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March 2014
13 Mar 2014 Grosvenor plans to back its KiwiSaver scheme into Fidelity Life one
13 Mar 2014 What the economists said
13 Mar 2014 van Eyk adds Practice Manager and former Macquarie adviser
13 Mar 2014 Morgan name dropped
13 Mar 2014 Debt servicing will be an issue: RBNZ
13 Mar 2014 OCR up 25 basis points
13 Mar 2014 The three-year wait is over. OCR up
13 Mar 2014 Conference-hopping not CPD, advisers told
13 Mar 2014 Hiking cycle begins
12 Mar 2014 Don't rush in: PAA
12 Mar 2014 Buoyant economy, buoyant bond issuance
12 Mar 2014 Housing approvals creep up
12 Mar 2014 FMA drops case against Bridgecorp
12 Mar 2014 Fees for low equity loans questioned
12 Mar 2014 Lack of knowledge no surprise to advisers
12 Mar 2014 DIMS a two-step process
12 Mar 2014 Rules affect landlords, too: NZPIF
11 Mar 2014 Nirvana for Sovereign
11 Mar 2014 BNZ removes high rates for low equity loans
11 Mar 2014 Inflation a hurdle for advisers this year
11 Mar 2014 BNZ removes high rates for low equity loans
11 Mar 2014 Bach owners say rental income vital
11 Mar 2014 Further signs of easing: REINZ
10 Mar 2014 Prepare for interest rate lift off
10 Mar 2014 How much will the OCR rise this year?
10 Mar 2014 Capital guarantee no silver bullet
10 Mar 2014 Christchurch rents put squeeze on
07 Mar 2014 Weekly Wrap: DIMS ding dong
07 Mar 2014 OnePath secures deal with NZFSG
07 Mar 2014 More signs housing market cooling
07 Mar 2014 Warehouse tackles financial services
07 Mar 2014 Opt-in option could be popular
07 Mar 2014 Auckland confidence picks up
06 Mar 2014 Tip from the top
06 Mar 2014 A Royle view on interest rates
06 Mar 2014 Firm fined for failure
06 Mar 2014 LVR rules having little impact - ASB's assessment
06 Mar 2014 Worry at DIMS 'overkill'
06 Mar 2014 LVR rules only working at margins: Tuffley
06 Mar 2014 Augusta plans KCL deal
06 Mar 2014 House prices cooling: QV
06 Mar 2014 Signs of a slowdown: Barfoot
05 Mar 2014 Are you a criminal?
05 Mar 2014 Bugger the first home, let's just spend the deposit
05 Mar 2014 Opportunities in 'undervalued' resources
05 Mar 2014 Emerging markets 'a tough call'
05 Mar 2014 Decline in building work surprises
05 Mar 2014 Investing becoming more popular
05 Mar 2014 Dunn launch delayed
04 Mar 2014 RESIMAC abolish risk fees
04 Mar 2014 RESIMAC abolish risk fees
04 Mar 2014 Equities rally 'surprise'
04 Mar 2014 Regulation 2013's big news: Report
04 Mar 2014 Borrowers still exposed to rates rises
04 Mar 2014 LVR rules not working: Harcourts
04 Mar 2014 Asking prices up, listing numbers down
03 Mar 2014 PGC reports loss
03 Mar 2014 Merger rumours circulate
03 Mar 2014 Buying off the plans now might be wise: Dunn
February 2014
28 Feb 2014 Sky TV sets rate for bonds
28 Feb 2014 Partners Life plans more shake ups
28 Feb 2014 [Weekly Wrap] Transtasman rivalry
28 Feb 2014 Business insurance added to Xplan
28 Feb 2014 Tide about to turn on low equity loans
28 Feb 2014 Tide about to turn on low equity loans
28 Feb 2014 Regulation a passion killer
28 Feb 2014 nib: Policies offer value
28 Feb 2014 Building consent drop less than expected
27 Feb 2014 PAA appoints new CEO
27 Feb 2014 Brokers have role as banks turn off tap
27 Feb 2014 Quirk takes INFINZ chair
27 Feb 2014 Short-term fixers keep market competitive: Report
27 Feb 2014 Migration hits 10-year high
27 Feb 2014 Trade Me: Some agents will pay less
26 Feb 2014 Harbour scores trifecta
26 Feb 2014 Call for Aussies to pay FMA levies
26 Feb 2014 Fees hurt landlords
25 Feb 2014 Fidelity: Deal good for advisers
25 Feb 2014 Fidelity and nib team up
25 Feb 2014 The one thing NZ is lacking
25 Feb 2014 Struggle to access 'lost' super
24 Feb 2014 AML reports due mid-year
24 Feb 2014 Lombard civil case dropped
24 Feb 2014 Benji Marshall a winner for nib
24 Feb 2014 Clawback 'not enough'
24 Feb 2014 Kiwibank reports $52 million profit
24 Feb 2014 Impact of rules revealed
23 Feb 2014 AMP adviser force stabilises
22 Feb 2014 New 18-month specials
22 Feb 2014 Research prospects good: Stanley
21 Feb 2014 Asteron gets new CEO
21 Feb 2014 Aorangi repayment reaches 92c
21 Feb 2014 Guidance note 'common sense'
21 Feb 2014 [Weekly Wrap] Super savings debate
21 Feb 2014 BNZ makes a Classic change
21 Feb 2014 Concern at pension rush
21 Feb 2014 ANZ settles with insurer over frozen funds
21 Feb 2014 Auckland rents increase
20 Feb 2014 200 clients the max: Moore
20 Feb 2014 Harbour up for top award
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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