The Task force on Financial Intermediaries is to release an options paper for the next phase of its regulatory round up.

Treasury papers reveal Government may give employers a helping hand with workplace super.

More competition in the health insurance market is under way with AIA Insurance announcing a shift in its product lines.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen has given a steer to the issues he thinks the Task Force on Financial Intermediaries should be focusing on.

The outflow from managed funds continued over the past three months, in defiance of expectations.

The next wave of roll-out of the State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme (SSRSS) is on track and will go ahead as planned - despite rumours in the capital that the extension is to be delayed.

Clear evidence a market slowdown is under way has come with AMP Capital’s quarterly results.

Reports that the government have decided on the “comparative value” (CV) method of taxing offshore investments are premature – but officials are taking another look at the option.

Two big names have added their weight to growing concerns about the government’s Securities Legislation Bill.

A radical proposal of individual savings accounts from birth for all New Zealanders is being put forward by the New Zealand Institute.

A radical proposal of individual savings accounts from birth for all New Zealanders is being put forward by the New Zealand Institute.

“A no brainer” is how Guardians of the Superannuation Fund David May described the fund’s move into alternative asset classes.

“A no brainer” is how Guardians of the Superannuation Fund David May described the fund’s move into alternative asset classes.

Lenders who breach credit provisions will be liable for criminal sanctions and a beefed up Commerce commission from next week.

The Securities Legislation Bill has come under sustained criticism from the investment sector as being too wide ranging and draconian to be workable.

Any changes to how savings are taxed has to fit in with a number of immovable policy settings which are already part of the taxation regime, say Inland Revenue officials.