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May 2020
07 May 2020 Market enters unknown waters
07 May 2020 Displays of emotional intelligence from advisers is more likely to earn trust than digital literacy
07 May 2020 MDRT waives production requirements
07 May 2020 INVITE: Partners Life mini-conference
06 May 2020 Pandemic will reset all markets, economist says
06 May 2020 Capital investor calls for commercial rates moratorium
06 May 2020 NZ shares rise as Pushpay climbs to new heights
06 May 2020 Judge keeps Ross ponzi class action alive
06 May 2020 What does the future hold for oil?
06 May 2020 Housing market will take two years to recover
06 May 2020 Insurance adviser conduct obligations
06 May 2020 Housing market will take two years to recover
06 May 2020 MPs prefer super savings and property
06 May 2020 Market enters unknown waters
05 May 2020 Investors find hope in a trans-Tasman bubble
05 May 2020 Uncertain future for commercial development
05 May 2020 Familiar face moves into general insurance
05 May 2020 Westpac expects loan impairments; New record low mortgage
05 May 2020 SiFA: CoFI needs complete rewrite
04 May 2020 Whineray takes a pay cut
04 May 2020 Dealer groups should strengthen: AIA
04 May 2020 NZ shares rise in late rally as blue chips gain
04 May 2020 Contactless solution for rental viewings
04 May 2020 New record low mortgage rate at 2.8%
04 May 2020 Sharecare tackles lockdown strife
04 May 2020 SuperCity sales fall 50% in lockdown
04 May 2020 Westpac loan impairments soar to $211 million
04 May 2020 NZ Funds adds to investment expertise
04 May 2020 End of LVR rules: advisers react
04 May 2020 [The Wrap] Lockdown low down (have advisers taken their own advice?)
04 May 2020 End of LVR rules: advisers react
02 May 2020 FMA outlines Covid-19 expectations
02 May 2020 NZ Funds cuts ties with Morningstar
01 May 2020 Investor fatigue sets in after April rally
01 May 2020 Majority of MPs qualify as property investors
01 May 2020 Insurance FAQs for uncertain times
01 May 2020 Advisers inch closer to writing 50% of ANZ's loans
01 May 2020 Have your say and be in to win; Advisers write more and more ANZ loans
01 May 2020 The active passive debate continues ...
April 2020
30 Apr 2020 Tech adoption a pandemic positive: Hill
30 Apr 2020 NZ market a better performer in slump: Morningstar
30 Apr 2020 Kloogh gets sentencing date
30 Apr 2020 Reserve Bank ends LVR restrictions
30 Apr 2020 Investors cash in April's gains' NZX down
30 Apr 2020 Reserve Bank ends LVR restrictions
30 Apr 2020 Govt considers commercial rent relief solutions
30 Apr 2020 Insurers weigh up pandemic impact
30 Apr 2020 Covid-19 could strike REITs a hard blow
30 Apr 2020 Lending strong – before lockdown
29 Apr 2020 NZ market still not 'tempting'
29 Apr 2020 NZX drops after rally; Property stocks sold down
29 Apr 2020 Lending strong – before lockdown
29 Apr 2020 What alert level three means for landlords
29 Apr 2020 Non-banks see surge in demand
29 Apr 2020 Non-banks see surge in demand
28 Apr 2020 New Zealand 'below average' for investors, Morningstar says
28 Apr 2020 Shares rise as investors anticipate swift move to level 2
28 Apr 2020 NZFSG CEO predicts a post-Covid market; OCR to fall below zero?; Westpac rate cuts
28 Apr 2020 NZFSG CEO's predictions for a post-Covid-19 market
28 Apr 2020 Pricing strategy – choices and their meanings
28 Apr 2020 Could the OCR drop below 0%?
28 Apr 2020 Where do stock markets go from here?
27 Apr 2020 Here's when Partners Life will check in on you
26 Apr 2020 Here's how you can operate at level three
24 Apr 2020 NZ shares fall as investors wait for economy to reopen
24 Apr 2020 [GRTV] Managing KiwiSaver in a pandemic
24 Apr 2020 Rating agency gives Partners the tick; Here's what it said
24 Apr 2020 KiwiSaver advice firm appoints investment lead
24 Apr 2020 House price drops are short-lived - Alexander
24 Apr 2020 How long will the housing market downturn last?
24 Apr 2020 House price drops are short-lived: Alexander
24 Apr 2020 AMP sale slows
23 Apr 2020 Advisers helping clients do better: AMP
23 Apr 2020 Scrutiny will go on fund managers' strategies, MJW says
23 Apr 2020 Topsy turvy market conditions continue; NZX snaps 3 day losing streak
23 Apr 2020 Accuro appoints chief executive
23 Apr 2020 Rental market showing signs of life again
23 Apr 2020 Private property viewings allowed under level three
23 Apr 2020 Private property viewings allowed under level three; Mortgage Link hires
23 Apr 2020 Private property viewings allowed under level three
22 Apr 2020 Tighter scrutiny needed on AML, advisers told
22 Apr 2020 NZ shares fall; oil price plunge weighs on Refining NZ
22 Apr 2020 New hires on board at Mortgage Link
22 Apr 2020 LVR rules to be scrapped: reaction
21 Apr 2020 Ballantyne: No more normal
21 Apr 2020 Oil crash spooks investors; NZ shares fall
21 Apr 2020 TAP provides a FAP business in a box
21 Apr 2020 Share your views on what Covid-19 means for investors
21 Apr 2020 Reserve Bank to scrap LVR restrictions
21 Apr 2020 Reserve Bank to scrap LVR restrictions
21 Apr 2020 Long lockdown for advisers
21 Apr 2020 Long lockdown for advisers
21 Apr 2020 Capital raises are coming – but will the price be right?
21 Apr 2020 Responsible managers claim a win
20 Apr 2020 Capitalise on Covid, advisers told
20 Apr 2020 NZ Funds picks up Partners software
20 Apr 2020 [The Wrap] Staying in tune during the lockdown
20 Apr 2020 Market turns on lockdown news
20 Apr 2020 NZPIF conference 2020 postponed
20 Apr 2020 COMMENT: The rental housing conundrum
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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