Loan Market Capital & Coast and Insurance Market have been merged into LifeDirect to offer a nationwide mortgage service.

Existing properties are on the radar of property investors as the pace of decline in property values finds a floor and first home buyer numbers dip.

Pie Funds is the latest KiwiSaver provider to add private equity to its funds.

Luke Longdill joins Makao Investments

Mortgage arrears continue to rise but are still low by historical levels.

The former chairman of the Member Advisory Committee (MAC) – mortgage and lending at Financial Advice NZ is now a board member.

The Reserve Bank says house prices remain near the top of its estimate of sustainable levels and remain “a stretch” for many would-be buyers.

The former chairman of the Member Advisory Committee (MAC) – mortgage and lending at Financial Advice NZ is now a board member.

FMT adds a new business development manager and a head of lending.

AIA NZ appoints new regional sales manager – Northern.

Small business lender Prospa has expanded its offering in New Zealand.

Colleagues of Pathfinder portfolio manager Hamesh Sharma have paid tribute to their teammate following his sudden death.

The Booster Foundation inks five partnerships in first year.

Passive investing revolutionised the investment management industry, which up until its advent, had been dominated by active fund managers who would generally employ market timing or security selection strategies aimed at outperforming the ‘market’.