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Colonial First State introduces new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... culture platform that aims to provide support for advice professionals across Australia. Designed in collaboration with financial advisers, CFS Elevate offers free training, networking events and collaboration tools, as well as the CFS Professional Year ...

ASIC dishes out permanent ban to 'lifestyle' adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... 'lifestyle' financial advice as sole director of Totem Wealth in Queensland's Robina since 2017. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that between 2010 and 2015 Reynolds was licensed by Westpac. He then moved to Dover Financial Advisers until its ...

ASIC FAR drops as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
The countdown is on for financial advisers that have yet to pass the exam to get off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register by tomorrow, as new analysis shows 295 have dropped off since the beginning of the month. Since the results of the final exam for ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... could be provided by someone who doesn't have the experienced educational publications of a professional financial adviser. Abood concluded that there are other issues raised "around the edges." "I don't think the consumer groups understand that ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... didn't pass. "This is in the legislation - if the adviser who doesn't pass chooses to get off the Financial Adviser Register before September 30, they will then have the chance to sit the exam at a later point," he said. "Should they pass at ...

FPA Congress a chance to 'reunite, reset'

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
As its first in-person conference in three years, a 'Reunite, Resest' theme will underpin the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Professionals Congress later this year. Held in Sydney on November 23-24, the Congress will host a range ...

Adviser losses now baked in: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... numbers hit their peak in 2019 at 26,500, likely as a result of the need to be registered on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register to take advantage of the transition period provided to upgrade qualifications. Since, the number of advisers has dramatically ...

AFA, FPA to explore merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... She added that the combined association has a very substantial proportion of the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. The two entities have increasingly worked together in recent years and believe there are "substantial synergies and other ...

Latest adviser exams see 52% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... have sat the exam to date, including more than 700 new advisers. Over 15,800 are still current on the Financial Adviser Register while more than 2500 have ceased. This marked the 18 th exam cycle and existing advisers that qualified for the nine-month ...

Not ruling anything out: Insignia Financial

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... scale. "We have undertaken two large acquisitions, I think that's provided us with tremendous opportunity," Mota told Financial Standard. "Our focus right now is really making sure we can simplify the business and deliver client enhancements." Insignia's ...