Pie Funds is launching a new fund today that is designed to make the most of market falls.

New Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says he's aware that small advice firms are worried they will lose out under the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill.

Fund managers are expecting increasing pressure on their fees.

KiwiSaver members shrugged off the only real downturn they have experienced because government incentives covered up its impact – but next time will not be so easy, new analysis suggests.

ANZ is axing loan repayment holidays, prompting questions about whether mortgage advisers can continue to recommend the bank as an option for their clients.

There will be growing demand for retirement income products as KiwiSaver matures, the author of a new report on pension policy says.

Progress of the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill may be slower under the new Labour-led government than it might have been under National.

Authorised financial advisers will benefit from being part of an industry fully bound by a code of conduct, the chairman of the working group developing the new code says.

Advisers can expect to see roboadvice in the New Zealand market next year, and the country’s banks and product providers are already developing their platforms.

New Zealand has received its best ranking yet from Morningstar’s biennial survey of investor experience, but the study flagged concerns about vertically integrated organisations’ sales practices.

The Financial Markets Authority’s work on replacement insurance business is a good advertisement for why there needs to be a change to the law, one commentator says.

Entity licensing could increase the risk of undesirable behaviour from vertically integrated product providers, one commentator says.

Inexperienced advisers might be tempted to use sharemarket gains as a way to score wins with clients – but are being told they might regret it.

New Zealand financial adviser numbers could fall by up to 60 per cent over the next seven years, it has been predicted.

Anand Srinivasan has been making waves since he gave up working for a provider to work for himself.

Ralph Stewart's variable annuities business,  Lifetime Income, has acquired a book of policies from the old TOWER Insurance business.