ING, today, completed its transformation from fund manager to full financial services provider with the renaming of recent acquisition Club Life to ING Life.

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Securities Commission to investigate fund managers, ING comes to life, NZRPT joins Unlisted, Peter MacGregors ploughs NZ market, BNZ changes horses.

Investment bank Bancorp has launched a new merger arbitrage fund, offering retail investors the opportunity to tap into the potentially lucrative gains from corporate activity in New Zealand and Australia.

Tower has joined the ranks of fund managers offering business support to advisers, but has taken a different tack on the subject.

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Predicting what lies ahead over the next 12 months is always a difficult job, particularly when it comes to markets.

The Retirement Commission has launched a new part on its Sorted website to help kids learn vital financial skills.

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Despite the Reserve Bank unexpectedly bumping up the OCR by 25 basis points last week there hasn’t been a flurry of activity on the home loan front.

Despite the combined buffeting of a strong currency appreciation, SARS, a generally weak global environment and an electricity crisis, the NZ economy on reflection has shown amazing resilience in 2003.