South African-based insurer PPS Mutual has been granted a licence to operate in New Zealand by the prudential regulator the Reserve Bank.

The acquisition brings 20-year veteran Caroline Liang and her established client base to insurance group

While there’s debate within the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee about where interest rates are headed, mortgage rates have either bottomed already or have only a little further to fall, says Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr.

The Monetary Policy Committee today agreed to hold the Official Cash Rate at 3.25%. Here's why in its own words.

A month after it announced plans to invest $1 billion in private equity Fisher Funds makes an important new hire.

Changes included enhanced buyback options for life and critical conditions cover and an expanded out-of-hospital cardiac arrest definition.

In a week of new fund offerings Nikko is the latest to add new funds to its offering.

Former Smart chief executive Anna Scott has been appointed as the New Zealand head of a global financial services group.

Insync Funds Management, a long-established specialist global equities manager based in Sydney, has registered the PIE version of its flagship Insync Global Quality Equity Fund.