Education

Education

FASEA’s demise: Be careful what you wish for

Industry leaders should endorse the spirit and substance of the Code of Ethics and accept that there will be inconvenient commercial consequences for some of the industry’s participants, argues Robert MC Brown.

Robert MC BrownFebruary 3, 2021

Education

Kaplan doles out free FASEA exam prep tools

Education provider Kaplan has announced free examination support for advisers who are yet to successfully complete the FASEA exam requirement, which all advisers must do before January 1, 2022.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 22, 2021

Education

FASEA’s Glenfield: 10,000 qualified advisers a ‘strong’ story

Past the halfway point in its exam transition program, the authority’s CEO says its time to acknowledge what the uplift in professionalism means to consumers. “I had faith in the outcome of this,” Stephen Glenfield tells Professional Planner.

Tahn SharpeOctober 2, 2020

Education

Harry Baker, the professional year pioneer

As the first to make it through FASEA’s 1600-hour training mandate for new advisers, Harry Baker represents a glimmer of hope for an industry that is desperate to attract a new generation of participants.

Tahn SharpeSeptember 14, 2020

Education

Remember that thing called the Code of Ethics?

The industry must be fully on board with the clear intentions of the code. Instead of complaining about its 'uncertainties', practitioners should recognise that it is deliberately not a technically prescriptive compliance-style laundry list, Robert MC Brown writes.

Robert MC BrownSeptember 1, 2020

Education

Industry lags on pitching advice as a career

While the education mandate and professional year have added much-needed structure to the path for prospective advisers, the industry hasn’t quite figured out it’s pitch to the next generation yet.

Tahn SharpeJuly 17, 2020

Education

Extension Bill passes as FASEA flaws get airtime

The Bill granting advisers extensions to the education requirement time frames set out by FASEA were passed in the Senate on Wednesday following some revealing debate in both the House of Reps and the Senate about the statutory body's challenging 18 months.

Matthew SmithJune 17, 2020

Education

‘Second sitters’ lowered exam pass rate: Glenfield

FASEA’s chief executive attributed the latest dip in exam results to a larger cohort of advisers re-sitting the exam, whose pass rate came in at around 50 per cent. Tahn Sharpe reports from the Professional Planner Digital Licensee Summit.

Tahn SharpeJune 4, 2020

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