Asteron Life has been named life insurance company of the year, for the second consecutive year, by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance.

The review of the Financial Advisers Act is going to be a long and slow process,

A new advisory council has been appointed for the Financial Disputes Resolution Scheme.

Like the BNZ, ANZ has described its results for the 12 months to September 30 as “solid”.

The Co-operative Bank’s interim injunction against the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions (NZACU) over the union’s decision to change its name to Co-op Money NZ has been rejected by the High Court.

Home loan rates don’t look like going up anytime soon following today’s official cash rate announcement from the Reserve Bank.

BNZ chief executive Anthony Healy credits the bank's “strong” performance in the 12 months ending September 30 to a turn around in its lending operations.

The Reserve Bank has left the OCR unchanged and has given few clues about future movements.