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As industry organisations face Parliament to argue against rising regulatory levies, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has praised financial advisers for rece...

Financial planning

Industry challenged by falling advisers but growing demand

There will be a problem in the next five years as falling adviser numbers coincide with more households seeking advice, according to Easton Investments. ...

Financial planning

FASEA standards don’t adequately recognise previous study

There needs to be a better recognition of previous study undertaken by financial planners, and in particular continuing professional development studies, according to the...

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Help given to prevent financial abuse

An online platform will help advisers to prevent their clients from suffering financial abuse as misconduct rises during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Compliance continues to be top adviser challenge

The most burdensome compliance-related task for advisers are file noting and data collection at the fact-find stage, according to a report. ...

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Industry teams up to deliver DDO templates

The Financial Services Council has announced a collaborative work with members across the financial services industry to design templates to help enable the implementatio...

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Advisers choosing fixed-term fees due to compliance complexity

While a fixed-term fee agreement is a valid alternative for advisers finding difficulty in the ongoing fee arrangement requirements, they need to ensure their fee chargin...

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Over 40% of advisers looking to leave industry due to stress

Administration and compliance accounts for nearly 30% of all financial adviser work tasks and those factors along with education requirements look to be barriers to busin...

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Over 1,200 advisers quit year-to-date

Around 300 financial advisers are known to have passed their Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam but left the industry this year, according to data. ...

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‘Career break’ should be last resort for exam takers

To avoid any uncertainty over the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam scheduling next year, advisers should only take the ‘career break’ option as a las...

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Adviser industry suffering highest levels of burnout

Over 80% of financial advisers say they find regulatory and compliance demands to be highly or very highly stressful, according to a report. ...

Financial planning

Don’t look for FASEA exam ‘loopholes’: AFA

Advisers who want to continue in the industry should do everything they can to pass the exam this year as it is not clear whether they will be able to sit an exam next ye...

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5 has been the most FASEA exam sittings

Five times is a charm for one adviser who sat the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam that many times before passing. ...

Financial planning

Total number of advisers drop below 20,000

This week saw a big drop in adviser numbers to 19,953 as licensees with limited advice services continued to cut advisers roles and advisers opting not to proceed with th...

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Call to use Single Disciplinary Body to reduce, not increase costs

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. ...