The Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says the LVR restrictions introduced by the bank have been "very successful".

NZIER’s recent analysis of the NZ Life Insurance market for Sovereign Insurance purports to show that the life insurance market is shrinking, that new customers are more price sensitive than existing, and that a reduction on commissions could help reverse this, writes Michael Naylor.

The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25%. Here's what Governor Graeme Wheeler said...

The Institute of Financial Advisers and the Professional Advisers Association have told members they plan to create a new organisation: Financial Advice New Zealand

ANZ surprised mortgage advisers on Friday when it announced a raft of changes to its lending policy which will make it even harder for property investors.

The Mortgage Supply Co is opening another branded office in West Auckland

Queen's Birthday Honours Awards have, today, been handed out to three people from the financial services industry. Plus we acknowledge someone many old hands in the advisory world will remember.

Mortgage advisers have played a big part in helping The Co-operative Bank achieve a 16% increase its net profit to the year ending March 31.

Research by Good Returns and ASSET Magazine shows the biggest proportion of new AFAs in the past couple of years have ended up in banks.