Sovereign has reached the milestone of $6 billion in home loan lending, strengthening its position as the country's leading non-bank home loan lender and making Sovereign the fifth largest home loan lender in New Zealand.

Hastings

Economists expect Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard will hold rates steady this week despite evidence the economy remains surprisingly strong.

National strategy to lift financial literacy, St Laurence increases its profit, Mercers super fund cracks $1 bill and goes for default provider status.

The receivers of Provincial Finance and Western Bay Finance have both announced payouts to investors today.

Auckland

Tower New Zealand has produced a good result a “year of renewal”, former joint managing director Jim Minto says.

Hamilton

Latest market share figures from the ISI show how life companies are doing in the term life and income protection markets.

Geneva Finance says that is close to launching its own set of home loan products into the market place.

The first batch of KiwiSaver-related regulations is out, with some disquiet on the value of some of the requirements.