More detail has been revealed about the disclosure requirements for managed funds, including KiwiSaver schemes, equity securities, debt securities and derivatives under the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

New Zealanders with a mortgage have even more enthusiasm for compulsory KiwiSaver than New Zealanders generally, says the Financial Services Council.

NZCU South has appointed a new chief executive.

Former mortgage broker Kerry Buddle has changed her plea to guilty when she appeared in the Wellington District Court this week on fraud charges.

Michael Dowling will replace Nigel Tate as president of the Institute of Financial Advisers.

Loan-to-value restrictions have moderated house price inflation and credit growth in the six months since they were implemented, the Reserve Bank says.

The New Zealand Debt Management Office has updated its domestic bond programme in line with today’s Budget.

Housing affordability received limited attention in the 2014 Budget, revealed today.

ASB overtook AMP in net funds under management in the March quarter, Fundsource’s Retail Managed Funds: Industry Composition and Trends report shows.

Kiwibank’s capital note offer has been well-received by investors, it said today.

A local government bond tender today should ease some of the recent demand-supply bottleneck, one economist says.

Rising interest rates should prompt more investors to look for absolute, not releative, returns from their fixed income portfolios, one asset manager says.