Tower Investments New Zealand boss Paul Bevin says that adviser fees must come down in the future to ensure that investors are getting better returns than they are currently receiving.

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Cairns Lockie subsidiary General Finance has started raising its own funding to finance mortgage lending.

General Finance offers debenture stock, Contributory mortgage broker breaks undertaking, Macquarie says new notes should be AAA rated, PM Capital to close fund and more.

Five keynote speakers for the 2005 Success Forum are confirmed. Find out about them here.

The FPIA Success Forum 2005 is being held at the Christchuruch Convention Centre from June 15-17.

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United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has welcomed the National Party’s decision to support the Cullen superannuation fund.

The Green Party says that it’s bad news for New Zealand that both dinosaur parties are now backing a dead-end super fund.

Lending commitments in the non-conforming mortgage market in Australia grew 500%, from A$1.4 billion in 1999 to A$8.4 billion in 2003, researcher Datamonitor says.