We hear many ways each political party talks about the housing crisis, and their solutions to fix this. Adding a new tax and tougher RTA rules to rental property providers is obviously not the answer.

AIA has appointed Smartshares to manage its closed unit-linked policies.

Morningstar says it will cut 10% to 12% of the global headcount of its Sustainalytics unit that provides research and ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics

Chubb Life appoints experienced head underwriter.

The residential property market has turned a corner.

There are now 35 new community homes in Christchurch, funded through Generate’s $14 million investment into the project. The investment is one of Generate’s impact investments, which aim to make a positive difference to the lives of New Zealanders, whilst providing fair market returns for their KiwiSaver members.

New small business lending platform launches in New Zealand.

I have a deep annoyance with broken systems. Especially when, with the right settings, they could be fixed.

The freedom to sell property to anybody around the world should be guaranteed unless foreign ownership triggers national security concerns, says the New Zealand Initiative in a briefing paper it has prepared to the incoming government after the 14 October election.

Liberty has announced the addition of two dynamic lending professionals to its expanding team in  Rose Marshman and Brenda Dixon and appointed Sandi Brown to Business Development Manager.

Liberty adds a new underwriter, promotes a former underwriter to a BDM role and secures a specialist property lender from another non-bank.