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Adviser exam cost jumps under new bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... financial advisers, including tax (financial) advisers. It also winds up the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and transfers its functions to the government," she said. The bill passed the House of Representatives on August 4 and is scheduled ...

ASIC clarifies adviser exam obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... Timeframe for passing the financial adviser exam. Financial advisers must pass the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority exam before 1 January 2022. However, the government provided a nine-month extension to do so by 30 September 2022 for ...

FASEA exam pass rate drops

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... less than two-thirds of financial advisers passed the July exam sitting. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that 60% of the 1963 candidates passed the July exam sitting. This is markedly down from the May sitting ...

Three-month relief proposal gains traction

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... examination regardless of their last sitting is closer to becoming official. The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that the Corporations (Relevant Providers Exams Standard) (Amendment No. 1) Determination 2021 has ...

Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is taking feedback on new degrees and courses that should be recognised as prior learning. The consultation period, which opened on July 19 ends on July 30, is seeking to approve a number of several ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
ASIC and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority have provided further guidance on how advisers can use Records of Advice to make the most of the temporary measure. The corporate regulator and FASEA said the guidance and case study they ...

FASEA scraps three-month rule

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is introducing a relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting. FASEA is proposing to relax the three-month registration requirement in ...

FASEA maintains low pass rate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam held in May recorded another low pass rate, continuing the trend of previous exams. Of the 1894 advisers that sat the exam, 69% passed. This is in line with the March results which also ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... explanatory memorandum reads. The new law also covers the recently announced Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam re-take for advisers who have failed. Hume is extending the cut-off date to 30 September 2022 for advisers who ...

Advisers who failed FASEA exam granted extension

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
Senator Jane Hume is allowing candidates who have failed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam twice to re-sit it in 2022. Hume took to LinkedIn to make the announcement in light of the July exam registrations closing tomorrow. ...