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Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... 24,059. The significant drop in numbers represents those who exited the industry post the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's 31 December 2018 deadline. As adviser numbers now stand, they are in line with the number of financial advisers ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics which came into effect from the start of the year has left many unclear on what kind of referrals are allowed. Amid news at the start of the year that Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road ...

Latest FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... 3000 financial advisers across Australia have just received their results for the final Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam for 2019. Over 86% of the 2981 advisers who sat the exam have passed. The exam was held in eight metropolitan ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... key area of concern relates to the manner in which FASEA is executing its mandate, especially in relation to the code of ethics which came into force earlier this month," he said. "We fully support the goals contained in FASEA's mandate to lift standards ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Under the FASEA Code of Ethics the amount of money an individual has to invest can no longer be relied upon to determine whether they are a sophisticated investor or not. Sophisticated investors are defined by ASIC's Money Smart as investors with a ...

FASEA loses board director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Another board director has resigned from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the announcement coinciding with the commencement of the new Code of Ethics. Catriona Lowe will step down from the FASEA board effective January 31 as she ...

FASEA responds to concerns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority today released a preliminary response to submissions from stakeholders on its much contested Code of Ethics, attempting to answer some of the many questions raised so far. FASEA consulted with stakeholders ...

18 misconceptions about FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
An education provider has outlined 18 common misconceptions relating to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics, which comes into effect on January 1. Roger Patterson, whose company Blue Path provides FASEA exam preparation ...

FASEA adds adviser representative to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... change and become recognised as a profession, I am honored to have been appointed to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority board to represent our industry for the next three and a half years."

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... aware of trying to be more aligned and collaborate," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. De Gori said the FASEA Code of Ethics is "not done and dusted" and confirmed the associations will continue to work together to get a favourable outcome for ...