AXA New Zealand has recently appointed Mark Ennis as General Manager of Strategy, Marketing and Financial Protection.

Auckland

Rotorua

The newest dealer group in New Zealand, Camelot, was launched in Tauranga on Friday night. Camelot is described as a group which has taken years to come together, and one which will grow quickly.

Auckland

Paul Richardson has been appointed to the new position of chief investment officer at BT Funds Management (NZ), the investment arm of Westpac.

Independent financial advisory firm Broadbase has shrunk dramatically to a core group of just six planners in three South Island offices.

Wellington

Macquarie says the cocktail of very weak growth mixed with deteriorating confidence in the finance company sector presents an extremely challenging environment for even the most robust financial institutions.

Home loan rates are, like petrol prices, starting to head down. But like petrol, there is plenty of uncertainty about where prices are going and if they will settle down for a while.

Mortgage brokers are actively starting to promote KiwiSaver to their clients as they look for other business opportunities now the housing market has slowed.

Auckland

Wellington