For those of you back on deck, welcome back. 2019 will, I think I can boldly predict, be an interesting year with many challenges for the financial services industry.

The Reserve Bank's new capital proposals could force Kiwis to pay $1.9 billion-$2.7 billion more for their mortgages each year, investment bank UBS has warned.

Westpac has slashed its one year special rate to under 4%, prompting the possibility of another mortgage price war in 2019.

A Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank report into life insurers’ conduct is due at the end of this month – and insurers are bracing for a tougher line than was taken with banks.

New Zealand banks may be reluctant to let go of their wealth businesses because of the profitability of those segments.

Advisers do not need to have a definite plan yet for how they will approach the new legislative regime – but they need to engage with the process, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Richard Klipin says.

Interest rate derivatives markets are pricing in a 40% probability the Reserve Bank will cut the Official Cash Rate this year, amid weakening inflation and slower growth overseas.

Fresh off the back of a partnership deal with Australian mortgage group Astute Financial, Mortgage Express has made three senior hires.

The popular "speed-dating" event for non-banks and mortgage advisers is set to roll into Hamilton and Christchurch early this year as non-traditional lenders look to build on a promising 2018.

More than 700 financial advisers and industry specialists have signed up to the 2019 Navigating Regulation Advice Summit.

Booster is one of the first New Zealand co-signatories to the recent global investor initiative, calling for action on continued investment in controversial weapons.

A new assistant governor of the Reserve Bank has been hired from the financial markets regulator.

A role at the Reserve Bank beckons for one of the key faces of Harbour Asset Management.