Plus4 Insurance Solutions, the national insurance advisory and financial services group, today announced that Lyndal Cruickshank Brunt, a Registered Financial Adviser based in Queenstown, has joined the group.

Harbour Asset Management has pointed Ruari McGregor as its new chief operating officer to replace Jody Kaye.

Harbour Asset Management is getting a shake-up at the top level as a key person moves on.

ANZ is set for a change at the top of its debt capital markets operation in this country.

There is a risk that a lack of independent advisers on the working group developing their new code of conduct will cost New Zealand its opportunity to provide a sensible framework for advice, one adviser says.

Many medical insurance policies offer little cover for mental health, a new report has found.

Passive managers’ luck may run out over the coming years, one fund manager says.

It now costs 50% to 100% more to provide financial advice than it did five years ago, says Warren Couillault, executive director of Hobson Wealth Partners.

Applicants are being sought from the mortgage advice industry to take a seat at the Financial Advice NZ table.

Name suppression has been lifted in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case which relates to a number of alleged mortgage frauds by an Auckland resident and his associates.

nib is launching a new network of medical professionals it will work with, to limit surgical claim amounts and help keep insurance affordable.

David Whyte argues other countries have already tackled the question of what to disclose on insurance application forms - and it's time we caught up.

Returning Kiwi picked for new wider distribution role as Fidelity Life says independent advice remains key.