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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

A claim by Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority chief executive, Stephen Glenfield, that the authority is offering advisers a ‘two-thirds discount for experie...

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Financial planning

The chairman of a key Parliamentary Committee has suggested to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority that it should be subject to the oversight of a specif...

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Financial planning

A member of a key Parliamentary Committee has queried whether financial planners are too afraid to challenge the Australian Securities and Investments Commission because ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior financial planning executives cited advice they had given to the chair of the Financial Adviser Standar...

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Financial planning

FASEA has opened for consultation its proposal to grant advisers an additional three months to meet the 40-hour CPD requirement....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission actually sought to rein in some elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics that ...

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Editorial

Too many Governments have looked for quick fixes where financial adviser regulation is concerned and it is time for an audit and the removal of costly and unnecessary lay...

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Features

The passage of an extension of time for financial advisers to comply with FASEA education requirements in the Senate was a step towards a more professional advice system,...

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Financial planning

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information have confirmed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was closely consulted about development of the Fi...

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Financial planning

FASEA has granted a once off three-month extension to meet the 40-hour CPD requirement....

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Financial planning

FASEA has confirmed the dates for the remaining 2020 exam sittings which will be held in August, October and November. ...

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Financial planning

The financial services bodies have welcomed the extension of the FASEA exam and education standards, which now have the deadline of 1 January, 2022, and 1 January, 2026, ...

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Financial planning

The Government has managed to secure the passage of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam extension legislation....

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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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