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February exam records 67% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... that sat the exam have passed. About 15,850 of the total pool are current financial advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR), representing 99% of the register. There were over 890 candidates completing their professional year of work and training. ...

AFA, FPA propose merged entity name

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... pay $995 in annual membership fees for the 2023-24 financial year. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register at the end of 2021 shows that the FPA is the preferred adviser association. Some 38% or 7239 active advisers the register are ...

Adviser population dropped 17% in 2022

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... almost two decades, analysis shows. According to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, a net 3250 (17.3%) financial advisers exited the sector last year, bringing the total number at December end to 15,529 - the ...

Latest adviser exams see 57% pass rate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... revealed by ASIC highlighted over 15,850 who passed are recorded as current financial advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR), representing 99% of current advisers on the FAR. Over 2700 are ceased advisers on the FAR and may be re-authorised ...

FPA membership declines, deficit materialises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... "This is also reflected by an approximate 14.4% reduction in financial advisers listed on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR) during 2021/22." On an annual basis there were membership declines across CFP professionals, practitioner members - ...

ASIC dishes out permanent ban to 'lifestyle' adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... 'lifestyle' financial advice as sole director of Totem Wealth in Queensland's Robina since 2017. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that between 2010 and 2015 Reynolds was licensed by Westpac. He then moved to Dover Financial Advisers until its ...

ASIC FAR drops as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
The countdown is on for financial advisers that have yet to pass the exam to get off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register by tomorrow, as new analysis shows 295 have dropped off since the beginning of the month. Since the results of the final exam for ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... didn't pass. "This is in the legislation - if the adviser who doesn't pass chooses to get off the Financial Adviser Register before September 30, they will then have the chance to sit the exam at a later point," he said. "Should they pass at ...

Adviser losses now baked in: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... numbers hit their peak in 2019 at 26,500, likely as a result of the need to be registered on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register to take advantage of the transition period provided to upgrade qualifications. Since, the number of advisers has dramatically ...

AFA, FPA to explore merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... She added that the combined association has a very substantial proportion of the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. The two entities have increasingly worked together in recent years and believe there are "substantial synergies and other ...