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June 2016
02 Jun 2016 Adviser helps train up new AFAs
02 Jun 2016 Rental insulation requirements are now law
01 Jun 2016 Credit Union Baywide receives good news
01 Jun 2016 Investors driving value growth - QV
01 Jun 2016 Waikato market surprises
01 Jun 2016 No rush to cut OCR
01 Jun 2016 Changes at Westpac
01 Jun 2016 $1.9 mill start for PAA Legacy Trust
May 2016
31 May 2016 Auckland under pressure
31 May 2016 share
31 May 2016 Consents drop amid supply furor
31 May 2016 Less urgency to cut OCR but bias remains
31 May 2016 The problem with the ideal
31 May 2016 HSBC: OCR holding till August
31 May 2016 Nice 5th birthday present for Partners Life
31 May 2016 The Partner's story rolls on with a new multi-million investment
30 May 2016 New Watercare option for Auckland landlords
30 May 2016 OCR on hold till August - HSBC
30 May 2016 Kiwibank's 3.99% gone
30 May 2016 Brexit, stage left
30 May 2016 Fee guidance doesn't answer all questions
30 May 2016 Rich pickings in NZ's fruit bowl
27 May 2016 Property investment loans in the spotlight
27 May 2016 Budget unlikely to change Reserve Bank views
27 May 2016 Investors dominating housing market
27 May 2016 Code changes likely by year's end
27 May 2016 Too cool for comfort?
26 May 2016 More needed to address supply issues
26 May 2016 Budget 2016: what it has to say on property
26 May 2016 TSB tweaks
26 May 2016 FMA: Changing regulatory landscape hard for some
26 May 2016 Investors’ mortgage lending share up
26 May 2016 Investors dominating market
26 May 2016 SHA fast-tracking to be protected
25 May 2016 First NZ buys wealth firm
25 May 2016 Optioning commercial alternatives
25 May 2016 The Co-Op Bank makes changes
25 May 2016 Tax changes suggested to hit richer pensioners
24 May 2016 Tactical guessing game
24 May 2016 Demand pushes Auckland rents up
24 May 2016 Investors brace for higher interest rates
24 May 2016 Property investment loans to cost more
24 May 2016 Crown land supply plan moves forward
24 May 2016 Managing investment risk
24 May 2016 FMA: Advice at retirement 'crucial'
23 May 2016 June cut speculation
23 May 2016 Inflation concerns could mean June cut
23 May 2016 What do you cut when something has to give?
23 May 2016 Maximising development returns
23 May 2016 Lack of advisers a '10- to 30-year problem'
22 May 2016 Fraudulent former adviser fails in court bid
20 May 2016 Hefty penalty for real estate price fixing
20 May 2016 Stubbs looking to launch new KiwiSaver offer
20 May 2016 Migration steady, but slowing
20 May 2016 Nikko reports strong retail growth
20 May 2016 Making the letting process easier
20 May 2016 ASB plays the long game
20 May 2016 China more tempting but time not yet right
19 May 2016 FMA: No emails please
19 May 2016 Auckland’s pain is shared - ASB
19 May 2016 AMP makes advice appointments
19 May 2016 ASB appoints new boss for wealth and insurance
19 May 2016 FSC launches income protection information
19 May 2016 Density real key to growth
19 May 2016 Warning: No room for complacency on digital disruption
18 May 2016 Get rid of Auckland’s urban boundary - Labour
18 May 2016 Meth testing standard in the works
18 May 2016 Investor confidence drops
18 May 2016 SBS betters its big bank peers
18 May 2016 Reserve Bank calls for lower commissions
18 May 2016 SuiteBox woos Kiwi advisers
17 May 2016 New CEO for Mortgage Express
17 May 2016 New manager for First Mortgage
17 May 2016 Big lift in KiwiSaver withdrawals
17 May 2016 Expect more lending restrictions soon
17 May 2016 Property Council: Debt to income ratio won't solve shortage
17 May 2016 Autopilot mode helps KiwiSaver members to better returns
17 May 2016 Anti-commission argument not winning: Ballantyne
16 May 2016 Harmoney appoints chair
16 May 2016 Pressure on Council ramps up
16 May 2016 Former bank board member joins GFS
16 May 2016 Turning up the heat
16 May 2016 New norm for two-year specials
16 May 2016 Roboadvice may be a solution to fee pressure
16 May 2016 Global investments a drag on KiwiSaver
13 May 2016 FMA wins deregistration fight
13 May 2016 Market pressures could prompt commission change: Report
13 May 2016 High rise boom times
13 May 2016 Rates are back below 4%
13 May 2016 Tax changes may hit trans-Tasman transfers
13 May 2016 Some advisers earning more than $750k per year
12 May 2016 Final call in MTF case
12 May 2016 SFO tells clients to question advisers
12 May 2016 Harmoney increases fees for investors
12 May 2016 Defying the winter chill
12 May 2016 Home loan approvals trending up
12 May 2016 LVR measures looming
12 May 2016 Risks in new RBNZ proposal
12 May 2016 Accountants, lawyers to join advisers in AML
11 May 2016 Generate racks up $200m
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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