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February 2011
22 Feb 2011 Finance coys join banks in short-term deposit war
22 Feb 2011 Earthquake means OCR to hold till 2012
22 Feb 2011 IFA: Push out the regulation deadline for Chch advisers
22 Feb 2011 Christchurch advisers - put your hands up for help
22 Feb 2011 Mayhew resigns, disappointed to miss FMA chair role
22 Feb 2011 House market to remain weak - ASB
21 Feb 2011 DBR continues to grow
21 Feb 2011 News Round Up: February 21
21 Feb 2011 Advisers joining up - slowly
21 Feb 2011 Westpac figures suggest bank disclosure regime is broken
21 Feb 2011 Hotchin denies his campaign linked to $5m dispute
18 Feb 2011 New non-executive appointment at Dorchester
18 Feb 2011 HSBC takes six-month rate below 5%
18 Feb 2011 AMP's adviser numbers decrease
17 Feb 2011 Survey finds consumer support for life advice commissions
17 Feb 2011 Tucker joins FDR
17 Feb 2011 Regulator on the road
17 Feb 2011 Litmus test for South Canterbury as key business up for sale
17 Feb 2011 AXA culls advisers
16 Feb 2011 Insurance protects AXA's finances
16 Feb 2011 Fidelity Life Options Kiwi named top performing KiwiSaver fund
16 Feb 2011 A little inconvenience for Tower
16 Feb 2011 OnePath says its committed to advisers
16 Feb 2011 What happens to GPG's capital notes?
15 Feb 2011 Rabobank leaves competition behind in terms up to a year
15 Feb 2011 Former ACC property manager pleads guilty to corruption charges
14 Feb 2011 Allied Kiwi Adviser of the Year Awards
14 Feb 2011 Devon Funds Management appoints analyst
14 Feb 2011 Allied Farmers won't comment on Hanover accusations
14 Feb 2011 Fidelity keenly interested in GPG's 35% Tower stake
14 Feb 2011 Insurance treated as a commodity
14 Feb 2011 Market now expects October OCR hike
14 Feb 2011 Mike Pero launches real estate company
14 Feb 2011 Tower out of the loop on GPG's sale plans
14 Feb 2011 News round up: February 14
11 Feb 2011 Non-bank deposit taking tussle
11 Feb 2011 How coincidental
11 Feb 2011 Hanover takes aim at Allied
11 Feb 2011 Quick guide to the licensing process
11 Feb 2011 House sales hit a new low in January; prices slide
11 Feb 2011 What's happening with house prices in your region
10 Feb 2011 Hanover takes aim at Allied
10 Feb 2011 ASB loses market share in deposits, loans; asset quality worsens
10 Feb 2011 NZMBA to help members grow business in 2011
10 Feb 2011 More new appointments at Partners Life
10 Feb 2011 Mike Pero Mortgages welcomes new broker
10 Feb 2011 Mike Pero Mortgages welcomes new broker
10 Feb 2011 Global shares the place to be: AMP Capital
10 Feb 2011 Is the heart attack serious enough?
09 Feb 2011 TNP Home Loans growing membership
09 Feb 2011 TNP Home Loans to grow membership
09 Feb 2011 Newpark spots the gaps with leads
09 Feb 2011 Simon Allen to chair Financial Markets Authority
09 Feb 2011 L’Almont resigns from Mortgage Express after 12 years
09 Feb 2011 Disclosure like choosing a builder
09 Feb 2011 AMP and Fidelity increase premiums
08 Feb 2011 Strong end to 2010 for KiwiSaver
08 Feb 2011 L’Almont resigns from Mortgage Express after 12 years
08 Feb 2011 IFA looks to Asia for inspiration
08 Feb 2011 Property values still down but stabilising - QV
08 Feb 2011 Auckland rents rise above the doom and gloom
07 Feb 2011 Rates Update: F&P responds to PGG with sharp rate hikes
07 Feb 2011 The economy's getting its breath back
07 Feb 2011 Term deposits retain top spot as most popular investment class
07 Feb 2011 KiwiSaver overtakes managed funds and shares
07 Feb 2011 News Round Up: February 6
07 Feb 2011 Morningstar KiwiSaver Performance Survey
07 Feb 2011 Deposit news briefs: February 7
07 Feb 2011 Rental property rated second best investment for returns
04 Feb 2011 NZF may have new partner in weeks
04 Feb 2011 BNZ's new head of wealth
04 Feb 2011 More borrowers float than ever before
04 Feb 2011 More experts back Sept rate rise
04 Feb 2011 BNZ pushes back OCR increase prediction
04 Feb 2011 Should PGG Wrightson sell its finance company?
04 Feb 2011 The fund that came in from the cold
04 Feb 2011 Housing pressures change the face of rental market
03 Feb 2011 Southern Cross Finance to refund borrowers up to $700,000
03 Feb 2011 Kiwibank one-year rate special "extremely successful"
03 Feb 2011 Mike Pero gives Huljich the heave-ho
03 Feb 2011 Brent McGregor joins Allied Kiwi
03 Feb 2011 What’s Not Covered?
03 Feb 2011 Six into one doesn’t add up
03 Feb 2011 Property shortage hurts sales, helps landlords - Barfoot & Thompson
02 Feb 2011 Six steps to get a girl will also get you insurance sales
02 Feb 2011 Fidelity Life gets rated
02 Feb 2011 KiwiSaver compulsion not recommended ‘at this time’ - SWG
02 Feb 2011 RaboDirect lone active bank in quiet term market
01 Feb 2011 September OCR increase more likely
01 Feb 2011 One down (almost), two to go at ISI
01 Feb 2011 Westpac has new head of wealth management
01 Feb 2011 Tax changes ‘essential' to remove investment property bias - SWG
January 2011
31 Jan 2011 Caution remains the watchword for property - ANZ
28 Jan 2011 A bit of reality about perceptions
28 Jan 2011 Advisers risk going out of business
27 Jan 2011 OCR on hold till growth and inflation increase
27 Jan 2011 Housing market unlikely to be able to withstand rate rises
27 Jan 2011 Bollard keeps interest rates on hold
27 Jan 2011 OCR unchanged at 3%
27 Jan 2011 Increase in retirement age inevitable: ISI
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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