Debate over whether financial advisers can be impartial when they receive commissions is not confined to New Zealand, says the Institute of Financial Advisers president, Nigel Tate.

Hints that the Reserve Bank could be tempted to raise the official cash rate were possibly just ploys to try to spook borrowers, one economist says.

A snapshot of the financial advice industry has revealed the face of the country’s adviser force is changing.

The somewhat controversial Government-backed dispute resolution scheme for financial advisers has been axed. But it will return in a new form.

Despite a change in tone from the Reserve Bank this month, a survey of economists shows none expect the official cash rate to move this week.

All but one of TOWER Investments’ asset management team have been told they are out of a job, Good Returns has been told.

There's been a bit of news around this week that the uncharitable among us could consider self-serving.

Dealer group TNP is to offer a more corporatised model, its managing director Jeff Page says.

Fidelity Life has appointed Peter Mensah as its new head of distribution.

Auckland financial advice consultant, and former life company chief executive, David Whyte, is seeking support for a campaign to tackle New Zealanders’ under-insurance problem.

A KiwiSaver model is needed that makes it possible for financial advisers to provide the level of advice the KiwiSaver members need, in a way that is also cost-effective for advisers, says the author of a new report on the scheme.

Dispute resolution service FSCL says it is getting twice as many complaints now as it was six months ago but awareness of the role of schemes was lower than it should be.

Hot competition in the mortgage markets is keeping pressure on bank margins, according to the latest KPMG financial institutions performance survey.

A dramatic drop in the price of gold this week did not come as a surprise to New Zealand investment experts.

Concerns about a lack of consumer awareness of financial dispute resolution schemes should not apply to the clients of financial advisers, industry representatives say.

Government has made a mockery of its regulation of the financial advice sector with the Mighty River Power shares sale process, says investment adviser Chris Lee.