The head of ANZ and National Bank's specialist broker distribution channel, Paul Munt is returning to Australia.

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Andrew South is returning to the Brook Asset Management fold as investment manger, after having previously worked for the company between 2004 and 2008.

Eleventh hour substantial repairs have been made to the legislation governing financial adviser regulations.

Sovereign is cautioning its financial advisers to resist the temptation to scale back their qualifications following a proposed easing of regulation requirements.

Mortgage brokers will avoid the burden of most financial adviser regulation provided they stick to their main line of business.

There will be plenty of cash left over for Allied Farmers if the conditional sale of Five Mile’s second stage in Queenstown goes through.

Milford Asset Management has created a new position and appointed a head of business developement.