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Adviser standards consultation commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... pathway. This would, at minimum, require them to have no disciplinary actions recorded against them on the Financial Adviser Register. Other sources for determining whether an adviser has a clean record could include whether their conduct has resulted ...

ASIC highlights strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... compliance with new requirements. On the advice front, the regulator flagged that it will also review the Financial Adviser Register to ensure it correctly records the authorisation status of existing advisers who have not passed by the relevant date. ...

Don't forget: Adviser exam deadline looms

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... for at least the second time. The reminder comes after a recent Financial Standard analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, indicating a total loss of 3605 advisers from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. In the same 12-month period, only 546 new advisers ...

FS Power50 nominations open for 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... All shortlisted candidates will be screened, with only financial advisers registered on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register as licensed to provide personal financial advice qualified to proceed to the voting round. The 50 individuals who attract the ...

More than 1700 advisers gone already

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... more than 1700 financial advisers have dropped off its register since January. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows there is now 16,413 financial advisers currently active. At the beginning of the year, there was 17,668. This means that ...

May exam sees 43% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... the exam and about 91% have passed. Of those, more than 15,600 are listed as currently active on the Financial Adviser Register, ASIC said, and just 600 were new entrants to the industry. However, more than 2400 of the candidates that passed have since ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... requirements, consolidation of advice fee authorisation requirements, aligning the CPD year with the Financial Adviser Register registration/renewal period or with the financial year, and the temporary COVID-19 relief measures to be made permanent." ...

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... didn't permit him to trade shares on, or operate, managed discretionary accounts, ASIC said. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows Guan was an authorised representative of Lifespan Financial Planning until March 2021 before a two-month stint with ...

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... months to the end of March 2022;3075 advisers exited the industry in this period. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register also showed that the number of financial advisers is now back to where it was in 2014. Nevertheless, Kaplan chief executive ...

3000 advisers left industry last year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... left the industry in the last 12 months, according to Rainmaker's most recent analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. The number of ASIC-registered financial advisers decreased 15% through the 12 months to end March 2022 to reach 17,602. This ...