As recoveries go, the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) has elements of a working man's pancake - nutritional enough, but rather flat, says BNZ.

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Dorchester Pacific Finance is running six to eight weeks behind schedule on its recapitalisation plan, though it has recently settled its last substantial prior ranking debt.

The trustee and wealth management company Guardian Trust has appointed Philip Morgan Rees to the role of Head of Distribution.

Damas Potoi has resigned from his position as a director of the board of directors of Smartshares Limited.

The banks shied away from making too many moves in the deposit rate war as they prepared for new liquidity rules requiring them to limit their reliance on short-term offshore funding.

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UK insurance group, Prudential has said it plans to retain the Australian operations of AIA Group.

NZF added further mortgage insurance options to its loan products last Friday and re-adjusted the way it structures high LVR loans (80 - 95%).

The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on the legal battle between ANZ National and Tower Insurance over $70 million of premium income.  

Pregnant women, Alzheimer's sufferers, cancer patients and heart-attack victims are just some of the people who could benefit from key changes to Sovereign's flagship Living Assurance Comprehensive policy.