The Financial Services Council and Workplace Savings handed out awards to industry leaders and funds at its conference last week. Here are all the winners.

New Zealanders need to realise they need advice, and they are going to have to pay for it, a KiwiSaver panel was told at this year’s Financial Services Council conference.

Pie Funds is making changes to the management of its funds.

Warnings of mortgage rate rises and the looming election are key to a sea change in sentiment about house price growth, according to the Property Institute.

Almost 100 policies have been issued using Accuro’s new instant online service.

New Zealand investors have lost $5.4 million in another Ponzi scheme.

A former BNZ mobile mortgage manager has admitted to dishonestly using bank documents to obtain more than $1.5 million in loans for two properties.

Sovereign has launched new accidental injury cover, which is designed to give customers financial protection if they suffer an accidental injury.

Advice firms planning to apply for a license as a financial advice provider may need to think twice before they adopt a model that relies on nominated representatives.

Eighteen months after leaving dealer group NZFSG, Cameron Marcroft has been named new mortgage adviser of the year. Here's his story.

Advice is important to make sure New Zealanders get the most out of KiwiSaver, the country’s biggest provider says – but it suggests much of it should be supplied free.

Mike Pero Mortgages is taking one of its former franchise owners back to the High Court to try to get an order that he has acted in contempt of court.