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Adviser exam yields 70% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
The latest financial adviser exam results show that 70% passed the June sitting. Some 235 candidates sat the exam, with 165 passing. Of the total, 158 did so for the first time. There has been a total of 21,260 candidates who sat through an exam. Over ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... superannuation accounts to pay for personal financial advice about their superannuation from an independent financial adviser. "Superannuation funds will continue to satisfy their current obligations that govern the usage of member funds. The amendments ...

IFS launches two courses with Kaplan

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has partnered with Kaplan Professional to offer superannuation fund staff further education and training as the sector gears up to offer more financial advice. The courses target super fund staff predominately working in ...

iExtend receives AFSL after lengthy wait

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
iExtend has been granted an AFSL, after entering a court enforceable undertaking last year over concerns of unlicensed conduct. In November 2023, the life insurance startup entered a court enforceable undertaking after ASIC pinged it for possibly operating ...

AAT mitigates adviser's permanent ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
The permanent banning of financial adviser Todd Karamian, who faked his exam result, has been slashed to seven years upon appeal. ASIC banned Todd Karamian in March 2023 after the Bluepoint Consulting chief executive and co-founder altered his Financial ...

ASIC calls out sloppy adviser data

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... Yet some qualifications marked as "approved" were not approved qualifications under the determination of the Financial Adviser Exam, Australian Qualifications Framework 1-5 qualifications, and Regulatory Guide 146 training/qualifications. ASIC is also ...

New recruits top advice industry priority: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
The industry is urgently prioritising the recruitment of new advisers as those who remain bear the brunt of paying heftier levies that aggravate the costs of running a business and puts financial advice further out of reach for Australians. The latest ...

ASIC alerts licensees to experienced pathway deadlines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... next week, AFS licensees must notify ASIC by lodging a notice when they receive a written declaration from a financial adviser eligible for the experienced provider pathway. Under the new regulation, AFS licensees have 30 business days to notify ASIC ...

Nominations open for FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... stories we have published in FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning. To nominate a worthy financial adviser, please submit a nomination form here. Nominations are open until Friday, August 2.

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The financial advice profession "lacks consistent protocols" for handling suspected financial abuse and there are insufficient whistleblower protections, according to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary ...