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May 2018
10 May 2018 What Orr said in his first OCR announcement [+AUDIO]
10 May 2018 Education clause 'used too expansively'
10 May 2018 Opportunity for independent advisers to shine
09 May 2018 100,000 ANZ customers under-charged interest
09 May 2018 Plus4 extends its presence in Southland
09 May 2018 Speak up on negative gearing changes
09 May 2018 NZ’s two speed market
09 May 2018 The Co-Op bank makes further cuts; Westpac update
09 May 2018 Protect advisers, select committee told
08 May 2018 NOtes
08 May 2018 [OPINION] What is the future for AMP?
08 May 2018 AMP fallout continues
08 May 2018 Investors staying, not going
08 May 2018 New way to do overseas trips
08 May 2018 Complaint laid over 'independence' claim
08 May 2018 Mu: Exciting future for advisers
07 May 2018 Open banking opportunity for mortgage advisers
07 May 2018 New chairman for AMP
07 May 2018 Tiny house big investment
07 May 2018 What's likely to be in this week's OCR announcement
07 May 2018 SiFA: Drop competence standards for nominated reps
04 May 2018 What the FMA said to banks
04 May 2018 All eyes on Orr in lead-up to OCR call
04 May 2018 AMP denies criminal offending
04 May 2018 Advisers: Extra benefits for clients welcome
04 May 2018 BNZ on mortgage advisers; Westpac cuts
04 May 2018 BNZ grows advisers flows but keeps them low
04 May 2018 Keep on top of maintenance issues
04 May 2018 Bank boss backs AFAs and says no to Royal Commission
04 May 2018 Stubbs, Bolton in charity drop
04 May 2018 FMA prompts bank disclosure change
03 May 2018 More choice for Auckland buyers
03 May 2018 The importance of advisers to ANZ
03 May 2018 Advisers account for bigger share of ANZ's home loans
03 May 2018 Heathcote adds a new Key Account Exec
03 May 2018 Call for KiwiSaver tax changes
02 May 2018 NZBA rejects Australia comparisons and pledges reforms
02 May 2018 CWG proposals doom independent advisers: Association
02 May 2018 ANZ's Hisco says no problems in NZ; FMA says prove it
02 May 2018 FMA: Show how you're different
02 May 2018 Values moderation ahead
02 May 2018 Enquiry not needed in NZ: ANZ boss
02 May 2018 Pressure creates bigger groups
02 May 2018 [OBITUARY] Farewell for the man with the 'formidable brain'
01 May 2018 Tough quarter for KiwiSaver
01 May 2018 nib is announcing a world of new benefits for your customers
01 May 2018 Lightening landlords’ workloads
01 May 2018 Investment horizon: The changing face of the New Zealand credit market
01 May 2018 Consents up but trend slowing
01 May 2018 ANZ posts half year cash profit of $941 mill
01 May 2018 AIA first insurer to offer Airpoints
01 May 2018 One up, one down at ANZ; Plus big profit jump
01 May 2018 Super City listings decline
April 2018
30 Apr 2018 Mortgage borrowing rise to be “short-lived”: Westpac
30 Apr 2018 Trustees Executors appoint new CEO
30 Apr 2018 Lifetime and Camelot join together
30 Apr 2018 ANZ looks to Blockchain as the single source of truth
30 Apr 2018 More heads roll at AMP
30 Apr 2018 A floating rate rises; New mortgage cover
30 Apr 2018 Deals in Christchurch City Centre
30 Apr 2018 New flavour for PIE
30 Apr 2018 Asteron Life launches flexible mortgage insurance
27 Apr 2018 Owner-occupier and investor lending jumps in March
27 Apr 2018 Apartments offer better deals
27 Apr 2018 Time for change is now
27 Apr 2018 The Code – issues for advisers (Part Three)
27 Apr 2018 Performance fee questioned
26 Apr 2018 Industrial rents on the rise
26 Apr 2018 From university to FMA
26 Apr 2018 Important update for mortgage advisers
26 Apr 2018 New CEO for Kiwibank
26 Apr 2018 Scope versus advice
26 Apr 2018 An enquiry? Careful what you wish for
24 Apr 2018 Tax policy could heighten rental crisis
24 Apr 2018 Migration trend continues to ease
24 Apr 2018 Advisers invited to join Financial Advice NZ
24 Apr 2018 The Code – Issues for advisers (Part Two)
23 Apr 2018 Good catch for Fishers
23 Apr 2018 Mixed sustainability report card for NZ
23 Apr 2018 Advisers need to lift their game to help clients
23 Apr 2018 Making the switch
23 Apr 2018 [Opinion] The future of advice is at risk
23 Apr 2018 Kiwibank slashes rates
23 Apr 2018 New rules for term deposits
22 Apr 2018 nib adds free travel insurance
20 Apr 2018 RBNZ changes its mind on LVRs
20 Apr 2018 LVR a “permanent tool”: RBNZ Governor
20 Apr 2018 Time to tackle asbestos
20 Apr 2018 Heads roll at AMP Australia
20 Apr 2018 Property investors returning; Degrees for mortgage brokers
20 Apr 2018 Degree 'not the answer to industry's problems'
19 Apr 2018 FMA probes performance fees
19 Apr 2018 Property investors “bounce back” in February: ANZ
19 Apr 2018 Tenant damage liability changes unfair
19 Apr 2018 Rate cuts; Old, new face returns to the industry
19 Apr 2018 Faafoi considering complaints
19 Apr 2018 Sovereign makes product changes
18 Apr 2018 Colonial First State set for IPO
18 Apr 2018 LifeDirect taps into Hugo
18 Apr 2018 Mortgage People founders launch online brokerage
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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