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Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... financial advisers hold a bachelor degree or above. Demonstrating how startling this fact is, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has proposed education standards that would require even those financial advisers whom hold a bachelor's ...

FPA to fight latest FASEA proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
More than 1700 of the FPA's membership have joined calls for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to take a more realistic approach to its development of professional standards. Just last week the FPA issued a questionnaire to its 13,700 ...

FASEA announces leadership transition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) chief executive Deen Sanders is stepping down after about seven months in the role. An announcement on FASEA's website today said Sanders will continue his long-standing career in professional ...

FASEA standards still lacking: FPA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority education standards do not give sufficient recognition to existing advisers who have completed study, according to FPA chair Neil Kendall. The FPA has issued an online questionnaire to its 13,700 ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... associations will now look to fill any holes found in the educational pathway guidance issued by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority yesterday. In acknowledging FASEAs statement, the Association of Financial Advisers told members it ...

FASEA releases draft degree equivalence, Code of Ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its proposed degree equivalence guidelines for existing advisers, as well as its draft Code of Ethics. Under the proposed requirements, existing financial advisers with a bachelor's degree ...

Is risk advice at risk?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... foot in the grave. Synchron director Don Trapnell labelled the education requirements proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) for existing advisers as over-prescriptive. He said the advice industry will see a mass retirement ...

FPA optimistic CFP will get FASEA tick

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is confident the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will recognise the Certified Financial Planner designation as a suitable bridging course for existing financial advisers. FPA chair Neil ...

FPEC chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... Brimble was appointed to the role in November 2013 and currently serves as a board director of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA). Sharon Taylor, FPEC deputy chair and a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University, will serve ...

AFA working to bust FASEA myths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... under any belief that tertiary degrees completed more than 10 years ago will not be recognised by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. In a statement on its website, the AFA labelled the belief as "simply false", explaining that older ...