IRESS has released an integrated business insurance tool in its XPLAN advice platform.

Banks low equity loan volumes are nowhere near the maximum allowed by the Reserve Bank’s speed bump restrictions.Tide

Professional Advisers Association chairman Bruce Cortesi says one of the casualties of regulation is that it has taken the passion out of the advice industry.

The Professional Advises Association has appointed an Australian to take over the role of chief executive.

Anthony Quirk has been appointed the new chairman of the Institute of Finance Professionals, replacing David Green.

Banks have a challenge ahead to keep momentum up through 2014 as interest rate hikes and loan-to-value restrictions bite, the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Banking Perspectives report says.

Harbour Asset Management has only been in business for four years, but it scored the trifecta at the Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

Fidelity Life and nib have formed a partnership that will enable advisers to cross-sell and bundle their market-leading life, risk and health products.

AMP had 604 financial advisers working for it in the 2013 financial year, its latest financial statements reveal.

As the funds management industry grows in New Zealand, the demand for good quality research will grow with it, says the head of NZX research arm FundSource.

Asteron chief executive David Carter is returning to Australia and his role is been taken by an internal appointment.