Bluestone has appointed a new business development manager to replace Melissa Scott who left earlier this year.

Financial Advice New Zealand's quality service mark could be used to fill in some of the gaps in the new Code of Conduct for the advice sector.

The government must ensure its proposed financial safeguards do not affect competition and consumer choice, according to Luke Jackson, head of Resimac's NZ business. 

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Independent financial services specialist, Consilium has a new Auckland-based BDM, replacing Helen Robertson.

It should be seen as a positive thing that advisers are reluctant to recommend equities without third-party support, a former investment researcher in New Zealand says.

Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new Auckland business development manager.

The regulator responsible for financial advisers under the AML regime says it has given formal warnings to 10 reporting entities - and most of them were small businesses or individuals.

NZFSG and Loan Market have entered into a five-year deal to offer its own branded home loan product using one of the Australian non-bank lenders.

The new rules around the ring-fencing of rental losses are unlikely to cause a sea-change in investor behaviour, according to CoreLogic senior property economist Kelvin Davidson.

Partners Life managing director Naomi Ballantyne has fired back in the debate about commission, highlighting the amount of work that advisers do for nothing.

New data from the Financial Services Council shows New Zealanders now have nearly $60 million in their KiwiSaver accounts.

In this interesting interview Russell Investments managing director Tim Noonan says there needs to be a total rethink around retirement savings and how advisers talk to clients about their futures.