FASEA releases further details on 2021 exams

In a statement, the standards authority said that subject to COVID-19 restrictions, it would run six in-person exam sittings in 2021 in 31 locations across metropolitan and regional Australia.

Advisers could also elect to sit the exam remotely at their preferred time during each sitting window.

Exam sittings were scheduled for late January and early February, March, May, July, September and November 2021, in the major capital cities as well as regional centres such as the Gold Coast, Launceston, Newcastle, Ballarat and Cairns.

"To date, FASEA has offered seven exams with 439 exam sittings across 31 locations and online," the authority said.

"As at 30 June 2020, over 10,200 advisers have sat the exam with an average pass rate of 85 per cent per exam."

The authority also confirmed that over 11,700 advisers had sat the exam to date, representing 54 per cent of advisers on the ASIC register.