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FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... for advice, with so much seeming uncertain. Advisers were gifted some regulatory relief, but they still had to meet the FASEA education requirements and the industry as a whole was still shrinking. Here are the stories that the Financial Standard team ...

Government to wind up FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume announced on December 9 that the standard-setting aspect of FASEA will be swallowed up by Treasury. Its remaining functions, such as exam administration, will be taken over by the Financial ...

Government backs disciplinary body in principle

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... supports Recommendation 7.1, which calls for a new model to regulate tax (financial) advisers in consultation with ASIC, FASEA, the TPB and Treasury, Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar said. Recommendation 7.1 also suggests there should be a single point ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... financial advisers who sat the most recent exam passed, according to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. FASEA has released the most recent exam statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There were 625 advisers ...

FASEA urged to clarify in-house product conflicts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has written to FASEA again, arguing that its latest guidance on the Code of Ethics leaves much to be desired. IMAP's main issue is with Standard 3, which seeks to eliminate conflicts of interest ...

Remote exams offered to Melbourne advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... advisers in Melbourne affected by COVID-19 restrictions. Financial advisers sitting the November exam will be affected. FASEA advised those who registered for a Melbourne physical location exam will have the option to sit the exam online, defer to January ...

Calls to axe TPB for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... applying discipline," De Gori said. "A number of these functions currently exist in other government agencies, including FASEA, ASIC and the TPB. Rather than duplicate them, the single government body should assume these functions. " Tax financial adviser ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... standards and law, and applying discipline. "A number of these functions currently exist in other government agencies, including FASEA, ASIC and the TPB. Rather than duplicate them, the single government body should assume these functions. The FPA believes ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... strengthening their knowledge to provide the best advice to clients. "The regulation of advice is also catching up. The new FASEA Code of Ethics requires advisers to consider the broader long-term interests of their clients, arguably requiring advisers ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... difficult by the way the government is handling, or I would say mishandling, the professional qualification process under FASEA." He slammed FASEA again during his speech, saying the way the organisation has gone through two chief executives within its ...