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Taxpayer Bill of Rights recommended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... also advocates for the use of blockchain and other newer technologies to optimise the use of the Australian Business Register and minimise any ongoing costs of maintaining it. The ATO should provide more detailed reporting for each financial year to ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
The September financial adviser exam pass rate was stable at 60% but continues to fall below the overall pass rate of 88.5%. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's latest examination statistics show that more than 1300 candidates sat ...

Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... advisers are taking educational qualifications seriously. More than half (56%) of advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register have an approved or relevant degree. Another 50% of advisers with no degree have received recognition for prior learning. ...

Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... later. Babbage was licensed by Capstone Financial Planning and operated on his own. According to ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, Babbage was licensed by Capstone until yesterday. In addition to being an authorised representative, Babbage holds a credit ...

Iress expands Perennial partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... their broker or online via direct application. The partnership will see Iress use its technology to deliver a single register, providing dual access to managed funds with all transactions recorded in the same place. This should increase efficiency by ...

Fiducian adds $38m FUA to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... to disclose the names of advisers that join its network. According to Rainmaker's analysis of ASIC Financial Advisers Register, Fiducian currently has 78 authorised representatives, spread across New South Wales (34), Victoria (18), Tasmania (10), Queensland ...

Adviser exam cost jumps under new bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... non-multiple-choice questions. Other proposed changes include removing the three-month waiting period before advisers can register to take the exam again after failing. Candidates will be given the option to sit the exam flexibly either in person, virtually ...

AFA names Great Advice Awards winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
In place of its traditional awards program this year, the Association of Financial Advisers unveiled the recipients of the inaugural Great Advice Awards. AFA national president Michael Nowak said due to COVID-19 restrictions and being unable to host ...

Link vows to fight class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... order, where the risks, costs and benefits of the group action can be shared by all the claimants on the group action register.

ASIC clarifies adviser exam obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... example, and adviser who takes a 12-month break from the industry, starting on 1 May 2021, ceases on the Financial Advisers Register to be a relevant provider voluntarily from 1 May 2021. From 31 December 2021, this advisers is deemed as an existing ...