NZX’s wealth technologies platform should add at least four new clients this calendar year, chief executive Mark Peterson, told the stock exchange operator’s annual shareholders meeting.

Signs of stress are emerging in New Zealand’s housing market, with the number of people behind on loan repayments jumping as soaring interest rates bite.

New house listings last month were down 18.9% nationally, while stock remained up in almost all regions compared to April last year, data from realestate.co.nz show.

Interest being paid on housing loans across the country in the March quarter hit a high of $3.835 billion, beating the previous high of $3.548 billion in December.

KiwiSaver has always been a reservoir of untapped potential for financial advisers.

Forsyth Barr-owned Octagon Asset Management has appointed Paul Bevin as an independent director to the board.

Philip Macalister sits down with Pathfinder CEO John Berry to talk about Pathfinder’s ethical investing and advisers obligations when working with clients.

Kiwibank’s economists are predicting the official cash rate (OCR) will start coming down by November.

Finance for commercial property is just as hard to obtain as it is for residential houses despite more than 100 lenders in the market.