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ASIC bans former IOOF, MLC adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... provide financial services. Pavlidis had been working in the financial services industry since 1986. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows he ceased in October 2018. Most recently, he was authorised by IOOF's Consultum Financial Advisers. Prior ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... with six sittings of the exam scheduled. So far, 11,241 advisers have passed the exam - just 52% of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. FASEA is in the process of being shut down and its functions transferred to other regulatory agencies as the government ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... wider memberships. 2. 916 advisers gone in three months, ASIC responds (May 21) Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register revealed that 1488 advisers had fallen off the register between January and May 2020, with the bulk dropping off ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... competency in financial planning, margin lending and superannuation. According to Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, about 9894 current financial advisers hold a Diploma of Financial Planning, be it a current or past iteration. ...

82% of advisers pass August FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... has released the results of the August exam, with 82% passing. The results mean 46% of advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have now passed the compulsory exam. A total of 1521 advisers sat the exam. FASEA did not reveal how many advisers ...

Almost 2000 advisers gone so far in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... seen almost 2000 financial advisers leave the industry amid a time of flux for the sector. In January, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register showed 23,682 active advisers, but now the register shows 21,913 advisers. That's a difference of 1769 advisers ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... financial advice industry. AFA general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said that the ASIC Financial Adviser Register had dropped by 6000 advisers in the last 18 months. Liberal MP Craig Kelly brought up the drop in financial adviser ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... complete the FASEA exam by the end of this year to remain practicing. Only about half the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have sat the exam so far. The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox welcomed ...

Dealer groups slam FPA policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... FPA envisions a world where financial advisers are registered to a separate body (distinguished from the ASIC Financial Adviser Register) which monitors their compliance while AFSLs maintain oversight of product. Fortnum managing director Neil Younger ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... remit to look into why financial advisers are exiting the industry in droves. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register indicates that the register has dropped by 1488 advisers since the start of 2020. With just 53 new entrants to the ...