When Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard hands down his final OCR announcement on Thursday he is highly unlikely to make any changes for two key reasons.

Health insurer Accuro has received its first rating from Standard & Poor's and is pretty happy with the result.

The fear of not complying with regulations is prompting some advisers to churn out much more paperwork than what is necessary, an expert says

The battle for ownership of Mike Pero Mortgages is reaching its conclusion with NZF agreeing to sell its half share.

Investment Research Group (IRG) has sold most of its Auckland advisory business IRG Equity Investment Advisers to Forsyth Barr for an undisclosed sum in the latest stage of its sell-off of assets.

Former mortgage broker Kerry Buddle has finally been charged with 10 counts of fraud relating to her persuading clients to mortgage their properties and lend her the proceeds.

Hamish Douglass, CEO Magellan Global Fund candidly answers questions from the audience on portfolio management, macroeconomic concerns and the outlook for markets. This webcast recording was taken at our recent Adviser Briefing.

Honeymoon over for AFAs; FMA targets property syndicates; Adviser organises Money Week bank protest.