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May 2012
08 May 2012 Dividend obsession hampers NZ stock market
07 May 2012 Riley's new home
07 May 2012 Insurers and adviser bodies criticised for lack of new adviser support
07 May 2012 Rates round-up: May 7
07 May 2012 ANZ streamlines its mortgage application process
07 May 2012 ANZ National streamlines its mortgage application process
07 May 2012 Frustrating wait for QROPS providers
06 May 2012 AIA: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
04 May 2012 SCF receivers repay govt a further $125m
04 May 2012 [Weekly wrap] Currency, cheap advice and SOEs
04 May 2012 KiwiSaver safe from Budget scalpel
04 May 2012 Where is Pero's boss?
04 May 2012 What's happening at Mike Pero Mortgages?
03 May 2012 Advisers not sold on SOE miracle
03 May 2012 Westpac mortage portfolio grew 1% to $35.4b in six months ended March
03 May 2012 Reserve Bank mulls LVR limits
03 May 2012 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
03 May 2012 $10 a year not enough for good advice
03 May 2012 ANZ's new approach to lending
03 May 2012 Auckland sales slip almost 40% in April
02 May 2012 AFA rejections few and far between
02 May 2012 The latest on credit growth
01 May 2012 Renters can buy to solve problem
01 May 2012 Health insurance coverage drops to 2005 levels
01 May 2012 Currency game risky for advisers
01 May 2012 "Chronic shortage" pushes Auckland house prices to new high
April 2012
30 Apr 2012 Credit growth ticks up, floating rate mortgages rise in March
30 Apr 2012 MDRT Minute: Better Appointments with Better Scripting
30 Apr 2012 Westpac changes its mind
30 Apr 2012 NZF Group's assets remain frozen
30 Apr 2012 News Round Up: April 30
30 Apr 2012 Hunter Hall loses CEO
30 Apr 2012 Housing consent numbers hit four-year high
29 Apr 2012 Rates round-up: April 30
27 Apr 2012 [Weekly wrap] Passing judgment
27 Apr 2012 Do all advisers need good character?
27 Apr 2012 Kiwibank goes sub 5%
27 Apr 2012 Kerr takes over running PGC
26 Apr 2012 Do all advisers need good character?
26 Apr 2012 Kiwibank slashes one-year fixed mortgage rate to 4.99%
26 Apr 2012 Petricevic gets big jail sentence
26 Apr 2012 Floating mortgage rates unlikely to rise this year and may even fall
26 Apr 2012 The rate remains the same
26 Apr 2012 OCR update
26 Apr 2012 Floating mortgage rates unlikely to rise this year and may even fall
26 Apr 2012 Reserve Bank leaves OCR unchanged at 2.5%
25 Apr 2012 Voluntary AFAs 'ahead of the game'
24 Apr 2012 Property tutor’s AFA rejection upheld
24 Apr 2012 Former AXA BDM joins TEA
24 Apr 2012 Borrowing strategies to ponder
24 Apr 2012 Sovereign gives Beaton the boot
24 Apr 2012 Silver lining for gold market
23 Apr 2012 Rates round up: April 23
23 Apr 2012 It's time for advisers to lead
23 Apr 2012 Reserve Bank likely to hold rates low for longer
23 Apr 2012 House price data reveals ‘fragmented' Auckland market
22 Apr 2012 Reserve Bank likely to hold rates low for longer
20 Apr 2012 [Weekly wrap] Is KiwiSaver complicated?
20 Apr 2012 KiwiSaver advice ‘isn’t rocket science’
20 Apr 2012 Asteron has change of heart
20 Apr 2012 NZF actions won't stop new owner
20 Apr 2012 Going, going, gone goes up in popularity across Auckland
19 Apr 2012 Resimac unlikely to be affected by NZF Group's woes
19 Apr 2012 KiwiSavers unaware of scheme changes
19 Apr 2012 Why NZ dollar could surprise
19 Apr 2012 Interesting developments at NZF
18 Apr 2012 Economic news little cause for concern
18 Apr 2012 Auckland rent rises continue to outstrip rest of country
17 Apr 2012 Bridgecorp director Urwin jailed
17 Apr 2012 QROPS picture still murky
17 Apr 2012 Brook Asset Management makes new hires
16 Apr 2012 Christchurch rental shortage "crisis for some"
16 Apr 2012 House prices march to new heights
16 Apr 2012 News Round Up: April 16
16 Apr 2012 Rates Round Up: April 16
16 Apr 2012 Banks still making lots of money
16 Apr 2012 REINZ March 2012 regional review
14 Apr 2012 Professionalism? But at what cost?
13 Apr 2012 FMA’s case against Hanover revealed
13 Apr 2012 ISO Case Studies - April 2012
13 Apr 2012 Spicers loses its head man
13 Apr 2012 [Weekly wrap] Raising the bar
13 Apr 2012 FMA’s case against Hanover revealed
13 Apr 2012 Where's the action?
13 Apr 2012 FMA reveals case against Hanover
12 Apr 2012 Lombard directors appeal convictions
12 Apr 2012 Where have finance company execs gone?
12 Apr 2012 Sovereign offers new parents free life cover for a year
12 Apr 2012 Questions over minimum standards for AFAs
12 Apr 2012 House price rises stall in March, says QV
12 Apr 2012 NZPIF backs Productivity Commission tax findings
11 Apr 2012 Heartland edges toward meeting annual profit forecast
11 Apr 2012 Advice firm bins OnePath agreement
11 Apr 2012 FSC probe to “challenge” insurance business model
11 Apr 2012 KiwiSaver rot runs deeper than defaults
11 Apr 2012 Productivity Commission rejects CGT, calls on DBH to review rental laws
11 Apr 2012 Average asking rent up 15% on last year in Christchurch
10 Apr 2012 High Court temporarily freezes NZF Group's assets
10 Apr 2012 One Path’s recent change to their Medical cover
10 Apr 2012 TNP's association adds board member
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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