Advisers are blind to the opportunities available in Asian economies, says Jonathan Wu, associate director of Premium China Funds Management.

Up to a third of rental properties could have evidence of meth lab contamination, a firm that tests for methamphetamine contamination says.

Auckland’s property market is experiencing a bubble supported by too much debt, an economist says.

Whether advisers invest with a fund manager via a wrap or not, the manager will need to know anti-money laundering requirements are being taken care of.

If the Financial Markets Authority doesn’t have more finance company collapse investigations on the go than it’s reporting, investors will suffer, AFA Chris Lee says.

For the first time in years, more mortgage lending is on fixed terms than floating.

The Financial Markets Authority says in its latest report that unlawful and unethical behaviour by advisers is going unnoticed.

QFEs have been handed a “could do better” report card from the Financial Markets Authority.

Advisers looking to create income for clients can do so via equities if the strategy is right, says Rhett Kessler, of Pengana’s Australasian Equities Fund.

Borrowers taking out unsecured “top-up” loans to circumvent loan-to-value speed limits seems to be all right by the Reserve Bank.

Tenants who do not have the money to pay their bonds are likely to be strapped for cash and not very good at paying their rent either, says the president of the New Zealand Property Investors Federation.

Advisers have been given a warning about how they handle the termination of discretionary investment management portfolios.

Self-managed super funds may be a feature of KiwiSaver in the medium to longer-term, says ASB’s executive general manager of wealth, Blair Turnbull.

ANZ will continue to work closely with independent financial advisers and is improving the product range it offers them, says John Body, head of ANZ Wealth - the country's largest KiwiSaver provider through its subsidiary OnePath.

OnePath has had a positive response to its “plain English” KiwiSaver investment statement, says ANZ’s head of wealth and private banking, John Body.