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May 2017
26 May 2017 Supreme Court orders McIntosh to repay RAM 'profits'
26 May 2017 Chance to learn from licensing mistakes
25 May 2017 RESIMAC increases loan size limits
25 May 2017 Budget boost for tenants
25 May 2017 Southern Cross updates policies
25 May 2017 Thursday news in brief
25 May 2017 BNZ scoops People’s Choice award
25 May 2017 Big bold strategy
25 May 2017 Insurers want tweaks to client-first duty
25 May 2017 InvestNow mix-up disappointing: Stubbs
25 May 2017 Budget could boost advice promotion: Dodds
24 May 2017 Investor lending remains in check
24 May 2017 Tax changes ripple across the Tasman
24 May 2017 Tenant damage law change
24 May 2017 Have you got a question on the mortgage market?
24 May 2017 Time for sinking cap on KiwiSaver fees: Glass
23 May 2017 How do we change what ‘most people know’?
23 May 2017 More time needed for new rules
23 May 2017 Banks told to cut mortgage commissions to cover levy
22 May 2017 A voice for the little guys; Another bank to enter broker market
22 May 2017 No changes, so what's the best rate?
22 May 2017 Lifetime lowers investment bar
22 May 2017 Socially responsible investing (Part 4): Growing pineapples in Alaska
22 May 2017 HSBC hasn't ruled out working with brokers
22 May 2017 Life-Info founders want industry to take it over
21 May 2017 Broker sentenced to jail
19 May 2017 Non-banks winners as mainstream lenders tighten rules
19 May 2017 Getting to Know: Brian Coker
19 May 2017 FMA acknowledges regulatory 'burden'
19 May 2017 Migration dips but housing pressure remains
18 May 2017 Impact Investing for good
18 May 2017 Free Investment Property Showcase Events: Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
18 May 2017 Trustee business sold to Australian firm
18 May 2017 Challenges ahead for Govt build project
18 May 2017 Look twice at insurance applications
18 May 2017 Thursday news in brief
18 May 2017 Former adviser forged clients' initials
18 May 2017 Up-and-coming v proven performer
18 May 2017 Wholesale rules a missed opportunity
17 May 2017 New face at Southern Cross
17 May 2017 Saturn appoints GM
17 May 2017 Kiwis leaving retirement planning too late
17 May 2017 House price bust talk exaggerated
17 May 2017 One little change today
17 May 2017 Inflation new drain on returns
16 May 2017 ANZ appoints new insurance distribution boss
16 May 2017 FSCL to appeal court ruling
16 May 2017 SuperCity to get 34,000 new houses
15 May 2017 Labour's negative gearing policy 'regressive'
15 May 2017 Your choice of two exciting offers for your clients!
15 May 2017 Tourism Holdings – Motoring Through the Capital Cycle?
15 May 2017 Pessimism clouds house price expectations
15 May 2017 Roboadvice could come sooner than law reform
15 May 2017 Pathfinder Asset Management launches RI option
15 May 2017 Investors: Labour policy would increase rents
12 May 2017 Getting to Know: Stephen O'Connor
12 May 2017 Kerr joins Chow board
12 May 2017 Past the peak?
12 May 2017 FMT expands with two new appointments
12 May 2017 What's your plan for the next part of the cycle?
12 May 2017 Financial Advice NZ enters next phase
11 May 2017 No end to house price growth - Trade Me
11 May 2017 Monthly payment option on reverse mortgages
11 May 2017 Surprise at RBNZ’s OCR outlook
11 May 2017 Surprise at RBNZ’s OCR outlook
11 May 2017 Nimble versus Big
11 May 2017 OCR decision announced by RBNZ
11 May 2017 OCR held again, here's why
11 May 2017 No change to OCR: What RB said today
11 May 2017 Ditch the dud: streamline your portfolio
11 May 2017 Thursday news in brief
11 May 2017 EDR costs fall for advisers
10 May 2017 Renting more affordable - HAM
10 May 2017 Cost inflation impacting on development
10 May 2017 Regional price expectations high
10 May 2017 Westpac follows ANZ
10 May 2017 IMF points to issues with insurance advisers
10 May 2017 ASB: Confidence up, but advice needed
09 May 2017 Southern Cross offers cancer add-on
09 May 2017 Is your property underinsured?
09 May 2017 Investment advisory boss joins NZX Board
09 May 2017 ANZ and Kiwibank increase rates
09 May 2017 Young people like shares, but it's not all good news for advisers
09 May 2017 Auckland rental market under pressure
08 May 2017 Even tougher lending rules on the cards
08 May 2017 APIA loses major sponsor
08 May 2017 Focus on tone, not content, of OCR call this week
08 May 2017 Banks snap up new AFAs
08 May 2017 ANZ, FMA work on changing behaviour
05 May 2017 Financial Advice New Zealand hits day 100
05 May 2017 Getting to Know: Mark Weaver
05 May 2017 One lender goes and another removes super low rates
05 May 2017 Review could tighten loan market
05 May 2017 Retirees told 6% drawdown rule an option
05 May 2017 ANZ launches new international equities fund
05 May 2017 Seven top tips to get a property sale ready
04 May 2017 FSC and WSNZ launch joint conference
04 May 2017 BNZ says brokers generated $900m growth
04 May 2017 How ANZ sees the housing market and advisers
04 May 2017 Auckland sales numbers hit 2008 levels
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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