The Institute of Financial Advisers is calling for the financial advice industry to have a voice in the ruling of disputes once the reserve dispute resolution scheme gets up and running.

Advisers say efforts by the Securities Commission to clear up confusion over the boundary between financial planning and advice have failed to hit the mark.

The Securities Commission has issued guidance on the boundaries between financial advice and provision of a financial planning service in an attempt to clear up industry confusion on the issue.

Concerns are continuing to fester around the industry’s ability to meet the deadline for regulation, with suggestions transitional provisions may end up being needed.

Investor interest in property syndicates could be on the cusp of coming back to life both across the Tasman and closer to home.

Taking heed of past lessons will help your future success, in the last of the Investing made easy series from ANZ.

Economists review the past year and conclude things could have been worse than what eventuated.

Sonia Speedy looks into why spreading your risk by investing in other types of investments isn't such a bad idea

In order to build a substantial portfolio, having the end goal in sight is the best place to start.

In this week's round up of Expert Views economist discuss tools to manage monetary policy, and changes to interest rates and the dollar, plus they consider upcoming housing statistics.

The Commissioner for Financial Advisers Annabel Cotton is unconcerned by the depletion of practicing financial advisers from the Code Committee, believing the remaining committee members are “very capable” of developing a professional code of conduct for advisers from here.

The ANZ/National Bank is stepping aside from its peers with its prediction that September 2010 will see the first Official Cash Rate (OCR) rise by the Reserve Bank.

The Code Committee is willing to extend the deadline for submissions on its discussion document on competency standards - if you ask for one.

"Late and hard" rather than "early and gradual" is the prediction on how the Reserve Bank will move when it eventually hikes cash rates, this week's economic commentaries suggest.

Legislative change around insurance policy disclosure needs to be put back on the agenda to prevent more consumers inadvertently falling foul of the rules, according to Insurance and Savings Ombudsman (ISO) Karen Stevens.

The Reserve Bank will walk a tight rope this week between acknowledging it cannot keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.5% as long as previously intimated, while avoiding fuelling market expectations of rate hikes starting as soon as early next year, this week’s economic commentaries suggest.