Filling a gap in the mortgage market will be the focus of non-bank lender General Finance following a buy-out by a group of investors, including Brent King.

Scott Alman, managing director of Consilium ponders a way businesses can boost productivity.

Adviser back-office support firm Consilium is reporting growth of 38 per cent per year.

NZX has appointed a new head of its funds management operations to replace Aaron Jenkins.

A familiar name takes a leading role at Partners Life.

The Overseas Investment Office has rejected an application from China-based HNA to buy UDC Finance, from ANZ for $660 million.

Former markets boss takes a role with insurer.

Companies involved in the recreational cannabis industry have been excluded from the $37 billion NZ Super Fund. The exclusion does not include companies involved with licensed and authorised medicinal cannabis.

Hawke’s Bay financial advisory firm Stewart Group and its Boutique Advisers Alliance (BAA) have announced the appointment of Don Brash as an advisory board member of the firm.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia group marketing & strategy executive Vittoria Shortt will be ASB’s new chief executive, it was announced today.

A new year is set to bring a new operating environment for financial advisers, and the country’s dealer groups are working through what that might mean to them.