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Almost 2000 advisers gone so far in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... 2000 financial advisers leave the industry amid a time of flux for the sector. In January, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register showed 23,682 active advisers, but now the register shows 21,913 advisers. That's a difference of 1769 advisers - and the ...

FASEA brings back remote tests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... stage Geelong, Ballarat, Traralgon and Albury/Wodonga physical exam locations will continue to be offered. However, financial advisers who need to sit the exam in metrpolitan Melbourne will have the option of doing it online. At the end of June FASEA ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... financial advice industry. AFA general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said that the ASIC Financial Adviser Register had dropped by 6000 advisers in the last 18 months. Liberal MP Craig Kelly brought up the drop in financial adviser ...

FPA, TPB to share information

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tax Practitioners Board, in a move which both parties say will set out a clear framework for engagement, cooperation and proactive information sharing ...

FASEA schedules remaining 2020 exam dates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has confirmed the exam will be held across five sitting days in August, October and November. It comes after advisers were given an additional year to pass the FASEA's exam, while they were given ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... the FASEA exam by the end of this year to remain practicing. Only about half the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have sat the exam so far. The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox welcomed the news. ...

Dealer groups slam FPA policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... envisions a world where financial advisers are registered to a separate body (distinguished from the ASIC Financial Adviser Register) which monitors their compliance while AFSLs maintain oversight of product. Fortnum managing director Neil Younger, Centrepoint ...

Advice job market not all doom and gloom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
There are some bright spots in the market for financial advice jobs, according to Kaizen Recruitment, despite over 1000 advisers leaving the industry since the start of 2020 and only about 50 joining. "The implementation of restructures and exits announced ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Providing that guidance is where we see IOOF having an important role to play," he said. Steve Dobson, director and financial adviser at Mal Dobson & Associates said: "As a financial adviser in a tight knit community, I have seen firsthand the impact ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... complete - though did not detail what that restructure would entail. Mayfair 101 chief executive James Mawhinney told Financial Standard the newly launched Mayfair Australian Property Bond will not be impacted. "The Property Bond is a separate product ...