ASB and ANZ have revised their forecast for the official cash rate and predict we will get negative rates next year. 

Most New Zealand businesses will be affected by the current increased alert levels, Forsyth Barr says, but the extent of the impact varies.

The Reserve Bank has confirmed the mortgage deferral scheme will be extended until March next year following the second lockdown in Auckland. 

Never fear property buyers and sellers - alert level three is still workable for the Auckland real estate market, according to Century 21 owner Derryn Mayne.

As the nation faces the prospect of high unemployment levels and vast economic uncertainty, New Zealand’s leading insurance broker Aon is partnering with the country’s largest provider of digital Wills, Footprint to put a stake in the ground for Kiwis.

Mortgage advisers in Auckland are ready to operate under the extended lockdown, as the government brings back the mortgage deferral scheme and wage subsidy programme.

Russell Hutchinson is a fan of being treated fairly, and thinks we should, of course, treat customers fairly. But how might the fair conduct requirement work in practice?

A client who complained her adviser had not told her she would need to provide financial statements if she wanted to claim against her trauma policies took her complaint to FSCL.

The Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into misconduct in the banking system highlighted that there were things going on in banking that were “just not right”, NAB chief executive Ross McEwan says.

A new chief financial officer will join Public Trust from October 12.

Credit Suisse Australia and Jarden have agreed to exit their formal strategic alliance,

AMP New Zealand wealth chief executive Blair Vernon has been seconded into  a big role with its Australian parent company.

Pepper Money has released a series of improvements to its innovative online tool, the Pepper Product Selector (PPS), aimed at speeding up the adviser’s process of finding a solution for their
customer.