ASB has announced that its customers can upgrade to an electric vehicle or a drier, warmer or more energy efficient home with a 1% loan.

Fidelity Life has made further improvements to its underwriting terms in the latest update from its recent Unplugged adviser roadshow and follows the company’s higher non-medical limits announced in July.

Mortgage People and Insurance People managing director, Simon Fisher sits down with Good Returns publisher, Philip Macalister to discuss what the company had to do to get a FAP licence.

The chief executive of one of the life insurance companies has joined the Financial Services Board.

Stride Investment Management Limited Investore fund manager, Fabio Pagano has resigned from the company’s executive team.

The Financial Services Council's annual report highlights the burden of regulation being forced onto the financial services industry.

The Financial Services Council has appointed its first chief operating officer.

Some mortgage holders face rapid exposure to rising interest rates but many others still have a period of grace before having to face the music, a conference has heard.

Auckland’s average weekly rent in Auckland rose by just half a percent during the third quarter of this year, reaching $626.08 at the end of September, up $3.64 on the average at the end of June.

New information shows borrowers being ultra careful and bracing for trouble as economic conditions get tougher.

Don’t expect a rush of developers drawing up plans for new intensified development just yet, despite new rules allowing it.