Former Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) chief executive Dr Deen Sanders has joined Deakin Business School as adjunct professor ahead of the first national adviser exams late this month.
Deakin Business School associate professor and financial planning studies course director Adrian Raftery said: “Deen is renowned as the one of the leading experts around ethics and professionalism and we are delighted to have him join our ethics unit team.
“This is an honorary role so we are obviously ecstatic that someone of Deen’s calibre wants to come to Deakin and offer his services voluntarily.”
Sanders is also a Deloitte partner for governance, regulation and conduct, and recently agreed to work with Kaplan Professional to create three bridging courses aligned to the FASEA curriculum.
As one of his first duties in the new role, he will conduct a webinar on 6 June to discuss FASEA’S new code of ethics and later this year will deliver a four-day intensive version of Deakin’s ethics subject.
In preparation for the first FASEA exams this month, the school is also offering a number of free webinars, complimentary mapping and recognition of prior learning services and courses from financial planning academics.
“There is a bit of nervousness amongst the financial advice fraternity as the reality of a new era of professionalism sets in, so we’re working hard to take some of that stress away,” Raftery said.
“Deakin has provided financial planning education for more than three decades, so we are placed well to help advisers navigate through these new professional, ethical and education standards.”
FASEA exams will be conducted between 20 June and 24 June in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Townsville, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Hobart.
Advisers are also required to pass a registration exam by the end of next year and undertake an approved degree or equivalent by 2024.
