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Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... "Consolidation of adviser obligations, shortening SoA endorsed by AFCA and ASIC for AFSLs to follow, maintain high education standards and a more level playing field (a review of current legislation itself and the yawning gap between what is general ...

More courses get FASEA approval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Australian Financial Advisers (AFA) and Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA) as part of its education standards for financial advisers. Advisers who have completed coursework to attain the FChFP and/or ChLP designation between May ...

FPA partners with Deakin University

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... for financial planners. "At a time when all financial planners are grappling with the need to satisfy new education standards and demonstrate the highest level of professionalism and competence with their clients, this partnership demonstrates our commitment ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... in August, the announcement that many advisers had been waiting for finally came - the deadline to meet new education standards was extended. Existing advisers received an additional year to complete the FASEA-approved exam and an additional two years ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... mental health concerns. Those present spoke of being overwhelmed by a "perfect storm" of change - with new education standards, grandfathered commissions being wound up, business values being downgraded and widespread licensee consolidation. "The message ...

Bill to defer adviser education standards tabled

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
The bill to defer the education and training standards for existing financial advisers was introduced in the House of Representatives today. The bill was circulated by the authority of Michael Sukkar, minister for housing and Assistant Treasurer. It ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... underlying the Code of Ethics it advocates that the code should be amended - primarily speaking to standard 3. "The education standards in particular is an example of where we are collaborating in terms of our feedback to FASEA and our messages to members ...

Link Advice partners with $12bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... and retirement health checks. "This is particularly important in a post-Royal Commission world, where higher education standards for advisers are being introduced this year," Farrar said. "All our members will benefit from this increased availability ...

Support staff should meet FASEA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... more stringent rules may apply to them in the future - in the same way that advisers are currently facing new education standards. "You have to think it will come up down the track that if we say that everyone who is an adviser has to meet certain standards ...

One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... said. "Ongoing changes to the regulatory environment for financial advisers, including new professional and education standards are transforming financial advisers into a profession in line with other professions such as accounting and law. "These changes ...

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