ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been forced into a rule change regarding its jurisdiction over authorised representatives after a court decision.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Life insurer TAL has launched another round of its FASEA exam masterclass, which aims to prep financial advisers for the exam.

KANIKA SOOD   Perpetual's strategies saw $2.7 billion in net outflows in the December quarter, taking its total assets to $89.2 billion.KANIKA SOOD   US exchange-traded funds ended 2020 with a new record for inflows, while managed funds set a record of their own - in highest outflows for a calendar year.

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   Australians all let us rejoice! Less than a week before the country celebrates its day, the National Statistician released its latest survey of the domestic labour market ... and it was good.ELIZA BAVIN   Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

ELIZA BAVIN   The prudential regulator has released an updated draft guidance for insurance in superannuation as part of its consultation period, delaying the commencement date by six months.ANNABELLE DICKSON   The neobank has become the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.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The chief executive and co-founder of $1 billion ethical retail fund Future Super will depart at the end of February.ELIZA BAVIN   Thomas Bignill has left his role as co-chief investment officer and managing director of Mason Stevens after being a founding member of the company 11 years ago.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Yet another superannuation fund has pulled its mandate with AMP Capital's Ethical Leaders, transferring management of its Socially Responsible Balanced option to another firm earlier this month.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The $50 billion industry super fund Hostplus is the latest fund to be the subject of a campaign from Market Forces, demanding it divest fossil fuels and develop a climate action plan.

ELIZA BAVIN   Raiz has introduced a new custom portfolio option that will enable clients to gain more control over their portfolio allocations.ELIZA BAVIN   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.

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.