The Adviser Platform has appointed a new head of compliance and advice ahead of upcoming regulatory changes.

Government is committed to cracking down on problematic remuneration incentives for financial advisers but does not want to "wreck" the industry, Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi says.

Records of how the NZ Super Fund has voted at listed company AGMs are now available on its website.

ANZ has made changes to its investment management structure.

The Australian government has delayed plans to ban trail commission from next year, saying it will review the issue in three years' time instead.

Advisers are stuck in a no-man’s land while they wait for more information on the new code of conduct.

A cabinet paper released today outlines what the Government wants included in disclosure requirements for financial advisers.

The Financial Markets Authority is to remove the expiry dates for all licences issued under the Financial Markets Conduct Act  in a process expected to be complete by the middle of 2019.

Fidelity Life and health insurer nib have mutually agreed not to continue their relationship in its current form when it concludes at the end of June.

One insurance boss says her company refers two or three advisers a year to the Financial Markets Authority due to concerns about their advice practices – but so far that’s yielded little result.

AMP has announced the appointment of the executive team for AMP Wealth Management New Zealand.

Martine Milicich, a senior banker at SBS responsible for retail distribution, has left the Southland lender to join HSBC.

There are two very different types of property investors and the introduction of a capital gains tax would affect one far more than the other, explains veteran property investor Graeme Fowler.

Former Resimac general manager Adrienne Church is set to head up a new Australian lending business in New Zealand.