Smaller advice firms could find the new legislative regime is harder to deal with than they expect, if the Australian experience is anything to go by.

Dealer groups may have to reconsider their value proposition under the new licensing regime.

The Government has pushed the go button for significant reforms to how financial advice is delivered in New Zealand. This evening the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill has had its first reading in Parliament and now goes to Select Committee.

Insurers giving up their memberships have hit the Financial Services Council in the pocket.

Many retirees regret not taking financial advice, but it’s not easy to get people who need it to take an interest, data shows.

Nikko Asset Management is to launch a KiwiSaver fund offered via roboadvice.

PAA’s Holiday Home Legacy Trust could eventually be used to help fund the work of Financial Advice New Zealand - but first the association's members, including its own board, will need to change their minds about its trust deed.

Despite warnings of a delay for the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill, it has been bumped up Parliament’s Order Paper.

Investment advisers look unlikely to need to meet higher competence standards under the new code of conduct for the industry.

New Zealand insurers need to be willing to completely innovate and overhaul their businesses – not just digitise existing systems and processes, says Partners Life managing director Naomi Ballantyne.

Financial advisers could do more to boost the confidence of women accessing their services, AMP Financial Services general manager of advice and sales Therese Singleton says.

Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett says it might seem to observers that the financial services sector does not listen to its customers.

A quality mark system is coming - but what will it mean, and how will it fit with the CFP designation?

A new investment platform is offering New Zealanders an easier way to buy Bitcoin - but there's a warning that the market may be being driven by fear of missing out (FOMO).

nib moves to spread commission offer as Sovereign boosts its advisers' pay cheques.

Advisers who are not members of a professional association risk becoming disengaged or missing out on important information about the upcoming advice regulation overhaul, the Financial Services Council says.