Peer-to-peer lender Lending Crowd has only granted 16% of the loan applications it has received - and has signalled a lack of investment capital is the “elephant in the room”.

Dean Anderson is the face of Smartshares for many advisers - but do you know where he spent 2006?

Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett says $1.7 million for its case against fund manager Mark Warminger was money well spent.

Advisers who do not understand the difference between a "crossover point" and a "break-even" may be incorrectly explaining level-premium policies to their clients.

The Financial Markets Authority is laying out how it plans to use its new, increase level of funding – and advisers can expect to receive its attention.

A large number of advisers are not working full-time and may take the chance to drop out when new advice laws kick in.

Working out how advice will fit into its platform is on the agenda for new investment provider Sharesies.

Is Reagan Bax, brother of model Kylie Bax, the only member of the NZ financial advice sector to have played golf with Donald Trump?

A financial adviser has been censured and ordered to operate under supervision for at least six months after being found to have breached the code of conduct.

The financial advice sector has been left puzzled by the role of nominated representatives in the new financial advice regime, how they will work for Financial Advice Providers, and how consumers might complain about them, should they need to.

New Zealand’s political landscape may be turmultuous but fund managers are divided on how much of an impact it will have on the local markets.

Fund managers are warning that the risk indicators they use in information for investors may make their funds seem less volatile than they really are.

Peter Neilson was the chair of the Financial Services Council until insurers quit in revolt over a report into insurance commissions, and was the Associate Minister of Finance during the sharemarket crash. Here, he talks about why advisers should be more like surgeons.

A pro bono initiative run by the Southland branch of the IFA could be replicated across the country when Financial Advice NZ becomes operational.

Advice firm Saturn Portfolio Management has lost its fight against a superannuation scheme provider’s move, which it says has cost it clients.

Advisers are being warned that some clients may get a shock when rising interest rates put pressure on bond values.