KARREN VERGARA  |    12:20PM   A new report finds that it is possible for financial advisers to attract young clients and convince them about the benefits of advice and life insurance using new strategies.KARREN VERGARA  |    12:19PM   Atlas Wealth Management has launched a mortgage-broking business and appointed a director to help expatriates buy property in Australia.

KANIKA SOOD  |    12:45PM   Challenger's multi-boutique business will distribute the $54 billion Impax Asset Management's sustainability strategies in Australia and New Zealand.KANIKA SOOD  |    12:42PM   Nearly 20 years after ETFs started trading in Australia, their total assets crossed $102 billion at the end of March.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    11:45AM   Honan has announced it will enter the reinsurance market through the launch of Honan Re.ANNABELLE DICKSON   The prudential regulator has commenced industry consultation on revisions to the prudential standards for life insurers to protect life insurance policy holders against the use of offshore reinsurers.

ANNABELLE DICKSON   The micro-investing platform is targeting SMSFs with its custom portfolio option, giving members more control over their portfolio allocations.ELIZA BAVIN   The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned SMSF trustees of a new scheme it has uncovered that aims to avoid paying potential tax liabilities.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    11:08AM   The Australian recovery will receive extra impetus if the latest confidence surveys are anything to go by.BENJAMIN ONG   While Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine", it's certainly leading much of the world in strengthening its economy.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The founder of Goldsky Investments has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct and operating a financial services business without a licence.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken.

KARREN VERGARA  |    12:22PM   A long-serving Willis Towers Watson executive has left after more than 12 years with the firm.KANIKA SOOD   Rest has hired BlackRock's head of client portfolio solutions in Australia as the fund's head of investment strategy and asset allocation, while also naming a head of capital markets.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:49PM   While the events of 2020 showed superannuation funds manage liquidity well, funds should consider the extent to which they rely on certain asset classes for liquidity, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said.KANIKA SOOD  |    12:41PM   UniSuper topped MySuper tables for the three years to February end, as default options hit their one-year high since COVID-19 started.

KARREN VERGARA   Accounting and self-managed superannuation fund software provider BGL is launching one of its products in Singapore.KANIKA SOOD   Catholic Super's bank MyLife MyFinance has implemented Temenos' digital banking platform replacing its legacy system.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The Lowy Family Group backed Assembly Funds Management has acquired six early learning centres in North West Sydney.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Family office Kin Group has moved to acquire consumer products and wellness company McPherson's via its subsidiary Gallin.