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The Financial Services Council has acknowledged the progress on the Government’s financial sector culture and conduct reform work programme with the release of two options papers and said it welcomed the opportunity to respond to them.

The original budget to write a new Code of Conduct for financial advisers was $150,000, but the total cost so far is more than three times that amount; and the job is still not finished.

Big four lender ASB has teamed up with two artificial intelligence companies to speed up data processing, a move it hopes will help with key products such as home loans.

The Health Funds Association (HFANZ) says strike action by junior doctors is a reminder of the value of private health insurance. 

NZ Funds says its plan-writing technology is flourishing, but it has no plans to jump into roboadvice.

New Zealand's financial services sector needs more action and less talk to help Kiwis get the best outcomes from their investments, one financial adviser says.

The latest Reserve Bank lending data reveals investors borrowed more than $1 billion in March, the highest figure since November, but a 10% fall on the same period last year.

Mortgage advisers expect an additional regulatory burden from the government’s new financial safeguarding proposals, and have warned against the “unintended consequences” of changing remuneration structures.

QuayStreet Asset Management has appointed an independent chairman and head of distribution.

I finished off before Easter talking about the health and safety experience, which is something we have been watching and involved with at some level.

Smartshares has signed a deal with BlackRock to list eight new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the NZX this June.

Financial services providers, including banks, insurers and fund managers, could soon have their own code of practice, and it would look very familiar to financial advisers.

It's funny how things turn out. The Wrap didn't happen Friday as I had a funeral to attend and I was struggle to pick a theme from the week because there were so few working days. But our minister, Kris Faafoi, fixed all that Saturday releasing yet another options paper - this one on the topic I had been toying with: Good Conduct.