JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Futuro Financial Services has ended its partnership with AMP after seven years, becoming 100% privately-owned again.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Escala Partners is set to be acquired by a US-based wealth manager looking to expand its international footprint.

KARREN VERGARA   Perpetual flagged it will broaden its investment strategy outside of value investing following a challenging first-half reporting period.KANIKA SOOD   Platinum Capital Limited posted $29 million in net losses after tax for the half year ending December 31.

KARREN VERGARA   Clearview is introducing a number of pricing changes to its LifeSolutions offering.KARREN VERGARA   Freedom Insurance Group has requested the ASX to suspend its shares indefinitely.

HARRISON WORLEY   A clear objective within superannuation will result in better regulation for all parts of the industry, according to a panel of experts.HARRISON WORLEY   Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated.

BENJAMIN ONG   No RBA, growth in wages have remained stagnant - and that's just for the lucky few. The unlucky ones have, in effect, seen their incomes eroded by inflation (thank goodness prices haven't increased by much).BENJAMIN ONG   The Japanese currency needs to depreciate more to aid the Bank of Japan's efforts at bringing inflation up to its 2% target.

KANIKA SOOD   The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will start taking legacy complaints starting July 1 for a limited amount of time.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   The corporate regulator is anticipating a number of criminal actions to stem from its investigations into misconduct revealed at the financial services Royal Commission.

KANIKA SOOD   An advice licensee owned by HUB24 hired from BT Financial Group to fill a newly-created general manager role.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Sunsuper has restructured its executive lineup, with its executive general manager of advice, marketing and growth to depart.

HARRISON WORLEY   The industry superannuation peak body believes retirement savers are losing millions in interest due to quarterly super contributions.HARRISON WORLEY   The wealth management giant will take a $30m hit to the hip pocket if it is forced to send 370,000 low balance super accounts to the ATO.

KANIKA SOOD   A new trading software is aiming to make life easier for asset managers trading large chunks of Australian equities, ETFs or futures.KARREN VERGARA   Bell Financial Group's large platform acquisition helped boost its full-year results to December 2018.

KANIKA SOOD   Three founding members of Macquarie's Asian listed equities division are set to launch a boutique with the backing of a prominent family office.KANIKA SOOD   A recent survey says Australia's trust in non-profits strengthened last year, yet complaints received by the charity regulator are rising.