Insurance companies are being called on to front up and assist advisers who may have difficulties in complying with GST on insurance commission.

Rodney Deacon is joining the Mint Asset Management team as an equity analyst.

Contact’s proposed fixed bonds rated; Final Provincial payout; Bridgecorp directors appear in court - again

Goldman Sachs, Bancorp named Medical managers; Getting excited about Grosvenor; Senior staff to take over ABN Amro Craigs; IFA Independent Director sought

If there was a common currency in this week’s news, it was ING. The company featured in a lot of stories, however the week didn’t end with an ING.

Southern Cross Healthcare and Medical Care Society have three new team members.

Christchurch

Giant US based insurer American International Group (AIG) is expected to report one of the biggest losses in history and is revisiting it asset sales programme.

Auckland

Life insurance business continues to show strong growth in the current challenging market conditions, according to statistics released by the Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI).

Wellington

ING has come up with a new proposal for investors in its two distressed CDO backed funds.

Wellington

Why do some advisers seem to gain new clients effortlessly while others struggle to find ways to turn prospects into clients?

Wellington