Salt Funds Management has appointed Mike Kenealy as equity analyst.

Interest rates could fall further than the Reserve Bank is comfortable with after the latest OCR announcement, economists say.

FMA director of compliance Elaine Campbell says the financial services industry needs to stop thinking about what it can sell people, and start thinking about people's needs.

The Reserve Bank has kept its word and increased the official cash rate. It has also indicated there will be a pause in this tightening cycle. Here is what governor Graeme Wheeler said.

Former Tower Investments chief executive Sam Stubbs says the financial adviser profession should regulate themselves rather than stick with the current structure.

Advisers are being offered business ethics training courses which will help them make good business decisions.

[UPDATED] Former financial adviser and Sunday Star Times columnist Andrew Robinson, has been ordered to pay $2.56 million in damages plus costs to an investor over a series of negligent and misleading deals. 

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In Mortgage Rates Radio this week Philip Macalister reports on a new development around bank cash contributions; previews this week's OCR and what it means for borrowers; and has a welcome change of approach from one bank.