FASEA announces new 2020 exam dates


The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) has announced new dates for the FASEA exam for February and April 2020.
Sitting 4 would be held on 13-18 February, with the registration period of 1 November 2019 to 24 January 2020.
The locations for the February exam would be Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Gold Coast, Wollongong, Cairns, Ballarat, Launceston, Port Macquarie, Traralgon, Tamworth, Townsville and Newcastle.
Sitting 5 would be held on 2-7 April, with registration from 2 January – 13 March 2020.
Those locations included Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart, Gosford, Sunshine Coast, Geelong, Toowoomba, Bunbury, Mackay, Geraldton, Wagga Wagga and Coffs Harbour.
Results for the September exam would be released in mid-November, which was held in 15 cities with a total of 1697 participants over 79 sessions.
The December exam would be held on the 5-9 December, in 19 locations including regional centres Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Gosford, Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury/Wodonga, Bendigo and Geelong.
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