JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:38PM   The highest performing financial services firms are those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research.JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:25PM   The employment outlook for the financial services sector is at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission.

KANIKA SOOD  |    12:35PM   The former Macquarie stock pickers have hit the brakes on a LIC based on their absolute return strategy after a few investors lapped up most of the raise.JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:24PM   Vanguard Australia is set to list two new exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:28PM   BT Financial Group is making it easier for financial advisers and their clients to apply for life insurance.KARREN VERGARA   MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Financial advisers have been provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients.KANIKA SOOD   AMP Bank has pulled the plug on its SMSF lending business, joining CBA and Westpac.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    11:31AM   The People's Bank of China's latest injection of liquidity into the economy should help offset its challenges, not least because of its trade war with the US.BENJAMIN ONG   Perhaps it's the combination of several negative factors that's responsible for weighing the equity market down. However, some of them have eased.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   The US Securities and Exchange Commission is taking action against an Australian asset manager for lying in public filings and on its website.HARRISON WORLEY   ASIC will review financial advice fee disclosure statements and renewal notices, after licenses submitted breach reports to the extent the corporate regulator is concerned about systemic non-compliance.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:08PM   The general manager of distribution at Perpetual has taken a new role with a $441 billion boutique fund manager.KANIKA SOOD  |    11:44AM   Macquarie's chief executive designate Shemara Wikramanayake has been named a commissioner for a global climate change initiative, alongside Bill Gates and Ban Ki-Moon.

KARREN VERGARA   Nearly all large superannuation funds are fulfilling reporting obligations to a "high standard," the ATO's latest diagnostic reports show.HARRISON WORLEY   Mercer has renewed its administration mandate with a $9 billion industry superannuation fund; and it has become manager for the $250 million Anglican National Super plan.

KARREN VERGARA   Software firm Temenos scored a deal with an Australian financial services firm with $1.7 billion of funds under management.KANIKA SOOD   The institutional trading network has appointed a new head of Australia after the former head left for Chi-x in July.

KANIKA SOOD   A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors.KANIKA SOOD   Australian charities could be receiving $180 million more in donations each year if the gender pay gap was to close, according to a new report on trends in philanthropy.