Does Face-to-Face Time Fuel Referrals, Really?
For advisers wondering if all the extra time and effort it takes to meet face-to-face with clients is really worth it, Tony Vidler has...
Health Insurance is Heading for a Death Spiral – Advisers Can Help Stop It
Financial adviser Maryann Pratt explains why private health insurance in New Zealand is heading for a death spiral, why that matters for our public...
TAP Forms New Partnership With KiwiSaver Specialist
A new partnership between The Adviser Platform and KiwiSaver specialist Hive aims to make KiwiSaver easier to bring into the wider advice relationship, helping...
Why Your Staff Fail You
It isn’t terribly unusual to find advisers taking on staff and being disappointed reasonably quickly, as the staff fail to deliver quite what the...
Do It, Delegate It or Dump It
Advisers struggling to find enough hours in the day might benefit from asking a simple question about every task they perform: Should I do...
Research Highlights Opportunities to Improve Insurance Outcomes for Māori
The Financial Markets Authority has published new research addressing significant knowledge gaps within New Zealand’s financial system about experiences of tangata whenua with insurances.
The...
FMA Board Commissions Independent Employment Investigation
The Board of the Financial Markets Authority says it has commissioned an independent employment investigation concerning matters relating to FMA Chief Executive, Samantha Barrass.
In...
Asteron Life, Resolution Life to Become Acenda Life from 2027
News that Acenda Group, the parent company of both Resolution Life NZ and Asteron Life, is bringing the two entities...
AIA NZ Releases Expanded Menopause Support Toolkit For Employers
AIA New Zealand has released an expanded version of its Menopause Support Toolkit, which offers practical approaches organisations can adapt “to help employees navigate...