Cash backs are returning to pre-Covid levels across the main banks, advisers say, amid strong competition for high quality borrowers in the housing boom. 

Non-bank lender reaches a significant milestone, cracking the $1 billion barrier of investor funds now under management.

A recent PwC report has shown that investment in deep tech and SaaS companies has kept investment in NZ startups steady compared to this time last year.

Structuring the ownership of a property portfolio is rarely the first – or even the second - thought for new investors. But it should be, argues property accountant Anthony Appleton-Tattersall*.

ASB has become the latest bank to send adviser home loan applications to branches for completion, as it tries to reduce a backlog of deals.

New FMA appointments to specialist roles in fintech and integrated financial systems reveal the regulatory agency is looking closely at tech.

Dermot Martin, who has steered UniMed’s growth from a fledgling health insurer into New Zealand’s fourth largest, is retiring after 30 years at the helm.

The after effects of Covid-19 pose new challenges for life insurance companies and advisers.

Advisers say their business clients are finding it difficult to obtain financing, despite measures to kick-start SME lending during the Covid crisis. 

Document and data collection agency FileInvite has raised $2.3 million in order to push into the US financial services market.

Financial Services Complaints Limited has announced a new appointment to its board.

ANZ Investment Services says that the Bonus Bonds scheme is now in wind-up.

The FMA has published a consultation paper setting out its proposed guidance on KiwiSaver fees. The paper is open for public consultation for six weeks.

Banks could pull the plug on borrowers with pre-approvals for KiwiBuild homes, leaving them vulnerable to financial ruin, an adviser has warned.