The role of trustees is firmly in the spotlight following a recent Companies Office report about the role they played in failed finance companies.

Wellington

Auckland

Wayne Becker, ING head of funds management sales, resigned this week – the third senior executive to leave the group in recent months.

Auckland

Nationwide

IFA reviewing professional standards; FundSource now interested in capital protection.

Borrowers are facing an increasingly tough dilemma at the moment; that is when to fix long term.

S&P happy to be approved rater; PGG Wrightson Finance continues to grow; PIR sold.

"Ok then," Dr Evil announces in the first Austin Powers movie after being told by his sidekick that $1 million wasn't a lot of money these days, "we hold the world ransom for $100 billion."

With so many corporate bond offers in the market www.depositrates.co.nz has put together a table showing the key differences.

Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have all been given the green light by the Reserve Bank to supply mandatory credit ratings to the non-bank deposit taking sector.

Around 27 Kiwis a day took out health insurance policies last year, according to figures released by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ).

Auckland

David Henry has been appointed chairman the boards of both Hanover Finance and United Finance, as well as Hanover Capital.