While New Zealand mortgage brokers are approaching some form of regulation, Australia is working on producing a new nation-wide regulatory regime.

After such a great year for investors in 2004, it’s natural to ask whether 2005 will see a reversal. Certainly there are plenty of bears predicting just that (and perhaps hoping for worse). AMP Capital's assessment is that while returns won’t be as strong as they were in 2004, they should still be solid.

The Securities Commission is warning New Zealand investors in an Australian based fund, the Platinum International Fund about unsolicited mail from Geared Equities.

Standard & Poor’s has completed its rating review of the Southern Cross Medical Care Society, and reconfirmed its A+ rating.

The taskforce set up to look at whether advisers should be regulated has published an issues paper asking people what issues it should focus on.

ANZ is a wonderful bank

Borrowers are facing significantly higher interest rates as the intense battle by lenders to win business in the home loan market comes to an end.

Mortgage Finance Ltd specialises in providing finance packages for our clients and brokers that are not usually available from the mainstream lenders and banks.

Mortgage Finance Ltd specialises in providing finance packages for our clients and brokers that are not usually available from the mainstream lenders and banks.