JAMIE WILLIAMSON   About half of all accounting firms are considering a move into financial planning.HARRISON WORLEY   Difficulties in applying for the Age Pension headline a Retirement Essentials report about the challenges confronting older Australians dealing with Centrelink.

KANIKA SOOD   The $60 billion global manager will launch a tool to calculate a fund's carbon performance and carbon risk as a part of its ESG toolkit to help fund managers make better decisions about investments.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is making a cornerstone investment in a new responsible investment offering from NAB which targets fixed income investors.

HARRISON WORLEY   Latest Beddoes Institute research reports client satisfaction at claim time is driven by two key factors.ALEX BURKE   A group of former TAL executives have launched a new distributor of life insurance products backed by a global reinsurer.

KANIKA SOOD   SMSF cash balances have increased in the past year but are not at an all-time high as is often suggested, according to latest research from BGL Corporate Solutions.KARREN VERGARA   A $1.6 billion industry superannuation fund is calling for new regulations to make it tougher for people with low account balances to set up a self-managed superannuation fund.

BENJAMIN ONG   Were it not for the RBA's concern over adding fuel to overheating property prices (at the time), the Australian central bank would have already cut rates mainly due to the stagnation in wages growth which is a negative for both inflation and growth.BENJAMIN ONG   The strong US dollar is triggering currency depreciations in emerging markets which puts upward pressure on inflation that, in turn, is forcing respective central banks to raise interest rates, ultimately slowing growth in emerging economies.

KANIKA SOOD   ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against Westpac in relation to a Perth financial planner whose poor advice has already seen the bank foot a $12 million bill to remediate clients.ALEX BURKE   The Federal Government opened consultation to industry stakeholders for the first tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018.

DARREN SNYDER   BT Financial Group head of adviser distribution Jo Moxey is leaving her role to pursue another opportunity within Westpac.KANIKA SOOD   J.P. Morgan Asset Management appointed two executives from CFSGAM and Dimensional as it bolsters distribution in Australia.

KARREN VERGARA   The Productivity Commission heard in Melbourne this morning the superannuation industry shouldn't underestimate the pain or amount of difficulty it will experience if the proposed rationalisation of underperforming funds eventuates.KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY   Influential superannuation industry stakeholders had the opportunity to respond to the Productivity Commission's draft report at a public hearing held in Sydney this morning.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   MyFiduciary is partnering with a fintech to roll out a digital monitoring and compliance tool.KANIKA SOOD   The fintech is looking to expand its B2B robo-advice business in Australia as a part of a $13.5 million venture capital raising announced today.

HARRISON WORLEY   Latest research from digital consultant Capgemini shows Australia's high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population is growing, with more than 20,000 Aussies joining the fold in 2017.HARRISON WORLEY   Latest family business research from KPMG shows that business families with high socio-emotional wealth are more likely to keep control of the business within the family.