AIA chief executive Wayne Besant is leaving New Zealand to take up a role with the company in Vietnam.

The Financial Markets Authority has confirmed a number of offshore firms have been removed from the Financial Services Provider Register (FSPR).

If financial advisers think that disputes about their work are going to go away and the four external resolution schemes will disappear, then they are mistaken.

Cigna Life has launched Cigna Cancer Cover Insurance, which it says is well suited to the direct market.

Listed investment company Wealth Defender Equities Limited has achieved a successful capital raising of A$125.7 million, more than double the minimum target of A$50 million set out in the initial public offer prospectus.

Aaron Jenkins has been appointed head of NZX’s fund management business, made up of the SuperLife and Smartshares businesses.

Sovereign has sold Select Wealth Management to one of the platform's service providers.

Sovereign has rolled out a very special one-year rate which begs the question what do clients want? Cash or a sharp rate. 

Professional Advisers Association chief executive Rod Severn says the future for the PAA is bright and it is growing.

Professional IQ College (formerly IBANZ College) is the first provider to gain programme approval from NZQA for the new level 5 NZ Certificate for Financial Advisers.

Personal insurance claims have topped $1 billion for the fourth year in a row, new statistics from the Financial Services Council show.