, professional standards officers, analysts, paraplanners and a few financial advisers and planners. IOOF senior technical services manager Linda ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018
... April that Australian consumers cared less about Royal Commission findings and were more concerned with professional standards.

ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... compliance schemes for the incoming code of ethics that all financial advisers must adhere to. Under the professional standards legislation, the code of ethics developed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) will be enforced ...