Peter Verhaart has left Kiwi Wealth to join a specialist investment consultancy firm.

House price growth has dropped from a quarterly rate of 8.1% in April to 4.8% by September.

With a new player coming into the small business lending market, established player, Prospa, offers a new product.

Salt Funds Management appoints senior analyst to its research team.

To mark its recent 10th anniversary in business, Partners Life has rebranded revealing a new logo and website.

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed the Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) target dates for financial advice provider (FAP) full licence applications.

The mortgage industry had to work harder to help people buffeted by economic turmoil to switch their mortgage arrangements, a webinar on product replacement has been told.

A tenant who cut the Sky cable, removed fuses from the fuse box and put them back incorrectly, and tagged items on the premises has had his periodic tenancy terminated.

Property buying by mortgaged investors is back down to the levels just before the loan-to-value restrictions were lifted in the second quarter last year, which sparked investor demand back into life.

Auckland-based financial adviser Garry Mann has joined Wealthpoint as a new shareholder and business owner.

Milford continues to expand its investment team with the addition of a new investment analyst.

Rival Wealth has expanded further into the Auckland market and has merged with long-standing financial services firm McLean Financial Planning Ltd.

Investors looking to pivot out of direct ownership while still maintaining a strong property portfolio managed by a hands-on team of directors may have found the light at the end of their tunnel with First Light Capital.