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Celebrating the 2021 FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... financial outcomes for Australians, she said. "2021 continues to be a tough year for a lot of advisers, with new education standards that must soon be met and an ongoing pandemic shifting the way they do business. That's why it is more important ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... financial advisers the AFA represents are dealing with a requirement to sit a compulsory FASEA exam and meet other education standards to keep their livelihood, on top of an overwhelming volume of other regulatory reform, huge sectoral restructuring ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... Royal Commission and subsequent regulatory reforms, increasing costs to operate and implementation of minimum education standards. Most recently De Gori spoke out against a further increase to the ASIC funding levy, something that has increased more ...

FS Power50 nominations open

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... the future of financial advice in Australia. "2021 represents a tough year for a lot of advisers, with new education standards that must soon be met and an ongoing pandemic shifting the way they do business. That's why it is more important than ever ...

Research on education standards and morals launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Research that is aiming to determine how formalising educational and ethics requirements impact the moral development of financial advisers is calling for participants. The Western Sydney University is canvassing financial advisers to take part in research ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... recommendation that the advice sector be regulated by a single authority. Advisers will still have to meet the FASEA education standards however, having until 1 January 2026 to reach an education standard equivalent to an approved degree. In December ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... and disruption across the industry. This includes the removal of grandfathered commissions, new mandatory education standards, and new regulations around advice," an AMP spokesperson said. "Throughout the process AMP has consulted with affected advisers ...

FASEA schedules remaining 2020 exam dates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... requirements. Advisers will need to have passed FASEA's exam by 1 January 2022, while they will have to meet the education standards by 1 January 2026 to remain practicing. FASEA has scheduled the exam across 327 sessions during the three months ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... additional two years to meet FASEA's qualification requirements, with the new deadline for advisers to meet the education standards 1 January 2026. The legislation to allow financial advisers the extension was contained in an omnibus bill which hit ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the bill, which will amend the Corporations Act to allow financial advisers more time to meet the new FASEA education standards. "These are unfortunate but necessary amendments," McAllistor said. "They arise from the government's mishandling of the ...