Friday, May 9, 2025

Opinion

Doing Good is Good for Business

GUEST COLUMNIST – LIZ ZHU Caring about customers is a business imperative as well as an ethical one for insurers, argues Liz Zhu, a Medical...

Advisers Need to Maintain Trust Through the Advice Journey

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS How many times have we heard the term ‘unprecedented’ this year? 2020 has been a year like no other for...

Full licensing application guide

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS The release of the full FAP licence standard conditions by the FMA is the last piece of the puzzle in...

Trusted Adviser – Mark Of Distinction

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS After almost two years in the making, Financial Advice NZ launched its Trusted Adviser quality service mark last month. Here,...

Where Your Adviser Business Should Be Now

GUEST COLUMNIST – STEVEN BURGESS Steven Burgess, CEO of Compliance Refinery, has worked with financial adviser businesses for more than 15 years – building solutions...

Unpacking Conflicts Of Interest

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS Mitigating and managing conflicts of interest is a key element in the new disclosure requirements, writes Katrina Shanks, CEO of...

Countdown To The New Regime

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS With the new regulatory regime approaching fast Katrina Shanks, CEO of Financial Advice NZ, looks at the four key areas...

Advisers Need To Shift Focus To Survive

GUEST COLUMNIST – RYAN EDWARDS Ryan Edwards, Managing Director of The Adviser Platform, writes that while financial advisers are aware of the incoming regulatory regime,...

How To Develop Competitive Advantage

GUEST COLUMNIST - DAVID WHYTE David Whyte, Managing Director of DCW Management, writes that early adopters of the incoming regulatory regime will find it substantially...