The Reserve Bank has taken the bold step of cutting the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1.50%. Here’s why.

The clock is now ticking for financial advisers to get ready for life under the new code of conduct for the sector. But the version that will come into force is different to that the industry saw during consultation.

Former Financial Markets Authority senior solicitor Simon Papa, now director of Cygnus Law, weighs in on changes proposed for the insurance sector.

A new Code of Conduct will ensure all financial advice provided to Kiwis is of good quality, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says.

Luke Jackson, the former CEO of Southern Cross Financial, has been appointed to lead Resimac's New Zealand business.

New Zealand’s advice model is not working, and too many people are being left behind, Kiwi Wealth’s general manager of customer, product and innovation, Joe Bishop, says.

Global Finance founder Ajay Kumar has failed in an attempt to sue a former employee for $211,000 in a dispute over an Auckland property.

BNZ has cut the fees it charges across its KiwiSaver funds and is shifting to an passive approach for international assets.

Non-bank lender Resimac has hired former Heartland Bank relationship manager Ben Jamieson as its new BDM.

Fidelity Life has extended its campaign offering new customers their first two months’ premiums free to June 30.

Any review work you do as an insurance adviser that does not address the suitability risk of past advice, is potentially going to bring that into focus as today's advice issue for you.

The capital gains tax debate is over, but landlords are still being scapegoated as the focus turns to Healthy Homes, argues Auckland Property Investors Association vice president Peter Lewis…