Investment News NZ https://investmentnews.co.nz/ Investment News provides financial advisers news stories from the financial industry in New Zealand. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:18:38 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://investmentnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/fav.png Investment News NZ https://investmentnews.co.nz/ 32 32 FMA aims high for advice access, holds fire on rem review https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/fma-aims-high-for-advice-access-holds-fire-on-rem-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fma-aims-high-for-advice-access-holds-fire-on-rem-review Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:25:31 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29827 Vertical integration is cool again and it should play a bigger part in ensuring consumer access to advice, a new Financial Markets Authority (FMA) industry review suggests. Previewing the report at the Financial Advice NZ (FANZ) conference last week, FMA chief, Samantha Barrass, said banks and other vertically integrated institutions have a big role to... [Read More...]

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]]> ANZ completes like-for-like mandate swap https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/anz-completes-like-for-like-mandate-swap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anz-completes-like-for-like-mandate-swap Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:13:51 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29824 ANZ Investments has replaced BlackRock with BlackRock in a global equities mandate previously held by Vontobel. In an investor update last week, ANZ confirmed BlackRock would “manage a new, active, low tracking-error mandate” to complete a shake-up of the international shares multi-manager line-up begun two years ago. Last December, ANZ dropped two long-time incumbent global... [Read More...]

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]]> Caymans vote seals date for FNZ court drama in May https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/caymans-vote-seals-date-for-fnz-court-drama-in-may/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caymans-vote-seals-date-for-fnz-court-drama-in-may Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:12:57 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29821 It’s on. FNZ and a group of disgruntled current and former staff-shareholders are locked-in for a May 12 High Court battle in NZ after a board decision in the Cayman Islands removed the final stumbling block to a full legal showdown. The unanimous vote in favour by directors of the Caymans-based Kiwi CayCo entity reinstates... [Read More...]

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]]> Where AI (really) fits in the advice process https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/where-ai-really-fits-in-the-advice-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-ai-really-fits-in-the-advice-process Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:12:15 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29811 In part two of a series focused on how artificial intelligence is transforming financial advice, Sevaka founder Clive Fernandes details the value of AI at every step of the way…   In my previous article, I argued that the defining shift is structural: in traditional firms, humans initiate work and systems support them; in AI-led... [Read More...]

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]]> Executive shuffle at AMP; ACC confirms investment comms head; wealth boutique hires new chief; Dundas partner departs https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/executive-shuffle-at-amp-acc-confirms-investment-comms-head-wealth-boutique-hires-new-chief-dundas-partner-departs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=executive-shuffle-at-amp-acc-confirms-investment-comms-head-wealth-boutique-hires-new-chief-dundas-partner-departs Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:11:35 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29817 AMP has named Adrian Ryan as acting chief financial officer as incumbent, Blair Vernon, moves into the top job this week. Vernon formally replaced Alexis George as AMP chief on March 30 as the New Zealander completed a 17-year climb through the ranks of the ASX-listed financial services group. He joined AMP NZ as general... [Read More...]

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]]> Fink on BlackRock treasure trove, wish fulfilment and the AI genie https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/fink-on-blackrock-treasure-trove-wish-fulfilment-and-the-ai-genie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fink-on-blackrock-treasure-trove-wish-fulfilment-and-the-ai-genie Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:11:09 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29795 BlackRock chief, Larry Fink, has three wishes. At least. By 2030, Fink told investors in his annual letter to the people, BlackRock aims to deliver US$35 billion in annual revenue, a 5 per cent uplift in “organic base fee growth” and margins of 45 per cent (at least). “We already have industry-leading margins, and we... [Read More...]

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]]> ACC takes $300m highway in new infra-fund https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/acc-takes-300m-highway-in-new-infra-fund/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acc-takes-300m-highway-in-new-infra-fund Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:10:24 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29814 The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has tipped in $300 million to a new local infrastructure fund, formed in a joint venture with specialist consultants in the sector. At launch last week, the Zealandia Fund I held stakes in two motorways and a jail in line with its public-private partnership (PPP) model of generating stable long-term... [Read More...]

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]]> IOSCO study finds global funds high on equities https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/iosco-study-finds-global-funds-high-on-equities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iosco-study-finds-global-funds-high-on-equities Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:06:00 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29808 The global funds sector ended 2024 in a highly liquid state and conservatively leveraged, according to new data dump from the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), with about half of total assets invested in listed shares. In a survey covering some 38 member jurisdictions, IOSCO found public market equities represented 55 per cent, or... [Read More...]

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]]> Noise-cancelling investors still hot for private assets, Amundi https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/noise-cancelling-investors-still-hot-for-private-assets-amundi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=noise-cancelling-investors-still-hot-for-private-assets-amundi Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:04:19 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29798 Investors are still clamouring for private assets “despite the noise” around several high-profile credit events and stagnant equity markets, according to a new Amundi Investment Institute report. The research arm of French funds management behemoth, Amundi, says that demand for private assets remains high across the spectrum from institutions to retail clients. “… investors still... [Read More...]

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]]> BNP Paribas: Gearing Up For 2026 https://investmentnews.co.nz/sponsor/bnp-paribas-gearing-up-for-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bnp-paribas-gearing-up-for-2026 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:04:48 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29776 APAC institutional investors search for strategic partners to future-proof capital Asia-Pacific enters 2026 as one of the world’s most resilient investment regions, with stable growth, easing inflation and strong momentum across technology, consumer, energy and other sectors. In this one-on-one session, Franck Dubois, Head of Asia-Pacific, Securities Services at BNP Paribas, discusses the lay of... [Read More...]

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]]> Custom Solutions for Large Advice Teams: Faster, Smarter, Scalable https://investmentnews.co.nz/sponsor/custom-solutions-for-large-advice-teams-faster-smarter-scalable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=custom-solutions-for-large-advice-teams-faster-smarter-scalable Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:38:56 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29805 Building a fully custom system can feel out of reach for many financial advice businesses. For large firms, an easier and more efficient way is to start with a proven base and customise from there. OMNIMax offers this by combining their Pre-built Solutions with custom development, giving larger advice businesses a way to create a... [Read More...]

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]]> Agricultural KiwiSaver withdrawal plan fast-tracked on zero evidence, MBIE https://investmentnews.co.nz/investment-news/agricultural-kiwisaver-withdrawal-plan-fast-tracked-on-zero-evidence-mbie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agricultural-kiwisaver-withdrawal-plan-fast-tracked-on-zero-evidence-mbie Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:41:54 +0000 https://investmentnews.co.nz/?p=29772 Government ignored official advice in ramming through proposals to poke two new withdrawal leak points in KiwiSaver. Under the yet-to-be-legislated government plan, members will be able to make withdrawals to fund farm purchases through trusts or corporate entities while employees in ‘service tenancies’ can tap their KiwiSaver accounts for a first-home purchase without living in... [Read More...]

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