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ASIC takes SMSF auditor to court for continuing work despite ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, breach of independence requirements, continuing professional development obligations, or for not being a fit and proper person to remain an approved SMSF auditor. "SMSF auditors are crucial to upholding ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... brought before the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) for failing to comply with their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, ASIC said. The financial regulator convened multiple sitting panels between March and May 2025. The ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... that advisers holding the specialisation are continuing to undertake at least five hours of continuing professional development (CPD) per year in staying up to date in that field."

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... provides access to managed accounts and model portfolios investment product searches, new continuing professional development modules and access to Plan For Life research reports. Rainmaker's wider data solutions software and DMI Systems will also ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... topics, including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, independence requirements, continuing professional development obligations, or for not being a fit and proper person to remain an approved SMSF auditor. This action was in addition to the ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... qualifications, pass the exam, complete an initial professional year of work and training, and undertake continuing professional development. Bryn Evans, a private wealth adviser at Integro Private Wealth, said the announcement is welcome news as it ...

Treasury to refresh financial adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... passing the mandatory exam, undertaking an initial professional year of work and training, and continuing professional development. "The Government is committed to ensuring the exam remains a pillar of the financial adviser professional standards," Treasury ...

Experience pathway consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... January 2026 to meet the qualification standard. They must also pass the exam and comply with continuing professional development requirements. Under the draft bill, new entrants can apply to the Minister to have their degree recognised and for education ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... body of theory. All acknowledged the increasing importance of theory, levels of education and continuing professional development reflecting that most believe a systematic body of theory is an imperative ingredient of professionalism, the article outlined. ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... standards reforms. "We will still expect advisers to pass their professional exams, and meet continuing professional development requirements, and abide by an appropriate professional code of ethics. But we won't be asking you to waste your time ...
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