Regime Changes – Taking Action Now or Later?
The Code Working Group consultation paper has generated a great deal of discussion, as intended, on what advising under the new regime may look...
Advisers Endorse Financial Advice NZ
Advisers have given a strong endorsement of their new, combined representative voice, Financial Advice New Zealand.
As we go to print, 65 per cent of...
Q&A With Angus Dale-Jones: Roadshow Takeaways
With the Code Working Group's two-week adviser consultation roadshow at an end, its chair Angus Dale-Jones discusses with RiskinfoNZ the key issues raised by advisers in...
Will You Join Financial Advice NZ?
Our latest poll asks your intentions about joining Financial Advice New Zealand.
Scheduled to open its doors from 1 July this year, it's been confirmed...
Industry Responds to FMA Report on Replacement Business Issues
Various industry stakeholders have responded to the Financial Markets Authority’s investigation into conflicted conduct among life insurance advisers (see: FMA Cracks Down...).
The Financial Services...
Kepa Announces ‘Fit4License’ Programme For Advisers
Kepa has revealed it is working on a framework to enable the dealer to be a licensed entity under the new legislation.
The programme it...
Adviser Self-Licensing Preference Emerges
Advisers appear to have concluded they want to be responsible for their own licence when the new adviser licensing regime commences later this year.
Almost...
FMA Cracks Down on Life Insurance Adviser Conduct
The Financial Markets Authority today released a report into its ongoing review of conflicted conduct and insurance replacement business practices among advisers.
The regulator’s main...
Competency Standards, Definition of ‘Advice’ Questioned at CWG Roadshow
The Financial Advice Code Working Group (CWG) Roadshow commenced in Auckland this week, during which adviser competency standards and the two proposed categories of...