Two defaults in the first three months of this year by New Zealand issuers have already doubled the number of missed payments in 2009, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Executive chairman Don Brash says Huljich Wealth Management intends to be a "leader" in transparency for KiwiSaver schemes.

Lombard directors face criminal charges, NZICA censures Bridgecorp's Roest, Five Star's Bowden, Rural Portfolio Capital breaches trust deed

House sales are still in a "soft patch" as the usual strong month of March edged up from February, according to the latest Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) figures.

Discounting in the reset securities bond market and the issuance of new corporate bonds are probably past their peak as the major banks look to attract investors, according to AMP Capital Investor’s Grant Hassell.

The Commerce Commission will sit on its decision on whether promotion of the frozen ING Diversified Yield and Regular Income funds breached the Fair Trading Act for another month.

Broker McDouall Stuart has praised Treasury for its quick action in getting South Canterbury Finance (SCF) accepted into the government's extended retail deposit guarantee.

The financial advisers' training organisation, ETITO, is certain it will be able to deliver on training needs before the go-live date in December.

Doug Graham and Bill Jeffries, both former Justice Ministers, plus two other Lombard directors facing charges

Dorchester Life's latest offering  is a new life insurance product that keeps it simple.

Advisers are going to have to wait another couple of months before they can get the registration process moving after the Companies Office announced the timetable had been pushed out.

Strategic investors wait as receiver mulls offers, Fonterra unit trust on cards,  Government brings back one-year bills, Treasury outlook on fin coys gloomier in February

New Zealand property values will probably stay flat until all of the uncertainties weighing on home owners are cleared up, according to QV Valuations.

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s expects more finance companies will collapse in the coming year as liquidity becomes a major concern once the first tranche of the government’s retail deposit guarantee comes due in October.

Strategic Finance’s receivership has drawn out another low-ball offer to investors, this time from a company incorporated in Australia looking for $200,000 worth of debentures.