The country’s largest health insurer, Southern Cross, has posted a $31.8 million for the year to June.

ASB Group Investments has issued a warning about some finance company debenture, saying investors do not know the degree of risk they are taking on.

The National Party has announced it will return to market rents, reinstate the scheme to help state house tenants buy their homes, and review the Resource Management Act’s impact on housing.

A National-led government is unlikely to abolish the ‘grey list’ rules for offshore investments and may even extend it to other countries.

The venerable Economist weekly periodical has given the government’s KiwiSaver workplace superannuation scheme a thumbs up – much to Labour’s joy.

The venerable Economist weekly periodical has given the government’s KiwiSaver workplace superannuation scheme a thumbs up – much to Labour’s joy.

AXA is looking to a new adviser support programme as well as changes in government policy to help boost its business in New Zealand.

Finance company Lombard is planning to list on the New Zealand Stock Exchange through a backdoor listing.

The government is quietly making preparing for more existing workplace superannuation schemes to move across to KiwiSaver.

Tower is winding down its wrap account business, saying that wraps are becoming a commodity.

The government now expects to lose less revenue from its proposed changes to how offshore investments are taxed than originally expected. In fact, it now says it might raise more in tax from the changes.

Standard & Poor’s has given New Zealand’s non-life insurance sector a big thumbs up – but remains dubious about the life market here.

You might think that the government would have given a lot of thought to how financial advisers might fit with its proposed KiwiSaver workplace savings scheme.

Tower is promising major new initiatives in workplace superannuation just as it outsources administration of its existing schemes to Jacques Martin.

New Zealand Funds Management has moved to reassure investors it is not affected by the Australian tax authorities’ crackdown on unit trusts in that country.

ASB Bank is closing two of its mortgage funds to new investors, which have a combined total of $1.1 billion of assets.