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.

A woman who had a heart attack before she had signed her insurance contract has made an official complaint about her adviser.

Financial services provider Finzo is to provide a new investment option for British pension-holders in New Zealand.

Major banks have hit out at Reserve Bank plans to force lenders to hold more capital. Here’s what ANZ, BNZ and ASB had to say in their submissions:

LVR restrictions on mortgage lending could be a "permanent setting", according to Reserve Bank deputy governor Geoff Bascand.

A couple I know, both friends that I love dearly, argue at times. One calls the other a ‘single-issue fanatic’. Both admit this could be code for ‘nagging’. Some advocates are like that about commission. 

Government has been warned there will need to be systems in place to ensure that financial adviser licensing costs do not blow out to the same extent that some FMCA market licenses did.

This week had good and bad news for financial advisers. Advisers were spared a shake up of the big decision maker for their future; but then more anti-adviser sentiment was pouring from an organisation which should be a bastion of objectivity.

It’s getting to crunch time in the Cricket World Cup, as the Black Caps prepare to take on Australia this weekend to assume bragging rights ahead of the semi-finals. Nikko AM NZ’s head of bonds and currency, Fergus McDonald, compares some of the two rivals’ economic indicators for omens as to who might come out on top with a morale-boosting win …

UDC Finance has made a strong start to the financial year, reporting a net profit after tax of $34.7 million for the six months to  March 31, 2019.

It’s been an eventful year for the residential property market so far but now’s a good time to look at what might be in store for the rest of 2019, declares Core Logic senior property economist Kelvin Davidson.

Details are becoming clearer on a proposed financial advice degree, but there is concern that not all aspects of the industry will be covered.