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Financial planning

Adviser morale and advice business valuations are taking a hammering as uncertainty continues to surround extending the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority e...

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Financial planning

The prospect of yet another Parliamentary argument around legislative amendments has again thrown passage of the Government’s extension of the Financial Adviser Standards...

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Financial planning

Adviser group, the United Financial Advisers Association has called for the boycotting of the FASEA exam until a better alternative if found. ...

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Financial planning

Another drop in the pass rate for the FASEA exam has shown the industry is going to struggle to give affordable advice to Australians unless it can bring in more talent....

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Financial planning

Registered candidates have the option to sit the exam online or to defer the exam for a later sitting as the authority recognises the challenges presented by COVID-19....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority had opted for a remote approach for the next meeting of its so-called ‘Contributors Forum’ well ahead of its announce...

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Financial planning

The April exam will continue as planned, but FASEA will advise candidates if a decision by ACER or the government means they have to change....

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Features

The industry has now had four rounds of FASEA exams, but Chris Dastoor writes advisers – particularly those who have passed – are still as confused and unhappy about the ...

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Features

Despite three decades of experience in the industry and a Masters degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA), Leigh Anoos couldn’t pa...

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Financial planning

A Queensland academic has raised serious doubts about the legal underpinnings of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics and, by implication, ...

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Financial planning

Money Management readers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the FASEA exam, saying the questions are ambiguous and the exam conditions unfair....

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Financial planning

Advisers continue to perform well in the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam, with 86% passing the December sitting....

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Financial planning

Eligible financial advisers will not have to travel to sit the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam in February....

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Financial planning

The new dates will be 13-18 February and 2-7 April in over a couple dozen different locations around the country....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released its June exam results, from the inaugural financial advisers exam, with 90 per cent of candidates passin...

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