Christchurch-based Lifetime group has acquired an advisory firm specialising in employee benefits.

First home buyers bought 27% of houses sold over the third quarter of this year – a new record high.

The amount of loans mortgage advisers are bringing to Bank of New Zealand continues to rise sharply, although they contributed slightly less to new lending in the six months ended September than they did in the six months ended March.

Financial Advice NZ chief executive Katrina Shanks questions whether there is room for another adviser association in New Zealand. 

New residential mortgages on fixed interest rates are at their highest level ever.

GRTV talks to Kernel Wealth Management’s Dean Anderson about a massive inter-generational transfer of wealth on the way and what it means for advisers.

Westpac New Zealand says it won't comment on the National Party's pre-election promise to scrap the Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Act (CoFI) but says that principles-based legislation is “a good thing.”

TSB's new boss comes from a health insurer.

Westpac New Zealand's mortgage lending slowed in the six months ended September after a much brisker pace in its first half.

The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) is planning to set up shop in New Zealand.