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January 2024
30 Jan 2024 Fisher's KiwiSaver FUM sluggish after Kiwi Wealth purchase
30 Jan 2024 Doubling down on OCR cuts being some way off; Investor lending falls to new lows
30 Jan 2024 Doubling down on OCR cuts being some way off
30 Jan 2024 I would do anything for life, but I won’t do that
30 Jan 2024 Investor lending falls to new lows
27 Jan 2024 How Succession planning worked for me
27 Jan 2024 Nominated beneficiaries and estate processes
26 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket ends week with healthy rise of over 1%
26 Jan 2024 Advisers to be beefed up on lending lines
26 Jan 2024 Gaming still bigger than Ben Hur
26 Jan 2024 Keep pension at 65, young ones might need it
25 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket treads water as US equities march up
25 Jan 2024 New Zealand inflation dragon not slain yet
25 Jan 2024 Inflation dragon not slain yet
25 Jan 2024 The tipsy-topsy world of recent KiwiSaver performance
24 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket edges up as inflation data released
24 Jan 2024 How to Change to a Digital KiwiSaver Advice Process
24 Jan 2024 It's a pimple on the backside of an elephant
24 Jan 2024 US rally boosts Sharesies retail sentiment defying usual Christmas jitters
24 Jan 2024 Non-bank lenders a pimple on the backside of the market
23 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket up 1% for the day
23 Jan 2024 BREAKING NEWS: RBNZ reveals DTI plans
23 Jan 2024 DTIs will have no significant impact on house prices immediately
23 Jan 2024 RBNZ gives details of new lending rules
23 Jan 2024 There is an immediate opportunity for streamlining by the banks
23 Jan 2024 SEC decision on bitcoin ETFs allows Vault to slash fees
22 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket shows positive signs after last week's lows
22 Jan 2024 CLAIM STORY: Successful claims changed lives – even for people who weren’t clients
22 Jan 2024 Banks could be better at streamlining processes
22 Jan 2024 nib gets new CFO
22 Jan 2024 [OPINION]SEC allows bitcoin ETFs but bitcoin still lacks intrinsic value
20 Jan 2024 The bird in the hand or two in the bush?
19 Jan 2024 Call on OCR cuts but no warning expected from RBNZ
19 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket down 1.6% for the week
19 Jan 2024 Westpac lowers rates; New home equity release product coming
19 Jan 2024 SEC approval of bitcoin ETFs makes crypto trading easier and more secure: Koura Wealth
18 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket dips for the fourth day in a row
18 Jan 2024 Avanti gets new CEO;DTIs on investment property don’t make sense
18 Jan 2024 DTIs on investment property don’t make sense
17 Jan 2024 a2 Milk rises as NZ sharemarket remains flat
17 Jan 2024 Avanti gets new CEO
17 Jan 2024 RBNZ to give early steer on economy; 5th annual TMM Better Business Conference
17 Jan 2024 RBNZ to give surprisingly early steer on economy
17 Jan 2024 Fin Advice NZ appoints new CEO
17 Jan 2024 [GRTV] Two main challenges see $3 billion annual premium opportunity go begging
16 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket inches into positive territory on flat trading
16 Jan 2024 OCR cuts - this year or next; ASB outlined five key risks of 2024
16 Jan 2024 Plenty of twists and turns to come
16 Jan 2024 AIA kicks off footie campaign
16 Jan 2024 OCR cuts - this year or next?
16 Jan 2024 Amplifi expects more $2m to $20m acquisitions
15 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket drifts down in holiday mode
15 Jan 2024 Defensive yield stocks provide best return: Forsyth Barr
15 Jan 2024 Lending deals heat up; Kiwibank and TSB rates change
15 Jan 2024 Lending deals heat up
15 Jan 2024 Lifetime springboards off $1b AUM
12 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket ends week in positive territory but volumes still light
12 Jan 2024 Faafoi steps into insurance CEO role
12 Jan 2024 SME FAP challenges can be overcome
11 Jan 2024 Late turnaround for New Zealand sharemarket
11 Jan 2024 FAP challenges can be overcome; Co-operative Bank Home Loan Rate change
10 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket fall reflects worried investors
10 Jan 2024 ASB says overall household debt servicing costs have yet to peak
10 Jan 2024 Increasing debt costs to hit budgets by $100 plus a week
09 Jan 2024 NZ shares gain as strong Summerset sales buoy retirement stocks
09 Jan 2024 Expect more economic carnage
08 Jan 2024 NZ shares fall as rate cut question weighs
08 Jan 2024 Amplifi Group managing director departs
08 Jan 2024 Does NZ really need DTIs?
08 Jan 2024 Uncertainty over DTI effects
08 Jan 2024 [GRTV] Tony Vidler: Advisers seek freedom in new world order
05 Jan 2024 NZ market peters out in slow start to year
05 Jan 2024 Late rally leaves market on positive note
05 Jan 2024 Bigger remit sees FMA numbers swell
04 Jan 2024 Simplicity starts year with a fee cut
03 Jan 2024 NZ sharemarket catches Wall Street’s New Year hangover
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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