Compliance costs may make it difficult for advisers to have their own FAP under the new financial advice regime, according to Financial Advice NZ CEO Katrina Shanks.

New Zealand is spending billions of dollars on KiwiSaver with no clear indication that it is leaving anyone better off, two retirement policy commentators say.

ASB bank has accelerated its forecast for further Official Cash Rate cuts amid weak business confidence data.

Advisers who’ve focused on getting a level five qualification to enable them to transition to the new advice regime may have taken the wrong approach, an adviser coach says.

Reserve Bank moves to require banks to hold more capital could be good news for the share market.

Non-bank lender Resimac has taken a stake in an asset finance fintech firm as it looks to diversify into other forms of lending.

AMP Capital says New Zealand equities may be at valuations 20% above fair value - but there are predictions higher prices are yet to come.

Strategi Institute says its compliance officer course, designed for future financial advice providers (FAPs), has been met with strong demand.

Groups planning to operate under the new financial advice regime without a FAP license may be “left wondering what the future holds”, according to the CEO of NZFSG.

Two of our Lords and Masters have recently been laid low yet landlords are still treated as the problem rather than part of the solution, argues Auckland Property Investors Association vice president Peter Lewis…

nib has announced an expansion of its First Choice network, which the health insurer says has delivered more than $1 million in claims savings in the first year of operation.

Retirement Income Group is ahead of targets with its latest capital raise, amid predictions 2019 will be the year it becomes profitable, despite Fidelity setback.