FASEA

Policy & Regulation

FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield has defended the 90% pass rate of the FASEA exam, saying the authority’s exam was purely for adviser competency....

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Financial planning

A panel of senior planning group executives have told a Money Management conference that advisers should lower their expectations with respect to the value of their advic...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority chief executive has reminded advisers that the FASEA exam extension is not a done deal until it passes the Parliament...

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority needs to take greater responsibility for implementation of the Code of Ethics....

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Financial planning

Advisers have been urged to be mindful of the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg’s move to impose 12-monthly opt-in and fee disclosure arrangements....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been provided with an advocacy pack aimed at convincing politicians to slow-down the rate of change being imposed on the financial planning indust...

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Features

Advisers might not be looking forward to fulfilling the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority education requirements, but just like financial planning itself, ...

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Policy & Regulation

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has asked for clarification over what financial planning studies will count for further credits from the Financial Adviser...

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Financial planning

The united approach adopted by the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers has been credited with achieving the extension of the Financia...

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Financial planning

The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services Technology, Senator Jane Hume has again stopped short of giving any undertaking on ex...

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Financial planning

The chief executive of CountPlus and former Financial Planning Association chair, Matthew Rowe, has resigned from the board of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics ...

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Financial planning

The Government has indicated it is sympathetic to financial advisers trying to do the right thing around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority requirements...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has extended recognition of the course value of the Financial Planning Association’s Certified Financial Planner desi...

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Editorial

The financial advice industry is facing yet another layer of bureaucracy as a result of the Government’s so-called Royal Commission Implementation Roadmap but the ultimat...

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Features

In the wake of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, the FASEA regime and the exit of the banks and major i...

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