Cracking the code, the meaning of independence and while we're at it,  the meaning of advice

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.

A number of people have been getting confused about the link between changes in the Official Cash Rate (OCR) initiated by the Reserve Bank and what happens with bank lending rates.

George Kerr, a cornerstone investor in Pyne Gould, has boosted his support for the ailing South Canterbury Finance with a $22 million injection.

Milford Asset Management will go it alone as a KiwiSaver provider, with its new scheme due to launch on April 1.

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This week ends with the Code of Conduct finally being passed onto the Commissioner of Financial Advisers. Also we look back on this year year's IFA Conference.

The recent decline in fixed mortgage rates will not have a big effect according to ANZ Market Focus.

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