Certified financial planners will have a new express specialist accreditation avenue to the SMSF sector effective January 2023.

Accurium will offer accounting firms education services after requests for information on personal and small business tax matters.

Specialised education for SMSF advisers will shield the sector from spruikers and advisers without proper knowledge, according to the SMSF Association.

Heffron will be launching a new education capability later this year to provide new entrants to the sector with basic superannuation knowledge.

Only around half of the candidates sitting the last adviser exam have passed, but ASIC has indicated unsuccessful examinees may take a shorter path back into practice.

The consultation process regarding the review of the financial advice education standards has been started by the new Labor government.

A suite of new e-learning modules relevant to the 2023 income year have now been made available by the SMSF Association.

The government has asked Treasury to open consultation on changes to the education requirements and exam applied to financial advisers.