Palmerston North-based Futurisk Insurance has appointed a new authorised financial adviser, Barry Heir.

PIMCO lost more than a quarter of its assets under management worldwide at the end of 2014, after founder Bill Gross announced his departure.

Partners Life is adding several benefit improvements, from April 1.

BNZ's GlobalPlus home loan product, which earned Air New Zealand Airpoints dollars has gone, but Westpac is about to roll out a similar product.

This week we meet the head of fund distribution business Heathcote Investment Partners, Clayton Coplestone.

AMP been granted a DIMS licence and says it was essential to go down this route, although it is unlikely to make any extra profit from offering the service to advisers.

The base training standard for financial advisers has had an update and also the cost of taking the course has risen by 36%.

Partners Life chief actuary Chris Coon is retiring after more than four years in the role.

Anthony Edmonds started off working in a couple of the big funds management firms and now he is building up his own, not insignificant, business Implemented Investment Solutions. Here you can meet him and find out more about what he is doing.