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Life Company of the Year crowned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... industry. "This year, like few others, has just been bloody tough," he said. "I don't mind doing exams, I don't mind doing CPD courses. But, the FASEA exam is three and a half hours long and if you fail you are out of a career. As an adviser this worries ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... significant drop that can expect to see continue to decline over the next year or so as an unreasonable approach to valuing CPD and industry experience kicks in," Stoker said. "Tell me, is it not the case that the profession is losing around 6.4% of ...

Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... been designed to offer advisers and paraplanners networking opportunities and educational opportunities. "With more than 12 CPD hours available to those attending Conference, delegates will be able to take away best practice thinking and actionable insights ...

FPA launches new CPD platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... Planning Association of Australia (FPA) launched a new continuous professional development solution for members. The FPA's My CPD solution will allow members to track their CPD on the FPA Learn online education platform. My CPD allows members access ...

ASIC moves against SMSF auditor misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... about SMSF auditors failing to meet requirements, including auditor independence standards, auditing standards, and minimum CPD hours. Most matters were referred to the corporate regulator by the Australian Tax Office, ASIC confirmed. Three New South ...

TAL offers advisers ethics assistance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... monitored and enforced," Riley said. "Additionally, financial advisers must obtain nine Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours in 'Professionalism and Ethics' and pass a FASEA examination, which consists of a section on 'Applied Ethical and ...

CPD policy publication deadline looms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Financial planners that have yet to publish a CPD policy on their website have less than four days to comply. Licensees have until 31 March 2019 to comply with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's continuing professional development ...

Financial Standard launches FS Aspire CPD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... to roll out a new proprietary Continuing Professional Development program for financial services professionals. FS Aspire CPD offers hundreds of CPD hours of technical content to financial advice, superannuation, investment management and insurance professionals. ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... advisers. Under his recommendation, financial advisers will need to comply with their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements before they can renew their registration. He also called for a single, central disciplinary body to ensure advisers ...

TAL to offer FASEA masterclass

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... FASEA Masterclass will help advisers prepare for their exam, while a redesigned course structure aligned with FASEA's CPD system will also be offered. TAL head of licensees and partnerships Beau Riley, said the life insurer was aiming to support ...