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FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that financial advisers will have more time to pass the FASEA exam and meet FASEA's education requirements. It was passed by the House of Representatives in February. Once the bill ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... can quickly access the financial advice they need." This relief package, coupled with the extensions provided to the FASEA exam deadline and qualifications requirement for financial advisers, will provide advisers with assurance to continue providing ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... be able to wait for in the current circumstance. Transitioning grandfathered commission clients and studying for the FASEA exam are things that may be taking advisers attentions away from what's important right now, Anderson said, and the AFA would ...

FASEA exam to go online

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has cancelled the scheduled April adviser exam, with advisers set to take it online as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on. FASEA has been forced to cancel its April face-to-face exams. Recognising the ...

FASEA rethinks CPD, provides exam update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
FASEA and its exam provider ACER have offered an update on what financial advisers can expect from the FASEA exam amidst the COVID-19 pandemic - taking a wait and see approach. Meanwhile, financial advisers are also calling for FASEA to reconsider its ...

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... from advisers looking for those opportunities. He acknowledges that most organisations employing advisers do want the FASEA exam already completed, which is a significant hurdle. Gordon urged advisers who have been made redundant or are facing redundancy ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that financial advisers will have more time to pass the FASEA exam and meet FASEA's education requirements. Now that the bill has passed in the House of Representatives, it has to be ...

Latest FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... April 2020 exam and dates for the June exam have been published with registrations open in March. The September 2019 FASEA exam had a slightly higher pass rate compared with the most recent, with 88% passing. About 1697 advisers sat the September exam. ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... year to complete the FASEA-approved exam and an additional two years to meet FASEA's education requirements. 9. FASEA exam results spark debate Following the release of the first ever FASEA exam results in August, advisers took to social media to ...

18 misconceptions about FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... Ethics Authority Code of Ethics, which comes into effect on January 1. Roger Patterson, whose company Blue Path provides FASEA exam preparation workshops, has released an extensive list of misconceptions about FASEA's Code of Ethics. Patterson told Financial ...