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February 2016
22 Feb 2016 Harmoney arrears increase
22 Feb 2016 Flat six months for Kiwibank
22 Feb 2016 Managers move away from alternatives
22 Feb 2016 nib to focus on growing group business
22 Feb 2016 Rent loss set to drop
22 Feb 2016 FMA: Conflict not a problem
22 Feb 2016 FSC and WSNZ told to grab opportunity
22 Feb 2016 Stepping into development
21 Feb 2016 AMP plans no premium increases this year
19 Feb 2016 Rate increase
19 Feb 2016 All clear for state house sales
19 Feb 2016 Partners quits HFANZ
19 Feb 2016 Entity licensing could be detrimental to insurance advice
19 Feb 2016 Lack of disciplinary action shows advisers performing
18 Feb 2016 Tenancy debt level to improve
18 Feb 2016 Zoning debate forces Council meeting
18 Feb 2016 Call to beef up proposed rental standards
18 Feb 2016 AMP lifts profit as cashflows soar more than 60%
18 Feb 2016 Lifestyle matters for banks
18 Feb 2016 More than just ability to pay matters
18 Feb 2016 Proposed code changes welcomed
18 Feb 2016 FMA offers advisers tools
18 Feb 2016 How low can interest rates go?
17 Feb 2016 HSBC offers lowest home loan rate in over 50 years
17 Feb 2016 Inflation expectations fall sharply
17 Feb 2016 Property Council slams SuperCity councillors
17 Feb 2016 AML compliance improves, despite three warnings
17 Feb 2016 Single association would have more clout: Dodds
17 Feb 2016 Returns reality different to perception
16 Feb 2016 Politicking bad for supply shortage
16 Feb 2016 ASB drops low-equity fee
16 Feb 2016 The advice gap
16 Feb 2016 Slow growth expected
16 Feb 2016 Dropping rates should boost slow growth
16 Feb 2016 Industry ponders role of FSC
15 Feb 2016 AML obligations missed
15 Feb 2016 FSC boss quits
15 Feb 2016 Auckland market hotspots
15 Feb 2016 Lower mortgage rates expected
15 Feb 2016 Struggle street to property baron
15 Feb 2016 Don't give professional bodies regulatory role: Committee
15 Feb 2016 Expect lower mortgage rates in six months: Stephens
12 Feb 2016 Battle lines drawn over Unitary Plan
12 Feb 2016 Squirrel looks for lots of nuts
12 Feb 2016 Harmoney signals need to change fees
12 Feb 2016 Peer cover a hard sell but new product planned
12 Feb 2016 Time to tackle issue of advice for less wealthy
11 Feb 2016 Tight listings compound slowdown
11 Feb 2016 Bolton looks to squirrel away investors' money
11 Feb 2016 Apartment market hits a plateau
11 Feb 2016 Record profit for ASB
11 Feb 2016 Forum attendees agree changes needed
10 Feb 2016 Payouts top $1.1 billion again
10 Feb 2016 ASB regains market share and sticks with commission model
10 Feb 2016 Intensification debate heats up
10 Feb 2016 ASB reports record half
10 Feb 2016 Tax could stifle housing development
10 Feb 2016 MBIE rates financial advice as a career
09 Feb 2016 Mint adds analyst to its team
09 Feb 2016 P2P investors told to get tax advice
09 Feb 2016 Milford passes $500m mark in KiwiSaver
09 Feb 2016 Decrease in Auckland values
09 Feb 2016 SBS cuts to remain competitive
09 Feb 2016 Should fund managers invest in their own funds?
09 Feb 2016 Banks cut cash PIEs to half OCR
09 Feb 2016 Banks cut cash PIEs to half OCR
09 Feb 2016 Sovereign holds on to market top spot
08 Feb 2016 ANZ changes platform
08 Feb 2016 ETFs phone home: a stellar year for Smartshares
05 Feb 2016 RAM investors return profits
05 Feb 2016 Evaluating active managers and Active Share
05 Feb 2016 China: Accepting the landing
05 Feb 2016 Forecasts not commitment - RBNZ
05 Feb 2016 Worry code changes slipping under radar
05 Feb 2016 New tax bad for housing development
05 Feb 2016 Finding the one
04 Feb 2016 Forecasts not commitment - RBNZ
04 Feb 2016 OCR cut outlook shifts
04 Feb 2016 RBNZ governor: Immediate cuts not the way to go
04 Feb 2016 Investors offered new way into equities
04 Feb 2016 Big drop in Auckland prices
03 Feb 2016 Flexibility key to RBNZ policy
03 Feb 2016 Record high prices in regions
03 Feb 2016 Auckland loses ground
03 Feb 2016 Retirement Income policy a month-by-month approach
03 Feb 2016 Harmoney switches to real-return reporting
03 Feb 2016 Sorted site redesigned
03 Feb 2016 Finding new ideas to refresh your marketing
02 Feb 2016 ASB launches KiwiSaver calculator
02 Feb 2016 FAA forums booked out
02 Feb 2016 Retirement income policy review terms tabled
02 Feb 2016 Finding new ideas help refresh your marketing
02 Feb 2016 Mike Pero gets new boss
02 Feb 2016 More apply for CFA status
02 Feb 2016 Compliance skills in demand
02 Feb 2016 No end in sight for shortage
01 Feb 2016 Former NZHL boss to head up Liberty
01 Feb 2016 AML360 recognised
01 Feb 2016 Mike Pero and Liberty get a new boss
01 Feb 2016 Kiwibank makes changes
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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