Our latest poll result indicates that while a minority of advisers agree with the FMA's focus on monitoring the advice sector regarding conflicts arising from risk commission structures, the majority do not support this...

Financial Advice NZ is holding a webinar in August discussing how advisers can grow a more resilient advice business. The organisation states on its website that as remuneration models, client expectations and business conditions continue...

Partners Life has announced that expressions of interest are now open for its next New Adviser Training Course in late August. The insurer says it has created the online course to provide support and to...

New Zealand needs to make a step change in financial resilience, findings from the Financial Services Council’s latest Financial Resilience Index show, pointing to an opportunity to help New Zealanders move from "coping to...

Financial Advice New Zealand has highlighted the speakers and programme for its Advice Policy Summit 2026 being held in Auckland on July 28. The event, which is being held in conjunction with the Financial Planning...

Our poll this week centres around the FMA’s latest Financial Conduct Report and seeks to understand if advisers agree with the regulator monitoring the advice sector given the FMA continues to receive reports of misconduct,...

Chubb Life says until July 31 advisers can secure an extra one month free for customers who get a new Assurance Extra policy and use its new facial scanner tool Life Lens . In a...

The FMA’s new Financial Conduct Report, which sets out its regulatory priorities for the 2026-27 financial year, includes a focus on managing conflicts from remuneration structures in the financial advice sector. The report says that...