Financial Advice New Zealand is calling for “breathing room” for the sector before any more changes are introduced.

What a week it's been. This week has been spent at the Million Dollar Round Table annual meeting in Miami. Yep a tough gig, but an amazing insight into financial planning worldwide.

Tough serviceability tests from the banks will keep house price growth at "gradual" levels across the country, according to research firm CoreLogic.

Investors need a better way of understanding how risky a KiwiSaver fund really is, one adviser says.

Salt Funds Management adds another senior investment professional to its research team.

A former Sovereign manager has been appointed to the role of chief operating officer at Fidelity Life.

An Auckland AFA who launched a roboadvice offer this year has amassed $1 million under management.

SME lender Prospa, led in New Zealand by former Resimac general manager Adrienne Church, has completed a stock market listing in Australia, raising more than $100 million.

Non-bank lender Resimac has made significant cuts to its two and three year mortgage rates, as home loans become cheaper across the New Zealand market.

Tenant advocates have long claimed the Accommodation Supplement benefits landlords over tenants but those demanding it be scrapped are ignoring some relevant facts, says NZ Property Investors Federation executive officer Andrew King.

Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell says the Commission for Financial Capability applied for funding to create an independent roboadvice tool but was rejected.

Fund manager Castle Point has revealed its new chief operating officer.