Health insurer nib has withdrawn its market guidance for the 2020 financial year because of uncertainty about Covid-19.

Partners Life is again supporting the Rainbow Excellence Awards.

The Government and regulators have dialled back much of their regulatory work at the moment and are now facing pressure to extend the deadline for transitional licensing.

AMP Capital managing director Bevan Graham talks about the topic of the momnet, corona virus, the big investment theme for this decade and the future of the business post the sale of AMP.

Due to Convid 19 Harbour Asset Management has cancelled its regional roadshows. The remaining three were scheduled for Havelock North, Dunedin and Queenstown.

Andrew Hooker, the founder of Shine Lawyers New Zealand, was killed in a motorcycle accident recently.

BNZ has launched a 3.05% 18 month fixed mortgage, the joint-cheapest ever offered by a major bank.

Two more banks have slashed fixed rates following the Reserve Bank's emergency Official Cash Rate on Monday. 

It looks as though New Zealand is headed towards an unexpected recession. While house prices are expected to drop in the near term, economist Tony Alexander points out six factors to think about in the current market.

The Financial Markets Authority says it is “closely monitoring” the impact of coronavirus on New Zealand’s financial market and is considering all its options to ensure that markets continue to function well.

Fidelity Life has taken the same decision as Partners Life and has stopped selling redundancy cover.

Partners Life is making major changes to its commission payments which will see payments made to FAPs based on customer outcomes rather than to dealer groups.

Kiwibank is the second bank to slash fixed rates after the Reserve Bank's OCR cut, dropping its one year to 3.09%.

Newpark has appointed an acting general manager following the sudden departure of Melanie Purdey.