Interest rate preview; No immediate search for new IFA chief executive. Bankers Association slames FMA levy, but TCA has a different view.

Partners Life have made an appointment to the new role of chief financial officer.

The Institute of Financial Advisers chief executive Peter Lee has resigned to take up a role with a major funds management firm.

The Institute of Financial Advisers chief executive Peter Lee has resigned to take up a role with a major funds management firm.

· The European sovereign crisis has moved into a new phase, with a sharp economic deterioration, heightened political uncertainty, and policy paralysis. 

Today ANZ NZ announced the appointment of Tessa Price to the role of CEO for UDC Finance. Chris Cowell, who has been CEO since 2009, is retiring after 25 years with ANZ, and 37 years in the finance industry.

There have been a number of changes to Institute of Financial Advisers board following its recent council meeting.

The Institute of Financial Advisers (IFA) has appointed Wellington-based financial adviser Michael Dowling to its board and re-appointed Nigel Tate for a further two-year term as president

A well-known former fund manager at ING in New Zealand (that's what the company was called then), has taken a senior insurance role in Australia.

Sovereign research aims to help advisers secure group insurance business.