Most advisors are so caught up in the urgent and important demands driving their business that they seldom make the time to plan and organize effectively. The activity that is most needed, but is seldom employed, is thinking. This is because when it comes to planning, most don't know how to think, or where or how to begin planning.

Leading Austrailan RI firm Hunter Hall loses its chief executive and portfolio manager.

A court case involving an adviser who was denied authorisation has sparked a call for all advisers to be subject to the same ‘good character' threshold, but not everyone agrees the rules should be changed.

Veteran financial services man George Kerr has taken over running Pyne Gould Corporation following the immediate resignation of its chief executive.

The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.50%.

Long-serving AXA business development manager joins Trustees Executors as an adviser.

Russell Hutchinson says we know Kiwis are under-insured and it's now time for advisers to help fix this problem.