12 January 2022

• The first sitting of the financial adviser exam for 2022 commences 17 February 2022.
• Do not forget to enrol by 28 January 2022.
• To enrol, navigate to the exam booking site on the Financial Advice Hub.

Enrolments for the February sitting of the financial adviser exam are now open and will close on 28 January 2022.

The dates of the February sitting are as follows:

Candidates will be able to choose to sit the exam at an exam centre in the following locations:

• Adelaide
• Brisbane
• Canberra
• Darwin
• Hobart
• Melbourne
• Perth
• Sydney

Exam centres operate to a staggered schedule and not all exam centres will operate on every day of the exam sitting. Alternatively, candidates can choose to sit the exam remotely.

To enrol for the exam, candidates should go to ASIC’s Financial adviser exam webpage. Candidates can click on the booking link which will take them to the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) online booking portal to complete their enrolment form.

On completion of the enrolment form, candidates will be directed to pay the exam fee of $973. Exam fees are prescribed in the Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Relevant Providers) Regulations 2021 (Cth) (Regulation).

New financial advisers and foreign advisers

If you are a new financial adviser, or a foreign adviser, ASIC will need to assess your eligibility to sit the exam before you can book for an exam.

If ASIC determines that you are eligible to sit the exam, you will be issued with an exam eligibility number which you must use to book for the exam.

For information on how to obtain an exam eligibility number, see Eligibility to sit the exam.

Who to contact with further queries about the exam

You can contact ACER at faexam@acer.org regarding any queries about booking and sitting the exam.

You can contact us if you have any other queries about the exam.

For more information about the exam or wider financial advice topics, head to the Financial Advice Hub.