KARREN VERGARA   Australian financial advisers can potentially work in New Zealand without meeting the country's qualifications as early as 15 March 2021.ELIZA BAVIN   HUB24 announced a series of significant transactions, including plans to acquire Xplore Wealth and the sale of its financial advice business.

KANIKA SOOD   Pengana International Equities (PIA) faced a first strike against its remuneration report, as about 49.9% of votes went against it.KARREN VERGARA   Link Group has rejected another offer made by the consortium which increased its bid to $5.40.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Some retail AMP Life customers received a steep premium increase on their income protection policies recently.KARREN VERGARA   OnePath has won a group insurance mandate for a well-known football association, replacing Resolution Life.

ELIZA BAVIN   A fourth tax agent has been deregistered for misusing an SMSF Auditor Number (SAN) as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continues its crackdown on SAN misuse.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   A self-managed super fund has had a request for more information from Ardent Leisure, the owner of Dreamworld, over the Thunder River Rapids deaths in 2016 thrown out.

BENJAMIN ONG   Just as we rejoice for the easing of restrictions on home soil, Europe is now facing the tough task of implementing harsher restrictions as COVID-19 infection rates grow.BENJAMIN ONG   The Australian recession is over, if Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle is to be believed.

ANNABELLE DICKSON   A Brisbane man has been found guilty in the District Court of six counts of fraud in obtaining funds from SMSF investors.ANNABELLE DICKSON   ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester brought to light discrepancies in Daniel Crennan's resignation statement in front of a senate hearing, clarifying the dates that he found out about the issues that led to his resignation.

ELIZA BAVIN   T. Rowe Price has expanded its Australian Intermediary team, appointing a new relationship manager for Victoria and Tasmania.ELIZA BAVIN   IOOF has announced the creation of a new executive role as it reports funds under management, advice and administration grew by $529 million in Q1 2021.

KARREN VERGARA   A government agency has botched superannuation benefit payments spanning a decade, affecting more than 56,000 employees who are owed tens and millions of dollars.ELIZA BAVIN   The government's new Your Future, Your Super investment performance benchmarking is flawed and will have unintended consequences, according to Rice Warner.

KARREN VERGARA   The Australian Stock Exchange has pushed back the CHESS replacement date by another year to April 2023.KANIKA SOOD   Aware Super is implementing a new suite of technology products that will allow it to in-source member experience, including administration, so far done by Mercer.

KANIKA SOOD   When it comes to investing his own money, Magellan's chief executive Brett Cairns likes to go back to his roots in science.KANIKA SOOD   A Sydney real estate fund manager has established a private wealth division, as it sees opportunities to snap up new assets for syndicates of wealthy investors.