FASEA

Financial planning

The professional year does not need to be completed full-time as provisions for part-time work are allowed, while the number of entrants doing their PY has increased tenf...

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Financial planning

Licensees should not be responsible for individual financial adviser registrations to the corporate regulator as it makes clear these are a statutory obligation and not a...

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Financial planning

The burden of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s requirements combined with the high costs imposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commis...

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Editorial

As the Government winds up the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority it must also fix the code of ethics. ...

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Financial planning

The education provider is offering scholarships worth $100 to be used towards tuition fees for each financial planning subject for the remainder of the year....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics, arguing that if doctors were subjected to ...

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Financial planning

The Government and Treasury should seek to avoid repeating the FASEA mistakes by using the establishment of a Single Disciplinary Body to reduce regulatory costs. ...

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Financial planning

A bachelor’s degree from Southern Cross University, and a graduate diploma and bridging courses from the Australian Institute of Management have been approved....

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Outsider

Outsider wishes his hearty congratulations to his old mate, Wayne Leggett, who is amongst a bevy of highly experienced financial advisers to announce they passed the late...

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Policy & Regulation

While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has pointed to the winding up of FASEA and a cap on Australian Securities and Investments Commission spending as being positives from t...

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Financial planning

In the latest FASEA exam, advisers struggled with demonstrating knowledge of advice documentation, practical application of due diligence in financial advice, and the app...

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Financial planning

The pass rate is slightly higher than the January/February sitting, which saw the lowest pass rate of all exams. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s functions may have been devolved to Treasury and ASIC but the minister is making clear that nothing else has change...

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Editorial

An acceleration in the exit rate of financial advisers is guaranteed as the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam process comes to a close which is a good...

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