Professional Standards
The problem with our approach to ethics
Improving our understanding of disinhibition and how people who have it work within an organisation could help companies be more ethical.
Matthew SmithJuly 8, 2019
Professional Standards
Education
Advisers tracking at ’60 to 70pc’ on practice exam: Kaplan
The education provider says advisers are doing better at multiple choice than written response questions in its practice exam, which was gifted to the industry by BT.
Tahn SharpeJuly 5, 2019
Education
The face of FASEA’s next generation
Meet Harry, a 24-year old working his way up to be an adviser in FASEA’s new world. At the halfway point in his professional year, he acknowledges that experience is everything.
Tahn SharpeJune 27, 2019
Professional Standards
‘Not all commissions are bad’: Insurance advisers find a single voice
Policy experts, practitioners, representative bodies and business leaders gathered together to establish a single voice in support of better consumer outcomes and a sustainable sector ahead of a landmark review.
Matthew SmithJune 11, 2019
Education
Code monitoring a ‘good thing’: FPA
The FPA’s CEO lauded the proposed code monitoring arrangement for its ability to bring all advisers under the same ethical standard. ‘No one gets to choose not to be involved’, he said.
Tahn SharpeJune 6, 2019
Education
Code of Ethics ‘impossible to manage’: AFA
The AFA’s policy head, Phil Anderson, highlighted several problems with FASEA’s Code of Ethics including its blanket restriction on conflicts and lack of scope for scaled advice.
Tahn SharpeJune 5, 2019
Education
600 advisers registered to make history in first FASEA exam
A group of retired advisers will do a test run of FASEA’s new exam to check it’s fair before 600 advisers become the first to complete the gateway qualification this month.
Matthew SmithJune 4, 2019
Education
Associations unite over FASEA exam deadline extension
Both the FPA and the AFA will lobby government for the adviser exam deadline date to be pushed out at least 6 months after FASEA delayed the testing start date and the release of crucial guidelines.
Tahn SharpeMay 22, 2019