Saturn Advice has started off the year with two new hires to their advice team.

Mint Asset Management has appointed a new investment analyst to their team.

Mortgage Express has drafted in a new hire to cover the Hawke's Bay region.

Advisers have begun to note a slight improvement in bank turnaround times, according to economist Tony Alexander's latest survey of the market.

The life insurance firm have had its A- rating confirmed for the 25th year on the trot.

A survey by MJW Investments looking at the performance of KiwiSaver funds over the last ten years reveals a large overlap between balanced and growth funds.

Banks should be forced to risk-weight investor mortgages and loans on interest-only terms, according to economists from Kiwibank.

More clients are playing off mortgage advisers against their bank, leading to disputes over fee-for-service charges, says FSCL chief executive Susan Taylor. 

ASB and BNZ have joined their big four rivals in slashing their one year special rates to 2.29%, while Kiwibank has also made cuts, as downward pressure continues in the home loan market. 

NZX Wealth Technologies has won a competitive tender to put Public Trust on its new platform.

Westpac has dropped its prediction for a negative official cash rate due to the red-hot housing market.