ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    12:41PM   A financial adviser from the NSW town of Valentine has been permanently banned for making false statements to clients and misappropriating funds.ALLY SELBY   Financial advisers must act to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds.

KANIKA SOOD  |    12:36PM   A Sydney boutique started by a former Evans and Partners investor outperformed all its peers last year and it's not afraid of disclosing its stock picks.ELIZA BAVIN  |    12:35PM   Cbus Property has received approval from the Victorian government for a new $1 billion office tower in Melbourne's CBD.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    11:40AM   AMP is adding other insurers' products to its platform as it records a whopping drop in risk sales for 2019.HARRISON WORLEY   The hits keep coming for Australia's life insurance industry, with new data showing total risk premiums inflows dropped by more than $790 million in the 12 months to September 2019, as major players endured another tough year.

ALLY SELBY  |    12:14PM   SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year.KANIKA SOOD   The South Australian Police has arrested an SMSF investment manager who will today face the court with charges for 69 counts of deceptions.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    11:01AM   According to markets, there's now only a 24% chance of a rate cut next month with expectations dropping 36% in one day.BENJAMIN ONG   Further RBA rate reductions are a double-edge sword; improving sentiment through the wealth effect on rising equity market and property prices while also signalling there's something very wrong in the economy.

HARRISON WORLEY   More than a year after it was recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the government has taken steps to extend the Banking Executive Accountability regime to include super funds and other APRA-regulated entities.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Investors promised great returns through a marijuana company have lost it all, as it's alleged the owner - a US film producer - spent the money on a yacht and several luxury cars.

ELIZA BAVIN  |    12:10PM   The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has confirmed the appointment of a new head of investment stewardship, formerly of UniSuper.ALLY SELBY  |    11:31AM   Former Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf has been banned from the banking industry and will cough up US$17.5 million for his role in the fake accounts scandal that has continued to rock the world's fourth largest bank since 2016.

KANIKA SOOD  |    12:06PM   The $11.7 billion superannuation fund has set up an internal impact committee to explore how it can make a positive impact in its operational spending.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    11:54AM   New analysis from BetaShares shows superannuation and the age pension can have undesirable outcomes for some retirees, forcing them to ensure they have at least $600,000 squirrelled away ahead of retirement.

HARRISON WORLEY  |    12:08PM   Netwealth is looking to take advantage of growing demand among high net-worth and private wealth investors for sophisticated platform offerings, with plans afoot for the launch of a premium product within months.ALLY SELBY   New technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are set to radically transform and disrupt markets and economies.

KANIKA SOOD   Sydney is more expensive than Dubai and has the world's priciest business class flights but best-value luxury shopping, says a new report.KANIKA SOOD   In a research note sent to clients, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Nathan Lim shared the four Australian ETFs the firm prefers over the rest.