HARRISON WORLEY   The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will recognise those financial advisers holding a Certified Financial Planner accreditation.HARRISON WORLEY   Westpac's cash earnings in the first half of the year will be hit by $260 million in remediation payments.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The India Avenue equity fund is now available across three of Australia's fastest growing investment platforms.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   BetaShares has been awarded a recommended rating from Zenith for its Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200).

KARREN VERGARA   ClearView is countering Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation to reduce or eliminate commissions financial advisers earn from life insurance products.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The life insurance industry is pushing ahead with the rollout of new rules on genetic testing despite a delay.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   A new report by the Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has found limited recourse borrowing arrangements in SMSFs are not a risk to the financial system.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The provider of ASIC corporate compliance solutions and SMSF administration announced new integrations.

BENJAMIN ONG   Other central banks around the world can still save the day with their new policy changes.BENJAMIN ONG   The lesson from 2011 is that the RBA's non-proactive response forced it to lower interest rates by more than it should, if only it paid attention to the slowing employment growth trend.

KARREN VERGARA   ASIC has helped put Endeavour Securities and Linchpin Capital Group into liquidation.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   APRA has invited submissions from all APRA-regulated entities on how the financial services industry can improve information security and protect itself from cyber-crime.

KARREN VERGARA   A former general manager of MLC's platform business is joining an ASX-listed managed accounts provider.HARRISON WORLEY   TAL is recruiting for a new position that will lead remediation efforts.

KARREN VERGARA   Rest is seeing an uptake to its recently launched low-cost indexed options thanks to the Barefoot Investor.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Macquarie Bank revealed in a note to brokers it has made significant changes to its product offerings.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The big bank is not impressed by the oft-praised technology that is blockchain.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   A new report on the subscription economy has revealed Australian subscription companies grew revenues 10 times the rate of the ASX sales-per-share index.

KANIKA SOOD   A new tribe of art collectors is emerging across the globe as younger high-net-worth individuals loosen their purse strings to buy more readily than the old guard, says a new UBS report.KANIKA SOOD   A prominent high-net-worth financial adviser is aiming to have 7-10% of his clients' portfolios in alternatives as the markets mature but he's eschewing hedge funds and picking private assets instead.