The Profession of Independent Financial Advisers has created a decision tree to help advisers understand the complexities of variable income and avoid conflicts of intere...

There are ongoing questions, writes Shannon Bernasconi, over how platforms are funded and whether clients are fully understanding of what service they are receiving....

The Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning, as well as two bridging courses, have been approved by FASEA....

The restructuring across major banks and advice players has resulted in a large number of advisers leaving the industry because the jobs are no longer there anymore, acco...

Advisers are underperforming in three areas in the exam: financial advice regulatory and legal requirements, financial advice construction, and applied ethical and profes...

The June exam saw more candidates passing the exam and over 1,800 more candidates sitting the exam compared to April....

The education provider has committed to not increasing its retail subject enrolment fees until at least 2022....

The Federal Government should use the creation of a single disciplinary body to create a single regulator and thereby reduce complexity and costs....

The legislative instrument that will grant three-month continuing professional development relief for advisers due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been formalised by FASEA....

Advisers recommending in-house managed account products to clients could be subject to scrutiny on whether it is a conflict of interest, according to The Fold. ...

The chair of licensee Synchron, Michael Harrison sees merit and advantages in a move towards individual adviser registration....

FASEA will only provide remote proctoring to Melbourne attendees of the August exam due to COVID-19 restrictions, but regional Victoria will continue with physical exams....

Questions are being asked about whether advisers are facing greater risks of being perceived to breach the code of ethics because of the complexities inherent in advising...

Both stockbrokers and risk advisers are continuing to lobby Parliamentarians for changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime to better recognis...