Kiwis Push Financial Risk Out of Mind
New research commissioned by the Financial Services Council has revealed that New Zealanders don’t like to think about or prepare against financial risks, despite...
Industry Response to First Wellbeing Budget
New Zealand's premier institutional and adviser associations have delivered contrasting responses to the country's first Wellbeing budget, handed down last week.
Financial Advice New Zealand
The...
AFA, FPA Join Forces on Future of Risk Commissions in Australia
The Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association have agreed to work together in their efforts to advocate for the retention of...
Poll Results – Mixed Feelings on the Code
Last week we asked whether you supported the newly approved Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services and the results were quite surprising.
At...
News in Brief
Early Bird Tickets Closing Soon For Industry Conferences
The FSC and WSNZ have reported earlybird tickets for their 2019 conference, Towards Wellbeing, are selling fast...
Code Working Group Responds to Association’s Concerns
Code Working Group Chair, Angus Dale-Jones, has addressed concerns raised last week by Financial Advice New Zealand on the final Code of Professional Conduct.
The...
FSC Merges With Workplace Savings NZ
The Financial Services Council and Workplace Savings NZ have announced a merger into a single organisation under the FSC banner from 1 July 2019.
The...
Latest Poll – Concerns With the Code
In our latest poll, we ask whether you support the new Code of Conduct, which was approved by Minister Faafoi last week (see: Minister...
Code Falls Short – Financial Advice NZ
Financial Advice New Zealand has said the newly approved Code of Conduct has lost an opportunity for the sector with inconsistent qualification requirements.
It claims...