The savings and investment industry has reacted positively to the New Zealand Gov-ernment’s anti tax avoidance measure on contributions to employer superannuation funds....
The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to in-crease its membership to a least 1,600, if it is to become a truly effective, independent bod...
It has often been said that stock brokers and securities traders look down on the fi-nancial planning industry. That's going to be less likely in future, according to War...
The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) has launched a Web site in an attempt to lift the profile of the organisation....
Financial planners will not be able to survive in the high tech, low fee future on their own, according to Matt Lawler, general manager sales at MLC adviser serv-ices....
New Zealand’s Labour government has back-tracked on its pre-election promise to introduce an income tax funded superannuation fund in the face of parliamentary op-positio...
But while the New Zealand credit union movement has plans that are ready to go, they feel they are being stifled by New Zealand government in their attempts to es-tablis...
New Zealand’s lacklustre superannuation industry has received a much needed shot in the arm from the Labour Government’s new tax regime....
New Zealand’s retail funds management industry suffered a slowdown in growth during the December 1999 quarter according to the latest IPAC market share report....
The financial planning and investment industry must face up to the issue of adviser reg-istration sooner or later, according to Vance Arkinstall, head of the Investment S...


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...