The Reserve Bank has taken another step towards opening up a mortgage-backed securities market in New Zealand, launching a consultation over a new mortgage bond standard.

Financial advisers have been warned to expect a wave of complaints to come when markets turn - as they will inevitably do.

Peer to peer lender Harmoney has cracked the $1 billion in lending mark with debt consolidation being the biggest use of funds.

Nominated representatives should not be given any leeway to skip the qualifications required of the rest of the financial advice sector, Financial Advice NZ says.

BNZ has followed ANZ and is now offering a fixed home loan rate under 4%

A New Zealand insurer says there's merit in considering limiting the ability for insurance companies to take the results of genetic tests into account in underwriting up to certain sum assured thresholds.

Calls are increasing for Parliament to finally pass the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill so advisers can get on with the changes.

Financial adviser association SiFA says the working group developing a new code of conduct has abrogated its duty under the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill - and that's just one of its problems.

ANZ has announced its lowest home lending interest rates on record – 3.95% for a fixed one-year term.

In our second show from the Financial Advice NZ conference Good Returns talks with popular keynote speakers Don Connelly and Michael Harrison.

Five adviser associations have agreed on six points about the proposed Code of Professional Conduct for advisers and reported jointly to the working group.