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CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... for CFA charterholders to be recognised under FASEA's new licensing regime in a June submission to the education standards body. "I always remember coming down to Australia five or six years ago when the FoFA legislation was new and talking to ASIC ...

Easton buys SMSF service provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... acquisition comes as the company sees more accountants entering financial advice. "FASEA's January 1 changes to education standards probably don't have the same amount of pressure for accounting practices as they do advice practices, as most accountants ...

FASEA busts dishonest education providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... Association of Australia has renewed its calls for a more pragmatic approach to raising financial adviser education standards. In final recommendations to FASEA, the FPA has again called for all degrees and all financial planning qualifications to be ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... contributed to the devaluation. The impact of the Royal Commission into the financial services sector and higher education standards looming has also influenced more businesses to come to market, he said. "With many more sellers now in the market, there's ...

AFA gets an audience with O'Dwyer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... professional standards. On Monday the association drew Kelly O'Dwyer's attention to its concerns with the education standards of the proposal, including the definition of a related degree and the lack of recognition for unrelated degrees, advanced diplomas ...

FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... break of less than two years be able to return without additional requirements over and above professional and education standards for existing advisers. Where longer breaks are taken, those advisers will undertake appropriate continuing professional ...

AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... contributed to the creation of Adviser Pathways and its framework. "By aligning with the government's new adviser education standards and trends in customer preferences we are creating the advisers of the future," Edge said.

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... education and accreditations should have these efforts recognised by FASEA. "Currently, the proposed FASEA education standards for existing advisers do not provide enough recognition for prior learning. A more meaningful recognition of advisers' ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... Advisers is seeking significant changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's draft education standards, including calls for experienced advisers over 55 to be subject to more lenient requirements; recognition of psychology as ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018
... Education and Training for Professional Bankers Standard is the first to be released by the Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB), and will be supported by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). As a GBEStB member body, FINSIA ...