ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    12:19PM   A former financial adviser was banned after it was revealed he was not adequately trained, despite working in the industry for nearly 15 years.KARREN VERGARA  |    12:11PM   The federal government is driving hard the importance of accessing quality, affordable financial advice.

ELIZA BAVIN  |    12:40PM   New research from Deloitte has found there is a disconnect between boards' risk appetite and effective strategic planning, which it said is threatening companies' ability to take on risk.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |    12:38PM   Perpetual Investment Management has appointed a new custodian, replacing RBC Investor and Treasury Services following its exit from the Australian market.

KARREN VERGARA   The poor quality of group insurance data is conducive to administrative blunders that are notoriously difficult to rectify, according to Rice Warner.ANNABELLE DICKSON   The life insurer is a step closer to finalising the acquisition of CommInsure Life, having now contacted policyholders.

KARREN VERGARA   The SMSF Association has welcomed a new law that will allow the partial commutation of legacy pensions.KARREN VERGARA   The corporate regulator has initiated action against a fintech for allegedly misleading customers about the benefits of investing in residential property in self-managed superannuation funds.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    12:12PM   The price of iron ore continues to rise and rise.BENJAMIN ONG   Japan may need to spend more to mitigate the expected slowing in consumption and business activity following the declaration of the second state of emergency.

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |    12:25PM   The neobank has become the first Australian bank to return its customer deposits after it withdrew its banking products and announced the return of its authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) licence.ELIZA BAVIN   ASIC chair James Shipton has lost out on close to $200,000 in salary since going on a leave of absence last year.

ELIZA BAVIN  |    12:41PM   Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced a new head of retirement for Australasia as Brad Jeffrey retires after serving 40 years with the company.KANIKA SOOD  |    12:40PM   Ord Minnett's head of institutional research will be leaving the role for Barrenjoey Capital Partners.

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |    12:05PM   The $52 billion industry superannuation fund has named the 11 finalists in its inaugural HESTA Impact Awards.KARREN VERGARA  |    12:02PM   More than one million New South Wales residents took advantage of the early release of superannuation scheme, withdrawing $10 billion, new analysis shows.

ELIZA BAVIN  |    12:34PM   Zenith Investment Partners has partnered with MSCI to enhance the delivery of institutional-grade portfolio analysis, service scalability, insights and reporting to its managed account portfolio clients.KARREN VERGARA   Morningstar has launched a new platform that helps advisers, traders and market analysts stay on top of market movements.

KANIKA SOOD   John Poynton has listed for sale his family's 15-bedroom property in Western Australia, with the price expected to be in the $7.5 million range.KANIKA SOOD   Equity Trustees' annual giving report says donors made 3241 grants in the year, with natural disaster being key areas of focus.