Fidelity Life Acting chief executive Ed Eadie provides his view on the value of financial advice; something that is in danger of being overlooked during the current debate on commission levels and churn.

Health insurer Accuro has rolled out two new products to help advisers do more business with small to medium sized enterprises in New Zealand.

Listed non-bank finance company GFNZ Group plans to revert to its old name of Geneva Finance and boost its share price.

Wrap platform FNZ, which has more than $10 billion in assets under management in New Zealand, has signed a deal with Calastone to streamline its operations.

Investors seeking exposure to property should consider listed as well as direct property given the returns, diversification and volatility of the asset classes are very similar over the long term, AMP Capital says.

A recent article in Good Returns highlighted that a handful of broking firms account for the bulk of New Zealand equity trades. How about the "buy-side" of our market – does it paint a similar picture?David Scobie, a senior consultant at Mercer Investments, takes a look at the evidence.

Groups and associations are the themes in this week's newsletter. Last week we asked what mortgage advisers thought of the idea to create a new association, Financial Advice New Zealand. We have put responses here so you can get a flavour for what people are thinking. [Read On]

An Auckland woman and a number of her relatives and associates have been found guilty for the involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme. 

TMM Online last week asked mortgage advisers what they thought about the idea of a new association to represent all the various disciplines. Here's what people are saying.

The former head of Kepa Home Loans, Heather Royle, has criticised the group's planned fee increases to its mortgage advisers and changes it is making to its membership agreement.

Milford Asset Management has appointed a new head of Australian equities, based in their Sydney office.