Australia’s competition watchdog has slammed mortgage brokers’ remuneration structures and called for an overhaul of the industry.

Is this the only financial adviser in New Zealand who owns a tank?

Synergy Investment Programme is launching four new model portfolios, with a focus on socially responsible investment.

There are signs of a wave of young, female advisers entering the financial advice sector.

It is appropriate for financial advice providers to be accountable for their financial advice representatives, because they are simply acting as a conduit between the provider and the client, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says.

Advisers should expect Financial Advice New Zealand to be “extremely proactive” in the transition period to the new adviser legislation, PAA president Bruce Cortesi says.

New statistics from the Financial Markets Authority show that more authorised financial advisers joined the industry than left over the 12 months to June 30.

New anti-money laundering rules will draw a line in the sand for banks and other big financial services providers but will be of little concern to financial advisers, one compliance expert says.

She can slice off a head at a canter, shoot pigs from her horse and has sailed half-way around the world...

[UPDATED] There are calls for the Government to give KiwiSaver providers a set deadline to divest from companies involved in the manufacture of cluster bombs, landmines and nuclear weapons.

Advisers who are thinking about ducking personal liability by becoming financial advice representatives under the new regime have been given a serve by Institute of Financial Advisers chief executive Fred Dodds.

With just over a week left of consultation, the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment has received just 10 submissions on the law that will transform the financial advice sector. But it says it knows there are concerns about some aspects - and wants to know how it could be made better.

Government moves to raise the pension age should also consider the cost of healthcare for an ageing population, the Health Funds Association’s chief executive says.

There are calls to streamline the process of transfers between KiwiSaver schemes, to reduce the burden on providers and members.

A changing investment environment is likely to blunt investors' returns over the next decade - and give active managers a chance to shine, it has been predicted.

The Financial Markets Authority has revealed it has no staff members specifically tasked with monitoring financial advisers, and no set plan of how to do so.