There are only 68 eligible New Entrant Registrations from licensees, but the industry has concerns over how many adviser graduates are doing their Professional Year and i...

The Tax Practitioners Board needs to explicitly acknowledge the sufficiency of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority CPD regime, according to the FPA....

Financial advisers are struggling to cope with the increased burden of the economic crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic....

Financial advisers have been the subject of some highly negative publicity over the past decade but their good works have been seen to shine as they help clients navigate...

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority says it’s up to licensees to help advisers deal with continuing professional development in the face of COVID-19 rest...

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....

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...

Advisers are concerned that the increasing focus on COVID-19 and the Government’s related economic stimulus package will delay passage of the legislation necessary to ext...

A senior adviser has written to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority urging it to deliver CPD relief amid a myriad of cancelled seminars and conferences....

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....

The FASEA’s Professional Year requirement has become a roadblock in the new environment for young advisers attempting to enter the industry, according to Wealth Today....

Licensees work hard for the stamping fees they are paid and should be entitled to keep them, according to Investment Collective managing director, David French....

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 ...

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...