Disputes resolution schemes need to work to improve their visibility with the public but that doesn’t mean they want to encourage  complaints, FSCL’s chief executive says.

Clarifying the designations advisers use could help boost perceptions of the sector and consumer confidence, says Massey University’s new director of financial planning.

Perpetual Trust is set to go to court next week to liquidate Van Eyk Advice New Zealand.

Financial advisers’ lack of adequate research may have contributed to clients’ losses in finance company investments, a researcher says.

Next month’s Reserve Bank Financial Stability Report will review the state of the housing market and the implications of that on loan-to-value restrictions, the Reserve Bank governor says.

KiwiSaver members are being told to consider the impact of tax on their investments.

Many advisers are expressing frustration that a small part of their businesses can be responsible for increasing their compliance requirements significantly.

Online KiwiSaver advice offerings will never replace personalised advice, says the founder of one that went live this week.

Possible restrictions on adviser commissions are likely to be considered as part of the Financial Advisers Act review next year, legal experts say.

Next year’s review of the Financial Advisers Act will be a balancing act, one commentator says.

New Zealand’s investing public had just started to regain trust in financial advisers when David Ross was uncovered as a fraudster, a panel discussion in Auckland was told last night.

The Financial Markets Authority wants to improve consumer access to independent financial advice.

The PAA and IFA say a combined conference next year is the start of closer collaboration between the two associations.

Fidelity Life’s record profit result shows its acquisition of TOWER’s life insurance business has been a success, its chief executive says.

There’s a warning to investors – be careful of funds that hold large equity positions that could be hard to sell out of.

Australia’s regulator has come out swinging at the country’s risk advice sector’s approach to remuneration – prompting fears its New Zealand counterpart may follow suit.