AMP says its New Zealand wealth management business lifted assets under management by 7 per cent in the first quarter of this year but its cashflows turned negative.

A majority of New Zealand economists predict the Reserve Bank will cut the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1.50% next week, according to TMM’s Preview Survey.

BNZ has reported that its first-half net profit jumped 12.2%, boosted, partly by increased business and housing lending, and mortgage advisers played an important role in this result.

Mortgage advisers continue to account for an increasing share of loans originated at New Zealand's largest lender, ANZ, and that trend looks to continue.

Financial Standards Planning Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification programme outside the United States, is seeking nominations for two open four-year positions on FPSB’s board of directors beginning April 1, 2020.

Upper Hutt has long been overlooked as an investment option but its affordable prices, strong yields and tight rental market mean it is now attracting attention, reports Miriam Bell.

New Zealand missed its chance to implement a decumulation solution - but it is one of a number of issues that are now 'past urgent' to address, one researcher says.

Significant change is coming for insurance advisers, but one says it’s unfair that the Government is meddling in what private businesspeople are paid, at all.

ANZ New Zealand's half-year net profit dropped 4% from last year's record high thanks to losses from hedging and insurance policy revaluations.

Hear about how Tim Ross became a self-employed mortgage adviser with Mike Pero

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.