Here is what the Reserve Bank's governor Graeme Wheeler had to say about interest rates and the economy today.

Smaller providers will have to differentiate themselves to stand out in a KiwiSaver market dominated by banks, an investment analyst says.

SBS Bank's wealth management business, which is run by Graham Duston, is taking over managing Staples Rodway's KiwiSaver fund and also taking a stake in its asset management arm.

Sovereign chief executive Symon Brewis-Weston has become one of five CEOs around the world to be recognised in 2015 by the United Nations for his progressive approach to workplace diversity and community engagement.

New Zealand’s five major banks (ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac) have continued to show solid lending growth in the fourth quarter of the 2014 calendar year but total reported profits are marginally down.

Property investors are the target of a new Reserve Bank lending restriction, but the bank says it’s not a macro-prudential tool.

The review of financial adviser regulations has officially started and one industry leader is saying there should not be different classes of advisers.

Income protection cover rates have improved, the latest Financial Services Council statistics show.

AMP has handed out awards to top-performing advisers in its network.