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FASEA schedules remaining 2020 exam dates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has confirmed the exam will be held across five sitting days in August, October and November. It comes after advisers were given an additional year to pass the FASEA's exam, while they were given ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... they were intended to come into effect by 2019. "However, the body appointed by the government - the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority - was extremely slow to finalise the standards," McAllister said. "As a result financial advisers have ...

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 extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
The bill to extend deadlines for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam and education requirements has passed the House of Representatives. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... released a new product which it says will help financial advisers avoid getting caught out by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics. Lonsec says it has solutions to help financial advisers meet the Code of Ethics requirements ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... to reach 24,059. The significant drop in numbers represents those who exited the industry post the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's 31 December 2018 deadline. As adviser numbers now stand, they are in line with the number of financial ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics which came into effect from the start of the year has left many unclear on what kind of referrals are allowed. Amid news at the start of the year that Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road ...

Latest FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Almost 3000 financial advisers across Australia have just received their results for the final Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam for 2019. Over 86% of the 2981 advisers who sat the exam have passed. The exam was held in eight metropolitan ...

FASEA loses board director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Another board director has resigned from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the announcement coinciding with the commencement of the new Code of Ethics. Catriona Lowe will step down from the FASEA board effective January 31 as she ...

FASEA responds to concerns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority today released a preliminary response to submissions from stakeholders on its much contested Code of Ethics, attempting to answer some of the many questions raised so far. FASEA consulted with stakeholders ...