Regulatory scrutiny of legacy insurance products may highlight a lack of understanding about how the industry works, one insurer says.

Suncorp’s life insurance business, including Asteron Life and its AA Life joint venture, saw its profits fall by almost a quarter between the first and second halves of last year.

The Reserve Bank has moved closer to putting its "dual-mandate" employment and price stability objectives into law, and has taken further steps to establish a Monetary Policy Committee to make key decisions.

AMP is deferring a planned initial public offering (IPO) of its wealth management business until after it has separated off its insurance operations.

Is the Financial Services Council dabbling in a space that should be left to financial adviser associations?

Inflation concerns have prompted the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to push back its forecast for an OCR change to 2021. Governor Adrian Orr reverted to a dovish tone, suggesting "continued supportive monetary policy", and said the next move could be "up or down".

The Official Cash rate is unchanged and isn't likely to move anytime soon. When it does it could go either way. Here's what RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr said today.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the mortgage advice industry, calling it a "pretty important service", as the country deals with the fallout from the Royal Commission.

New Zealand’s banks made a bumper $5.77 billion profit last year, but could be forced to push up mortgage rates because of the Reserve Bank’s capital adequacy proposals, says KPMG.

As regulatory attention goes on upfront commissions, two insurance industry commentators have released a discussion paper on how they propose the sector should be remunerated in future.

New Zealand’s fund management sector has more competitive offerings than the Australian market – and less to worry about as regulators crack down.

Ring-fencing of rental losses on rental properties could end up resulting in 116,000 fewer rentals, Stop the War on Tenancies spokesman Mike Butler cautions.

Equity research firm Shareclarity says its new augmented reality (AR) research app will enable users to access a wealth of investor-related information in an instant via their mobile camera.