The Financial Markets Authority is advising ANZ on rewriting a DIMS disclosure document, after viewing advice that encouraged a client to invest the bulk of their money in the bank's own products.

Simplicity founder Sam Stubbs and Squirrel Mortgages founder John Bolton are among the business leaders involved in next week’s Drop your Boss campaign.

ANZ's home loan market share fell in the six months to March 31, however mortgage advisers accounted for a greater proportion of the loans written.

Clayton Coplestone's fund distribution business, Heathcote Investment Partners, has replaced David Batty who left in August last year.

It is not enough for the big banks to simply say that New Zealand is different to Australia – they’ll need to explain how, the Financial Markets Authority’s chief executive has said.

ANZ New Zealand chief executive David Hisco sees no need for a Royal Commission in New Zealand.

Most KiwiSaver funds reported a negative return for the first three months of this year.

Health insurer nib is developing a growing reputation for continuous innovation in everything they do. Their vision to make health insurance easy to understand, easy to use and easy for your customers to see real value in, is resonating with advisers and customers alike.

ANZ today announced its 2018 half year results, with ANZ New Zealand delivering a statutory profit of $964 million, up 11% on the corresponding half in the 2017 financial year, and a cash profit of $941 million, up 1% from the prior comparable period.

Financial adviser groups Lifetime and Camelot have, as reported by Good Returns earlier, agreed to merge creating one of New Zealand’s largest independent financial services companies.

[ROYAL COMMISSION] There have been more top level resignations at AMP in the wake of damning revelations at the Royal Commission in Australia.