AXA is continuing its acquisition drive, buying up Evan Still's Hutt-based Financial Pathways and talking of further acquisitions to come.

Hedge funds may have made fund managers pull their socks up - but the market is becoming overcrowded, says JP Morgan Fleming’s vice president of global portfolios Ed Walker.

How to carry out ethical investing without compromising either the best possible return or some highly cherished principles?

A bid by the Retirement Commission to get its budget restored to pre-2001 levels was rejected by ministers in the run up to this year’s Budget official papers released to Good Returns show.

State services Minister Trevor Mallard has defended the handling of the State Sector Retirement Superannuation Scheme (SSRSS), saying that there is still enough room for specialist provider Global Retirement Trust alongside ASB, AMP, and AXA.

The government’s New Zealand Superannuation Fund has been given a qualified tick from visiting pensions expert Olivia Mitchell.

The government’s New Zealand Superannuation Fund has been given a qualified tick from visiting pensions expert Olivia Mitchell.

Investors need to be aware of likely possible accounting tricks which, while perfectly legal, are still highly misleading, according to visiting expert Howard Schilit.

Regulators are remaining tight lipped over any follow up to the Consumer Magazine’s high-profile criticisms of the financial services industry last month.

It pays to be in a workplace –based superannuation scheme, according to new Treasury research.

The increasing likelihood of changes to financial adviser regulation has finally got industry players working together.

In her first speech on financial adviser regulation Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson says further controls look set to come earlier than expected.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s move into private equity and infrastructure investments has been delayed after the government knocked back a Budget bid for money to research those markets.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s move into private equity and infrastructure investments has been delayed after the government knocked back a Budget bid for money to research those markets.

Further fuel looks set to be thrown on the row which has resulted in the Global Retirement Trust (GRT) pulling out of the new State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme.

Officials calculate the government will gain between $25million and $35 million a year from measures to plug the Australian unit trusts tax “loophole”.