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May 2015
07 May 2015 ASB changes tune on OCR
07 May 2015 ASB now calling for two OCR rate cuts
07 May 2015 PAA votes to abolish holiday home scheme
07 May 2015 AMP supports commission cut
06 May 2015 State houses to go on sale in Tauranga & Invercargill
06 May 2015 First NZ censured, fined
06 May 2015 Brokers help ANZ
06 May 2015 Brokers play bigger role in ANZ home loan sales
06 May 2015 DIMS exemptions welcomed
05 May 2015 Complectus completes purchase
05 May 2015 Auckland price rises: a lesson in supply & demand
05 May 2015 AML relief for advisers
04 May 2015 The Problem with Zero Interest Rates
04 May 2015 Warehouse plans bonds offer
04 May 2015 Chinese banks in NZ likely to mean more choice, more competition
04 May 2015 SBS changes; ASB hikes commission rates
04 May 2015 Give tax break to retirement income products: Stewart
01 May 2015 Over 25% increase in Auckland home values since 2007
01 May 2015 Getting to know... Richard Stubbs
01 May 2015 Stanley steps down
01 May 2015 One low rate replaced by another
01 May 2015 ASB and Sovereign increase upfront commissions
01 May 2015 ISO supports disclosure law
01 May 2015 Milford suspension appropriate: NZSF
01 May 2015 KiwiSaver funds misclassifying risk: Research
April 2015
30 Apr 2015 Mai Chen sells wills business to Perpetual Guardian
30 Apr 2015 Has residential building activity stalled?
30 Apr 2015 What are the odds of a interest rate cut?
30 Apr 2015 SPI directors fined for breaching financial reporting rules
30 Apr 2015 No surprises in Reserve Bank’s OCR decision
30 Apr 2015 RBNZ outlines case for interest rate cut
30 Apr 2015 What the Reserve Bank said
30 Apr 2015 The Co-operative Bank goes under 5%
30 Apr 2015 Rebalancing poses problems
29 Apr 2015 Problems with professional referral and how to fix It
29 Apr 2015 ISO no longer?
29 Apr 2015 FMA pursues non-filers
29 Apr 2015 Insurers should be promoting wellbeing: Sovereign
28 Apr 2015 Boosting IRD resources to enforce property taxes a possibility - English
28 Apr 2015 [People] Mortgage Express recruits from outside
28 Apr 2015 Is a warrant of fitness scheme for private rentals really the way forward?
28 Apr 2015 OCR predictions; No-interest loans
28 Apr 2015 Second stage in no interest loans launched
28 Apr 2015 Fund research options disappear for AFAs
28 Apr 2015 Small Kiwi market a problem for KiwiSaver
28 Apr 2015 Clients' families affect investing decisions
28 Apr 2015 AMP accepting competitors' application forms
27 Apr 2015 Ralph Stewart's variable annuity business nearly there
25 Apr 2015 Health insurance claims hit $1 billion
24 Apr 2015 RBNZ rate cut unlikely – for now
24 Apr 2015 RBNZ rate cut unlikely - for now
24 Apr 2015 FMOY finalists named
24 Apr 2015 Kiwibank's three-year rate matched; OCR preview
24 Apr 2015 Getting to Know...Brent Sheather
24 Apr 2015 NZMDT cases up
24 Apr 2015 Advisers under the magnifying glass
24 Apr 2015 Loss-protection offer hits target
24 Apr 2015 FMA warns on bank notes
24 Apr 2015 Regional Review - Dunedin
23 Apr 2015 Poor turnaround times hurt advisers
23 Apr 2015 Record migration means continued pressure on Auckland market
23 Apr 2015 FMA asks: What's your plan?
23 Apr 2015 More advisers sought
22 Apr 2015 nib adds travel insurance
22 Apr 2015 Rents are rising – but are they keeping up with Auckland prices?
22 Apr 2015 KiwiSaver for first homes gets boost: ANZ
22 Apr 2015 Advocates let advisers get on with business of advising: Kelly
22 Apr 2015 Days numbered for HSBC's special rate
22 Apr 2015 Bankrupt KiwiSaver accounts off-limits
22 Apr 2015 Reporting rules cause confusion
22 Apr 2015 Government launches new tenancy services website
21 Apr 2015 [People] Chen changes BNZ board
21 Apr 2015 Group general manager for Plus4
21 Apr 2015 Notes offer confirmed
21 Apr 2015 Asset allocation help coming
21 Apr 2015 Make disclosure automatic: Whyte
20 Apr 2015 [People] Mortgage Express adds another adviser
20 Apr 2015 AMP pulls back from bonds
20 Apr 2015 NZX consults on market penalties
20 Apr 2015 What Bridgecorp investors missed out on
20 Apr 2015 Are auctions the best option for sellers in Auckland?
20 Apr 2015 BNZ Special ends; Kiwibank cuts
20 Apr 2015 Fundsource to update research tool
19 Apr 2015 FMA list reinstated
19 Apr 2015 MOUs signed
17 Apr 2015 Smartshares adds new funds
17 Apr 2015 Are we sicker or just savvier customers?
17 Apr 2015 AFAs slow to update DIMS status
16 Apr 2015 New special and carded cuts from Westpac
16 Apr 2015 CGT for property investors would create interesting possibilities
16 Apr 2015 Disclosure requirements benefit advisers: Manager
15 Apr 2015 Reserve Bank calls for action aimed at investors
15 Apr 2015 BNZ's back in market with trails
15 Apr 2015 Time running out for DIMS decision
15 Apr 2015 No signs of a breather for Auckland
14 Apr 2015 Hassell takes over as head of AMP Capital
14 Apr 2015 RESIMAC's new rates and policy updates
14 Apr 2015 National median price rise – thanks to “Auckland effect”
14 Apr 2015 Remarkable pushes The Boat out
14 Apr 2015 KiwiSaver-style model proposed
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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