The Financial Markets Authority won’t be taking action against OnePath over a troubled mortgage fund that was the subject of a complaint to the regulator.

AMP Capital has dumped Mercer as asset consultant on its multi-manager funds, replacing it with US consulting firm Towers Watson, which brings an existing relationship with AXA.

Financial advisers need to ask fund managers the hard questions when offer documents don't provide enough detail, according to Pathfinder executive director John Berry.

Life insurers have paid out nearly $18 million on 100 death claims from the February 22 Christchurch earthquake, according to the Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI).

Tougher regulation is creating opportunities for boutique fund managers to win business with the big banks, according to Mint Asset Management chief executive Rebecca Thomas,

Broadlands Finance, one of the few finance companies to survive the carnage of recent years, is exiting the New Zealand debenture market after failing to attract investor interest.

A Good Returns survey of KiwiSaver providers shows they are split over the promises political parties have made to savings issues - with one exception.

KiwiSaver investors shouldn’t be charged two lots of fees on the same return, the Financial Markets Authority says.

The panic over sovereign debt crises has left investors with some great buying opportunities in world share markets, according to Australian fund manager Nick Griffin.

Local government bonds are becoming attractive for those seeking a safe fixed interest product with a reasonable return, Forsyth Barr investment manager Kevin McEntee says.

The fees issue is just one of many around how to get the best out of KiwiSaver default funds, according to Savings Working Group member Paul Mersi.

The Trustee Corporations Association has taken aim at auditors, calling for the government to take action over their use of audience limitation clauses.

A Waikato advisory firm has been ordered to pay more than $70,000 after a judge ruled an adviser had breached the Fair Trading Act and his duty of care to a client.

Forget about the fees – the biggest cost to KiwiSaver investors will be their own behaviour, according to NZ Funds chief executive Richard James.

Fears that KiwiSaver could swamp New Zealand's small stock market are a long way from being realised, according to new research on the sector.

Australia’s stock market is the envy of New Zealand’s but it hasn’t done our fund managers any favours lately, according to new Morningstar research.