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May 2008
26 May 2008 News Round Up
24 May 2008 Home loan market changes
23 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Bill for adviser regulation presented
23 May 2008 Thanks for the bill, but what's it for?
23 May 2008 AIG launches needs analysis tool
23 May 2008 Bill for adviser regulation presented
23 May 2008 Mercer grows NZ investment team
22 May 2008 Tower's health business in good shape
22 May 2008 Budget 2008
22 May 2008 New Zealand Fixed Income Forum 2008
22 May 2008 Commission to pursue criminal charges against fin coys
21 May 2008 Food, Fuel and Fallen Angels
21 May 2008 A warning about too much cash
21 May 2008 Floating up, fixing down
21 May 2008 Opinion: Fear and loathing of life insurance
21 May 2008 Mint loses Ford
20 May 2008 Conflicting views on interest rate movements
20 May 2008 Three more years: OPI investors wait and hope
19 May 2008 SCF's bond issue gets rating
19 May 2008 Vendor in trouble over false advertising
19 May 2008 Goldridge appoints Joe Byrne to its board
19 May 2008 News Round Up
16 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Pass the parcel
16 May 2008 McMorran wins presidential race
16 May 2008 Final funding for Pegasus secured
15 May 2008 New board and president for IFA
15 May 2008 Fidelity gets behind risk advice software
15 May 2008 It's raining rate relief!
15 May 2008 ASFONZ Education – Advanced Investing
15 May 2008 Women in Super industry breakfast
15 May 2008 OCR cut of 50 points forecast
15 May 2008 Dominion puts S&P on hold
14 May 2008 Dominion puts S&P on hold
14 May 2008 Cover Life's Bases
14 May 2008 ASFONZ Education – Best Practice Governance
14 May 2008 Fidelity Life has appointed Wellington BDM
14 May 2008 Viking's IRG buys Equity and talks about expansion
13 May 2008 Fairview bites the dust
13 May 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Investing
13 May 2008 IFA race down to a duel
13 May 2008 Book: Commercial Real Estate Investing
12 May 2008 SCF looks to raise another $100 mill
12 May 2008 Lender strife for Pioneer
12 May 2008 REINZ Residential Highlights - April 2008
12 May 2008 Residential property sales slump further: REINZ
12 May 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Trusteeship
12 May 2008 Further signs property values easing
12 May 2008 Wellington house prices hold up best
12 May 2008 News Round Up
09 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Golden reign of KiwiSaver
09 May 2008 Arcus appoint chief economist
09 May 2008 Liberty Adviser Network - showcasing its dealer group concept
09 May 2008 KiwiBaggers scrapping Savers
09 May 2008 KiwiSaver flying high
09 May 2008 Bluestone suspends HER loans
09 May 2008 Securities Commission asked to solve Blue Chip identity crisis
08 May 2008 Buyers and sellers in a tug-of-war
08 May 2008 PIS May Development Days
08 May 2008 All just a bunch of rose-tinted glasses?
08 May 2008 Two steps forward, one step back
08 May 2008 Billion dollar booby but finance company sector fights on, RBNZ finds
08 May 2008 RBNZ encourages new market
08 May 2008 Health insurance at record high for Kiwis
07 May 2008 Health insurance at record high for Kiwis
07 May 2008 Property investment yields down, but optimism remains
07 May 2008 INFINZ Debt Capital Markets Forum 2008
07 May 2008 Accuro hunts for new chief
07 May 2008 Fund flows improve, but still negative
06 May 2008 Commission planning to prosecute finance companies
06 May 2008 Housing implosion confirmed: Broker
06 May 2008 Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year Winners
06 May 2008 ASSET - Government lightens the load
06 May 2008 North vs South: Battle of the mighty Ws
06 May 2008 Market Review: May 2008 commentary
06 May 2008 Market Review: May 2008 London commentary
06 May 2008 Auckland property prices continue to hold, despite low volume
06 May 2008 March not the usual bumper month
06 May 2008 Morningstar rates ING and AMP as investment grade
06 May 2008 Opinion: Business insurance target – is it the right one?
06 May 2008 New man at Marac
05 May 2008 A cure for under-insurance?
05 May 2008 Wanted: Chief Executive for health company
05 May 2008 May issue - available now
05 May 2008 News Round Up
02 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] The good, the bad and the ugly
02 May 2008 Farewell: John Molloy
02 May 2008 Bluestone still looking for finance company buys
01 May 2008 Dorchester CEO departs
01 May 2008 Bill to modernise apartment laws on its way
01 May 2008 DIY rules aimed at eliminating building rogues
01 May 2008 Now for some good news
01 May 2008 AMP Capital turning conservative
01 May 2008 ING Life considers new baby
April 2008
30 Apr 2008 Axa Rosenberg walks in with new "alpha footprint"
30 Apr 2008 Home loan report: hope at last
30 Apr 2008 Gould Holdings emerges as potential Vestar buyer
30 Apr 2008 Home loan report: Hope at last
29 Apr 2008 S&P upgrades Geneva, but turns negative
29 Apr 2008 For Sale: One damaged advisory network
29 Apr 2008 RaboPlus adds two more to team
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Latest Comments
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
As an investor, it is completely unacceptable to me that Total Remuneration continues if compulsion is brought in. It is simply wrong to continue putting downward pressure on salary and wages, particularly for people on minimum wage in a country that aspires to lift wages over time and raise the standard of living for NZers. National will lose my vote as a serious investor if they continue down the Total Remuneration path. No question...
1 week ago David Lawton
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
This is just about the only online space outside of Newstalk ZB facebook comments where speaking out against blatant wage theft by multinationals is considered 'PC'. And yet still we wonder why those pesky younger generations of potential customers wholesale refuse to engage with traditional financial services. Couldn't be because our mindsets are stuck in the 1950s - no, it must be the kids who are wrong.
1 week ago Ross Alexander
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
Murray, yup, agree with you. I see conflict of interests - the bigger the fund size, the more fees collected. Remuneration should be strictly a commercial decision because employers are the ones paying the wages. NOT for some "expert" preference. Well, an employer's budget permit a $100k package, he can pay either a) $88k salary + employer contribute $12k KS, or b) $94k salary of which $6k deducted for KS + employer contribute $6k. Depending how PC you guys want to be, and how much time and taxpayers' money you want to waste arguing about the structure.
1 week ago W K
Health and life insurers out of climate reporting
@ Murray D Weatherston - well said. The climate related disclosure (CRD) requirement for the financial services industry is yet another example of the last Government adding unnecessary cost and complexity to business. Currently banks and insurers have to hire more staff specifically to meet their new climate disclosure requirements and these costs inevitably get past on to customers. The New Zealand consumer continues to be saddled with additional costs due to an avalanche of overregulation much of which has questionable benefit. The only people who seem to be winning from this additional regulation are Wellington bureaucrats and those climate enthusiasts’ who are positioned to make a buck or secure a job. None of New Zealand's biggest climate polluters are associated with the financial services industry. Stats published by the Environmental Protection Authority in 2022 showed the biggest emitters were for milk, petrol, fossil (or natural) gas and meat businesses, with electricity, and steel companies rounding out the top group because of their fossil fuel use. By contrast, many of New Zealand’s biggest employers and profit makers (including banks, vineyards, telcos, healthcare companies and renewable energy providers) didn’t appear in the top climate polluter ranks because their emissions weren’t even high enough to qualify for compulsory reporting. As another reader of Good Returns said last year "I suspect we’ll look back on this climate reporting in years to come, with confusion & questions. Whilst there is no doubt that climate controls are increasingly important, I’m unsure whether the energy, effort & expense in producing these reports are the best use of resources &/or going to make any difference…” I look forward to the Ministry of Regulation reviewing and ultimately deciding to remove climate related disclosures as a compliance requirement for all of the New Zealand financial services industry.
2 weeks ago Simon Rule
KiwiSaver an option for mortgage advisers seeking ongoing income, provider says
Wy would any mortgage or insurance adviser refer their client to a kiwi saver provider/scheme that the owners also own a competing mortgage advisor and insurance company, whom already has a history of growing group schemes and then marketing to those customers directly for their own business entities.
2 weeks ago Valkyrie Vulcan