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A professional year entrant says they were blown away to learn hairdressing used to require more training than advice as the standards authority says the industry is now ...

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Financial advisers who sit the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam when the corporate regulator administers the exam will pay over $350 more than now. ...

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It is the professional year that is the biggest hurdle for new entrants rather than exams but things are likely to improve in 2022 when it is clear how many existing advi...

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Advisers say they are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for the first time in a while after a challenging period of regulatory change....

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Financial planning

Advisers who have taken a career break or a secondment by the end of 2021 will not be considered a new entrant when they wish to return to their adviser role but will hav...

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Failure to recognise advisers’ prior learning is a waste of resources, according to Labor’s Stephen Jones. ...

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Advisers are being threatened by both increasing regulation and higher educational standards, with the Association of Financial Advisers calling for a “regulatory reset”....

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The education provider is looking to launch a dedicated Bachelor in Financial Planning undergraduate degree next year....

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The prudential regulator has been questioned on whether its superannuation Your Future, Your Super test pass/fail result was enough to help funds improve. ...

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The Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning and three bridging courses have been approved, with just under 200 programs in total now approved by the standards authority....

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Knowledge of when to provide retail clients key documents, identifying breaches, and the code of ethics are key problem areas in what was the worst collective result out ...

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This is the lowest pass rate, beating the previous record of 67%, with only two exam sittings remaining this year....

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The acquisition of Paragem and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime forcing out limited licensees has seen the adviser makeup of Easton Investments...

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IOOF is planning to use the next three years to breakeven MLC Wealth and has turned its acquisition focus into an organic growth focus. ...

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The complexity of compliance frameworks for financial advice makes it more difficult to be a multidisciplinary adviser....

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