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March 2021
31 Mar 2021 Shares rise as tough quarter ends
31 Mar 2021 ASB chairman to take a walk
31 Mar 2021 Concerns over valuation turnarounds; Bluestone bolsters Auckland presence
31 Mar 2021 Bluestone bolsters Auckland presence
31 Mar 2021 Concern over valuation turnarounds
31 Mar 2021 Cybercrime rise: Advisers need to be on guard
30 Mar 2021 Auckland Airport takes off; NZ shares gain
30 Mar 2021 Persistent failure to lodge bonds: First ever court case
30 Mar 2021 Insurance professionals get time to shine
30 Mar 2021 Sharp drop in building consents
30 Mar 2021 Cigna retains strong AM Best financial rating
30 Mar 2021 BNZ keeps lending tight amid turnaround struggle
30 Mar 2021 New FSPR reporting: What you need to know
29 Mar 2021 Serko cracks $7 as NZ shares rise
29 Mar 2021 BNZ keeps lending tight amid turnaround struggle
29 Mar 2021 Cigna retains high Financial Strength Rating
29 Mar 2021 Housing market on war footing
29 Mar 2021 How housing reforms could impact interest rates
29 Mar 2021 Hot in the Hutt
29 Mar 2021 How housing reforms could impact interest rates
29 Mar 2021 Manager takes a bet on cryptocurrency
26 Mar 2021 NZ shares finish week 1% lower
26 Mar 2021 Craigs Investment Partners’ CEO calling it a day
26 Mar 2021 AIA adds more benefits to Vitality; Changes Airpoints
26 Mar 2021 Wealthpoints adds expanded general insurance offering
26 Mar 2021 Mint NZ SRI fund now accessible to retail clients
26 Mar 2021 Big banks weigh affordability changes
26 Mar 2021 Big banks weigh affordability changes
26 Mar 2021 War of words over nukes
25 Mar 2021 Property stocks attract attention
25 Mar 2021 The year for property politicking
25 Mar 2021 ANZ reviews investor lending; Westpac NZ sale process
25 Mar 2021 ANZ reviews investor lending amid reforms
25 Mar 2021 Westpac confirms NZ sale process
25 Mar 2021 PI relief for small advice firm
24 Mar 2021 COMMENT: The good, the bad and the ugly
24 Mar 2021 Retirement stocks fall on housing policy
24 Mar 2021 Westpac Group weighs NZ sale
24 Mar 2021 Pathfinder first carbon-neutral KiwiSaver
24 Mar 2021 Mortgage Express Wairarapa appointment
24 Mar 2021 Advisers slam housing reforms; Westpac censured by Reserve Bank
24 Mar 2021 Advisers slam housing market reforms
24 Mar 2021 Trust tax disclosure changes: What advisers need to know
24 Mar 2021 Westpac censured by Reserve Bank over governance
23 Mar 2021 Pushpay shares surge as new investor buys cornerstone
23 Mar 2021 Scrapping tax deductibility not the way to go
23 Mar 2021 Policy ‘not rooted in reality’
23 Mar 2021 Challenging times ahead for investors: Westpac
23 Mar 2021 Years before changes make any difference
23 Mar 2021 Govt whacks property investors
23 Mar 2021 Government announces investor clampdown
23 Mar 2021 Government unveils investor clampdown
23 Mar 2021 Interest-only lending changes loom
23 Mar 2021 Wealthpoint adds general insurance to help advisers grow their businesses
22 Mar 2021 Client servicing is a big issue under the new rules
22 Mar 2021 Electricity stocks shed $42m of value
22 Mar 2021 Getting cross over Cancer cover
22 Mar 2021 Shuffling the top deck at Fidelity Life
22 Mar 2021 Fixing still in borrowers best interests
22 Mar 2021 Former NZ Super Fund employee to review fund
22 Mar 2021 Focus on commission disclosure, Mike Pero Mortgages changes
22 Mar 2021 Focus on commission disclosure
22 Mar 2021 Mike Pero recruits new advisers
20 Mar 2021 Investors could be bitten hard this year
19 Mar 2021 NZ shares rise as index funds rebalance
19 Mar 2021 James Greig to lead FMA monitoring of new regime
19 Mar 2021 Fidelity aims for sustainable commission structure
19 Mar 2021 Hunter Investment Management positioned for growth with new hire
19 Mar 2021 Long term rate time?; New mortgage lender; Loan Market hires
19 Mar 2021 Are long-term rates the best bet?
19 Mar 2021 New mortgage lender for developers
19 Mar 2021 Tenant’s hardship brings up legal issues
19 Mar 2021 New path forged: Alvarium and Pathfinder merge
18 Mar 2021 Investors ignore weak GDP data
18 Mar 2021 Alvarium bring two directors on board
18 Mar 2021 Fund opens housing development options
18 Mar 2021 Tenancy terminated after house empty for a year
18 Mar 2021 Disclosure warning as new regulations come into effect
18 Mar 2021 New hires at Loan Market
18 Mar 2021 The Kiwi Adviser Network launches; January lending boom
18 Mar 2021 The Kiwi Adviser Network launches
18 Mar 2021 Boom: 88 KiwiSaver funds invested in nukes
17 Mar 2021 SNAP: Five day rally ends
17 Mar 2021 Record lending in January: Reserve Bank data shows
17 Mar 2021 Hawkes Bay Financial Adviser Brad MacDonald joins Plus4
17 Mar 2021 Will LVRs have a significant impact?
17 Mar 2021 New adviser laws create opportunities
17 Mar 2021 FMA chief executive resigns
17 Mar 2021 Q&A: The Kiwi Adviser Network
16 Mar 2021 NZ shares rise for fifth day straight
16 Mar 2021 Meteoric market to continue until mid-year
16 Mar 2021 Better research wanted for privacy probe into landlords
16 Mar 2021 Harassment ends with substantial damages award
16 Mar 2021 Thoughts on the new regime
16 Mar 2021 Swings and roundabouts of new regime
15 Mar 2021 Shares surge on Infratil's $3b Tilt sale
15 Mar 2021 Shanks: What is next for financial advisers?
15 Mar 2021 Advisers welcome new regime
15 Mar 2021 FMA welcomes advisers to new regime
15 Mar 2021 Minister Clark welcomes FSLAA with nod of confidence to the industry
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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