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Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... courses builds on the body of courses approved by FASEA and provides additional choice to advisers seeking to meet the education standard. Since September 2020, FASEA has approved five current degrees, four bridging courses and one historic degree as ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... universities will be lower in the next couple of years. "[In 2017] we still wanted to retain the focus on the higher education sector...And it was pretty easy to get approval for that. But if we had said let's open up to everybody, that may have ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... birthday, UNE has awarded him with an Honorary Doctor of Letters honoris causa (HonDLitt) for his lifelong impact on education and in his 50-year-plus career in financial services. It is a culmination of his links with UNE, which became part of his extended ...

FASEA scraps three-month rule

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is introducing a relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting. FASEA is proposing to relax the three-month registration requirement in ...

Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... while smaller falls were seen in environment/animals (post bushfires) and religion. The largest falls were in arts, education, social services and development/housing. "The last 18 months has been extraordinary for charitable organisations. The significant ...

FASEA maintains low pass rate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... financial advice construction. "FASEA congratulates successful candidates on completing an important component of their education requirements under the Corporations Act," FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield said. "Over 16,700 advisers have sat the ...

FS Power50 nominations open

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... in shaping the future of financial advice in Australia. "2021 represents a tough year for a lot of advisers, with new education standards that must soon be met and an ongoing pandemic shifting the way they do business. That's why it is more important ...

UniSuper opens its doors, hits $100bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... milestone, hitting $100 billion in funds under management. The super fund has opened to workers outside of the higher education and research sector, a move that was flagged in early May. In the same month, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan announced ...

FEAL welcomes new board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... This depth of experience will see them make a valuable contribution to FEAL and to our professional development and education initiatives," Perry said. Super has remained central to the financial resilience of many Australians throughout the COVID-19 ...

Stonehouse acquires risk advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... it. Financial Standard recently wrote about the state of risk advice in its special feature. Changes to remuneration, education, compliance regimes and products, like income protection, have made it impossible for some advisers to keep their head above ...