KARREN VERGARA   Investment and retirement strategies around the family home were hot topics for financial advisers' clients in 2020.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been forced into a rule change regarding its jurisdiction over authorised representatives after a court decision.

ANNABELLE DICKSON   Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) portfolio company will trial a medical drone logistics network across the United Kingdom.ANNABELLE DICKSON   Clime Investment Management has streamlined its operations by consolidating and replacing a number of separately managed accounts (SMAs) after its acquisition of Madison Financial Group.

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.

ELIZA BAVIN   The CSIRO has published a roadmap to economic recovery finding innovation in Australia's waste management space could triple job creation.BENJAMIN ONG   The inauguration of Joe Biden as the US's 46th president and his almost immediate buckling down to work garnered much of the media's attention last week.

ELIZA BAVIN   The prudential regulator has released an updated draft guidance for insurance in superannuation as part of its consultation period, delaying the commencement date by six months.ANNABELLE DICKSON   The neobank has become the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   Recruiters are reporting that financial services professionals specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) areas are in very strong demand.ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Disruptor stock exchange, Chi-X Australia, has announced a senior appointment in a newly created role.

KARREN VERGARA   Young workers who took advantage of the early release of superannuation have less than $1000 in their nest egg, a new study that details the impact of the scheme shows.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.

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.