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Acumen Inc Ltd has a position available for an experienced mortgage broker.

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Financial planning firm Northplan has developed its own wrap service for dealing with fixed interest and property investments.

As 2005 nears an end, Tyndall Investment Management New Zealand Ltd managing director Anthony Quirk notes that yet again it was the year of the balanced fund!

Survey highlights underinsurance, AXA to give away millions. St Laurence to raise millions. Rate rise expected this week - but how big? How to reduce your tax bill.

Three quarters of New Zealanders are trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and underinsurance leaving their families exposed to the risks of financial hardship if a wage-earner dies or is too ill to work, according to an internet poll carried out on behalf of American International Assurance New Zealand (AIA).

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The Inland Revenue Department is moving to reassure the financial services industry that some companies will not get an inadvertent “heads up” on the KiwiSaver workplace savings scheme.

The United Kingdom is looking at adopting a KiwiSaver-type pension scheme.

Research from FundSource shows that a number of better-managed finance companies have been taking action over the last year to position themselves for tougher times ahead.

A big drop in new apartment building led a 6.7% drop in the number of new dwellings approved in New Zealand in October, latest figures show.

With the popularity of capital protected funds it is little surprise that a manager has rolled out a capital protected income fund.