FASEA EXAM

Financial planning

Consultation for the three-month registration requirement for November exam has been opened by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

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Financial planning

Licensees should not be chasing financial advisers on CPD, when they are going to sit the exam, or education, as that is not a hallmark of a recognised profession, accord...

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Expert Analysis

With just a few months to go until the FASEA deadline, writes Brian Knight, even those who are considering leaving the industry would be advised to have an attempt....

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Financial planning

The current forecast still assumes the number of advisers will fall and plateau to 15,000 but this may take longer than initially predicted thanks to recent exam relief m...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has walked back on the three-month rule, and will also add future exam options for the July exam takers in Sydney who...

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Financial planning

Exam takers too often rely on their licensee policies, rather than their Corporations Act requirements, which has led to underperformance in assessing areas like key advi...

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Financial planning

Due to the Sydney lockdown, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is currently assessing its options for exam takers....

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Financial planning

Financial services guide and statement of advice documentations, breach reporting, and applying the Corporations Act are some of the key areas where exam takers are strug...

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Financial planning

Over 14,850 have now passed the exam, almost three-quarters of the advisers on the Financial Adviser Register. ...

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Financial planning

Under 1,800 advisers have failed the exam and a quarter of those have failed twice or more, and an industry extension to September would have helped practices that had no...

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Editorial

While the extension provides some leeway for advisers who have not passed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam this year, clarity is needed on whethe...

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Expert Analysis

Phil Anderson writes how advisers can be supported in the in the run up to the FASEA exam deadline as this can be a stressful period for those yet to pass....

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Financial planning

Industry associations have welcomed the one-off exam measure but would have liked the extension to have included those who had experienced significant events that had pre...

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Financial planning

Registrations close today for the July exam but sitting next month would give advisers the opportunity to sit again in 2022 if they fail. ...

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Financial planning

Another FASEA exam in 2022 will remove “great uncertainty” if advisers need to re-take the exam in November, according to the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Associat...

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