Education
FASEA meets advisers halfway on degrees
The authority has released its final mandate for advisers, with a 240-hour shortcut for non-relevant degree holders among the late changes. Tahn Sharpe writes.
Tahn SharpeJanuary 16, 2019
Professional Standards
Education
Advice fee models will change
Ongoing fee arrangements, asset-based fees and incentive structures are set to be shaken up based on the findings of the Hayne royal commission.
Claire Wivell PlaterJanuary 16, 2019
Professional Standards
Associations band together around code monitoring
A coalition of associations will work together to provide a unified code-monitoring scheme and aim to use scale and expertise to bring down costs for advisers – pending ASIC’s approval.
Tahn SharpeDecember 19, 2018
Education
SMSF Association doubts advisers can pull off exam/degree double-up
Advisers looking to combine FASEA-mandated exam and degree study may struggle to find all the courses, Peter Hogan says.
Tahn SharpeDecember 18, 2018
Professional Standards
Sanders on FASEA, Hayne and ‘the bones of capitalism’
The former chief of the standards body says he wanted to do more than just make the rules. Speaking at Deloitte, he expressed clear ideas about what the industry needs.
Tahn SharpeNovember 29, 2018
Education
FASEA ‘open-minded’ about changing proposals
The chief executive of the authority said he would remain open to amending its standards summary and appreciated the feedback, despite the “occasionally misinformed poets” in the discussion.
Tahn SharpeNovember 23, 2018
Education
FASEA deals FPA, AFA members a rough hand
The guidelines released Friday, deeming the FPA and AFA’s designations worth only two credits of prior learning, are now the subject of a three-week consultation period.
Tahn SharpeNovember 19, 2018
Education
Young and old: FASEA’s great divide
As the FASEA reveal draws nearer, the intentions of advisers and just which groups in the industry will be affected the most are becoming clear.
Simon HoyleNovember 9, 2018