Book your Standard Set B exam now; More details on what the government guarantee actually covers; Three quarters of family trusts broken; Buffet fund buy-back.

Hawkins' Cynotech eyeing up Unlisted; Marac confirms GMAC purchase; NZF renews facility; Shareholders' Association mulls looking into debt markets; SCF listed bond yields edge down.

Tower wants men to shed the “she’ll be right attitude” to their health and start to man-up.

If the movies are to be believed, gold bullion is reserved for super wealthy villains such as Goldfinger, but bullion trader Marianne Findlay from New Zealand Mint (NZ Mint) paints a very different picture.

The week ends with the Code of Conduct finally being passed onto the Commissioner of Financial Advisers for approval. Also we look back as last week's IFA Conference.

BNZ has adopted a central rate hike scenario of the peak being 5.5% instead of 6%, with one pause in the cycle in January and another in June next year as a result of yesterday's Reserve Bank statement and recent events.

Planet Financial Services has appointed Kieran Jones as its general manager.

The Treasury is investigating whether the government's retail deposit guarantee extends to eligible to debt securities invested in via ING's OneAnswer wrap platform.

Commissioner for Financial Advisers David Mayhew has announced the reappointment of three members of the Code Committee.

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard raised the Official Cash Rate (OCR) a quarter point to 3% as expected, while predicting a less aggressive path for further increases, given subdued domestic demand and a fragile global economy.

The Reserve Bank today increased the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 3%.

The Financial Services Complaints Ltd (FSCL) Board has appointed the current Deputy Banking Ombudsman Susan Taylor as its chief executive.