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ASIC issues experienced pathway guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... make a declaration to access the experienced provider pathway. However, an existing provider who has passed the financial adviser exam by their exam cut-off day is required to meet the qualifications standard by 1 January 2026 in order to continue to ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... was at Certe Wealth Protection, and brings a background in paraplanning. Michael Stamos brings experience as a financial adviser to the new role of business development specialist. He joins from Marsh McLennan and has previously held roles with Shadforth ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

Former NSW adviser loses ban appeal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... "Financial advisers must act with honesty and integrity in their dealings with clients," ASIC said. "ASIC may ban a financial adviser if it has reason to believe that they are not a fit and proper person to provide financial services or that they are ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Federal Budget last night, delivering its second consecutive surplus as well as a raft of measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Despite many of the measures presented in the Budget having been announced prior ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Proposed changes to the wholesale investor test potentially have sprawling ramifications for financial advisers and is something some experts say will need to be thoroughly nutted out before the government pushes any reforms over the line. Potentially ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the very broad financial advice ecosystem. It recognises that the current one-size-fits-all approach that the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) put in place is deterring new entrants - and that change is needed," she said. The ...

Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
A financial adviser, who worked at several major superannuation funds, has been permanently banned after he tried to persuade clients to transfer their retirement savings into a bank account he controlled. Effective May 10, Kudzanai Philip Dzawo of ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
While the US is at the forefront of financial advisers leveraging the best technology available, Australia's advice industry cannot be left behind and should learn from the blueprint it has laid out, investment experts told the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... enhanced tax deductibility of financial advice, enabling advisers access to the ATO portal, more support for financial adviser education and exam price relief, and to reverse the proposed changes to Reduce Input Tax Credits for advice fees. FAAA chief ...