KANIKA SOOD  |    12:46PM   HUB24 has lifted its revenue targets for the next three years, as it its platform and advice licensee swelled their revenues in FY18.KARREN VERGARA  |    12:23PM   The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals is urging all financial advisers to reunite and put an end to "repugnant" reforms proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority.

KANIKA SOOD   An international equities fund that holds about $300 million of Aussie insto money is purging itself clean of all investments in tobacco and fossil fuels.KARREN VERGARA   The CFA Institute is introducing artificial intelligence, fintech and machine learning to its curriculum as of next year.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   More than 240,000 life insurance policyholders switched provider in the 12 months to June 2018, while a further 766,000 considered switching.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Following a strategic review, Suncorp will sell its life insurance business to TAL.

KANIKA SOOD  |    12:43PM   A new listed investment trust is offering SMSF investors an opportunity to invest in high-yield bonds, with an annual net distribution north of 5%.HARRISON WORLEY   SMSF Association executives addressed the regulatory hurdles facing the industry at the Sydney leg of this year's SMSF Association Technical Day.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    11:17AM   The sharp depreciation in many emerging market currencies this year to date is both a testament to funds flowing out of emerging markets and a forward indication of more downward pressure on their respective equity markets.BENJAMIN ONG   Australia's unemployment rate of 5.3% matches exactly the OECD's estimate of Australia's non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment.

KANIKA SOOD   ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   The selling of superannuation products by ANZ branch staff has been called into question, with the Royal Commission suggesting the bank's practices are misleading and deceptive.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:36PM   A $15 billion industry superannuation fund recently strengthened its governance, risk and project management capabilities, hiring eight new team members in the process.JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:34PM   Following its acquisition of ANZ's aligned dealer groups, IOOF will welcome a new general manager for its combined financial advice business.

KARREN VERGARA  |    12:36PM   Financial advisers can't afford to ignore the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPR) debate as it will affect all corners of the advice industry, a retirement solutions expert says.HARRISON WORLEY   As the Royal Commission superannuation hearings turned onto the final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say.

KANIKA SOOD   Link is in advanced stages of negotiating a contract with an industry fund, the administrator said in its FY18 earnings report.KANIKA SOOD   Mainstream Group is launching a separately managed account investment solution, one which the company says is its official entry into digital services targeted at financial advisers.

HARRISON WORLEY  |    12:41PM   An inaugural report shining a light on Australia's most philanthropic corporations shows 39 companies collectively invested $867 million in community causes in the 2016/17 financial year, with the finance sector highlighted for its contribution.KARREN VERGARA   Retail investors are fuelling changes in the philanthropic sector that present business development opportunities for the financial advice and wealth management industries, according to an expert.