JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:25PM   A financial advice dealer group is looking to list on the ASX this year, kicking off a $10 million IPO to make it happen.KARREN VERGARA   A legal expert is warning managed accounts providers of the potential implications the financial services Royal Commission will have on remuneration and product recommendations.

KARREN VERGARA  |    12:22PM   Challenger shares dropped by 17% overnight after recently appointed chief executive Richard Howes flagged a profit downgrade.HARRISON WORLEY  |    12:22PM   Pacific Current Group has invested in a US provider of financial adviser middle office services.

KARREN VERGARA  |    12:40PM   The Financial Services Council is extending the consultation period for the second iteration of its life code until 31 January 2019.KANIKA SOOD   New York-based research house Strategic Insight has been acquired in a deal expected to close soon.

KARREN VERGARA   A new report from SuperConcepts unveils some of the most unusual investments held in self-managed superannuation funds, which include ATMs, livestock and frozen horse semen.KANIKA SOOD   The Productivity Commission's final report quoted SMSF costs at "close to double" of the actual cost of running SMSFs $500,000 or less in net assets, Class said.

BENJAMIN ONG  |    11:18AM   There goes our overseas holidays as the cheap Australian dollar would force us to spend our "hard-earned" at home.BENJAMIN ONG   Expectations of falling house prices beget even lower house prices. This is because would-be homebuyers and property investors sit and wait for even cheaper prices thereby making it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    12:52PM   The corporate regulator permanently banned a former NAB financial adviser, while a former Commonwealth Bank and Synchron adviser was handed a five-year ban.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   ASIC has slapped additional conditions on the AFSL of an advice practice operating on the New South Wales Central Coast.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |    1:09PM   Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed a former Macquarie executive as its new chief risk officer.OSKAH DUNNIN  |    1:03PM   BMO Global Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of its current leader.

HARRISON WORLEY  |    1:07PM   Parametric believes the final Productivity Commission report into superannuation missed a link between tax and retirement outcomes.JAMIE WILLIAMSON   A behavioural finance program offered by a $9.6 billion industry fund has seen a rise in the number of members making additional contributions to their superannuation.

OSKAH DUNNIN   Volt Bank has become the first neobank to obtain a full banking licence from APRA.HARRISON WORLEY   A refreshed user interface, a new coach avatar and new retirement planning options have been rolled out to VicSuper members after the fund updated its Beeline digital guidance and advice tool.

HARRISON WORLEY   Sydney's HNWI community is set to welcome its latest member, after a woman suddenly became $107 million richer.DARREN SNYDER   Sydney will be home to a new journalism institute next year as part of a $100 million commitment to the profession from philanthropist Judith Neilson.