Proposed Pepper price dropped.

Director and investor Fraser Whineray has delivered his plan for “KiwiSaver 2.0” to political parties this week.

AIA NZ has released its Neurodiversity Toolkit to the public for the first time.

Financial Advice New Zealand (FANZ) has entered a long term strategic partnership with the PAA Legacy Trust to support further development of Campus, its adviser-led, professional development hub designed to deepen capability across the financial advice profession.

Customers are doing it tough, Partners Life says, and it is not appropriate to hold a conference this year.

Baden Martin takes on General Manager role at non-bank lender.

Loan Market adviser Ryan Amoore has shifted to the corporate team as a Regional Manager.

Partners Life says it’s continuing to work on improving its service levels, implementing a number of reviews and plans to go paperless by mid-year.

SBS is expanding its long-held direct-to-consumer model to start working with third-party advisers, too.

Maangement of the Aurora KiwiSaver Scheme is being moved inhouse from FundRock.

Haven focusses on adviser development with the appointmentof a head of adviser growth and success.

AdviceLink was built to support advisers in delivering great advice, right across the industry. Yet there’s still a common perception that it’s just an internal CRM tool for LFG and NZHL—our sister companies. That’s understandable, but it’s no longer accurate.