KANIKA SOOD   State Street's global chair for its ETF business says it will continue to be anchored to adviser-led distribution in Australia and not seek to launch a direct-to-consumer push.HARRISON WORLEY   The co-founder of iPac Securities believes the issues that saw the big banks exit wealth management will pale in significance to future failures he expects will come as a result of "fringe" advice groups.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   National Australia Bank has been accused in no uncertain terms of greenwashing.ELIZA BAVIN   Value stocks are headed towards an "unprecedented" boom, according to Schroders UK fund manager Simon Adler.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON   Insurance premiums have risen by up to 21% for members of an industry superannuation fund.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   MLC Life continues to grow its group life insurance business, taking home a new mandate.

HARRISON WORLEY   ASIC has taken action against three SMSF auditors for breaches and deficiencies in their auditing.ELIZA BAVIN   A 51-year-old was found to have unlawfully created, operated and benefitted from a fraudulent self-managed superannuation fund.

BENJAMIN ONG   Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China, it's going for growth.BENJAMIN ONG   The Aussie dollar is key to how low Lowe goes.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR   Total and permanent disability insurance and the claims handling processes of insurers are well within ASIC's sights.HARRISON WORLEY   APRA's new approach to governance, culture, remuneration and accountability will see the prudential regulator focus on strengthening, sharpening and sharing.

KANIKA SOOD   A $70 billion industry fund has hired State Super's former chief investment officer who left the fund in December last year.HARRISON WORLEY   The researcher made several appointments to the leadership of its research team to support the growing demand for investment research and managed account solutions.

KANIKA SOOD   A $4 billion industry fund has increased the fee for its ESG option, which is managed by AMP Capital.HARRISON WORLEY   Two of the most influential lobbying groups in superannuation have taken vastly different positions on APRA's recently unveiled MySuper heat map.

ELIZA BAVIN   TAL and Deloitte have announced a partnership to deploy a regtech solution using artificial intelligence (AI) and voice recognition on its phone-based sales in a bid to ensure better customer outcomes.KANIKA SOOD   An international stockbroker with offices in Sydney and Melbourne has integrated with IRESS for trades in global equities and ETFs.

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.KANIKA SOOD   Jeff Chapman, whose net worth is pegged at more than $800mn, speaks to Financial Standard about his family office investments including Bennelong Funds Management, and generosity.