New Zealand's ACC scheme should be extended to cover illness, the OECD has said in a new report.

Heartland Bank has hired the experienced adviser relationship manager Carmen Moran from big four lender Westpac.

The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, the Crown entity that manages the NZ$39 billion NZ Super Fund, has appointed a new chief investment officer.

New Zealand's financial services sector contributed $13.5 billion to New Zealand's gross domestic product last year, or 6% of the total, research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) says.

[UPDATED] If the Financial Markets Authority's KiwiSaver Tracker was designed to make investors wary of higher-fee funds, it is not achieving its goal, one fund manager says.

UDC Finance has posted a record net profit after-tax of $65.3 million for the year to September 30, a 6% increase on the prior financial year.

As we all know, New Zealanders are under-insured, particularly in terms of personal risk insurance.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has appointed Patrick Hoerler, the Assistant Governor and General Manager of Business Operations, to its senior leadership team.

Partners Life says its sales volumes have exceeded its own forecasts and it now holds the number one position for new business written.

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Mortgage adviser group Squirrel has launched an innovative product to help first home buyers get on the property ladder.

Cases such as Brian Ferguson's public warning highlight that old ways of thinking may not work in the new advice regime, Partners Life's general manager of product, Steve Wright, says.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is expecting the majority of financial advisers and QFE advisers to carry on in the new regime.

A week after Cigna’s official acquisition of ANZ’s One Path, Cigna said its new team was settling in well.

ASB has appointed Vanguard Investments Australia as the new investment manager for the Australasian Equity assets of a number of its products, including the ASB KiwiSaver scheme and ASB Investment Funds.