Morningstar says it will cut 10% to 12% of the global headcount of its Sustainalytics unit that provides research and ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics

Chubb Life appoints experienced head underwriter.

The residential property market has turned a corner.

There are now 35 new community homes in Christchurch, funded through Generate’s $14 million investment into the project. The investment is one of Generate’s impact investments, which aim to make a positive difference to the lives of New Zealanders, whilst providing fair market returns for their KiwiSaver members.

New small business lending platform launches in New Zealand.

I have a deep annoyance with broken systems. Especially when, with the right settings, they could be fixed.

The freedom to sell property to anybody around the world should be guaranteed unless foreign ownership triggers national security concerns, says the New Zealand Initiative in a briefing paper it has prepared to the incoming government after the 14 October election.

Liberty has announced the addition of two dynamic lending professionals to its expanding team in  Rose Marshman and Brenda Dixon and appointed Sandi Brown to Business Development Manager.

Liberty adds a new underwriter, promotes a former underwriter to a BDM role and secures a specialist property lender from another non-bank.

The New Zealand Super Fund has acquired a 4.99 per cent shareholding in Brussels-based Euroclear, a provider of critical financial markets infrastructure.

The Adviser Platform managing director Ryan Edwards, talks business plans, following its purchase of mortgage aggregator Q Group and how he thinks advisers are doing under the new regime.

JMI recruits two senior former bank advisers to its team.