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January 2025
16 Jan 2025 Retail investors seeking US exposure as confidence returns
15 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket lifts off after Auckland Airport numbers
15 Jan 2025 Outlook for 2025: How about no landing?
15 Jan 2025 What's the best mortgage rate strategy for 2025?
15 Jan 2025 To fix or not to fix: Mortgage rate decisions a key theme for 2025
15 Jan 2025 Borrowers turn to short term mortgage rates in droves
15 Jan 2025 Don’t bet on house prices rising faster than incomes
14 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket up on economic recovery news
14 Jan 2025 New non-bank deposit taker to court advisor networks
13 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket starts week down 0.5%
13 Jan 2025 Chubb Life appoints chief actuary
13 Jan 2025 FMA tests legal waters on eligible investor exclusion
13 Jan 2025 Challenger focuses on expanding non-bank mortgage loan servicing
13 Jan 2025 Challenger looks to expansion of servicing non-bank mortgage loans
10 Jan 2025 Market ends week down but Briscoe shares up despite lower earnings guidance
10 Jan 2025 Similar Price Growth
10 Jan 2025 Simple still best amid growing investment literacy
09 Jan 2025 NZ market remains in ‘limbo’ ahead of Trump‘s second term
08 Jan 2025 Sharron Botica leaves AIA
08 Jan 2025 Bill strikes a fair balance between landlords and tenants
08 Jan 2025 New life insurance company coming
08 Jan 2025 Bank resourcing should have been a ComCom recommendation
07 Jan 2025 NZX dips despite US tech rally
07 Jan 2025 HNY. Bluestone's book sold
07 Jan 2025 Bluestone’s mortgage book sold
06 Jan 2025 Second trading day on NZX flat for 2025
06 Jan 2025 Second trading day on NZX flat for 2025
03 Jan 2025 Market gets off to a slow start for 2025
01 Jan 2025 [TMM Podcast] Opportunities and risks in the housing market
December 2024
31 Dec 2024 NZX down on final day — but 2024 a good year overall
30 Dec 2024 Contact Energy soars in post-Christmas Santa rally
30 Dec 2024 Year in Review: New bosses; New player; Lots of action
30 Dec 2024 [OPINION] Is the risk industry at risk?
27 Dec 2024 Santa rally brings magic to markets
27 Dec 2024 Evidence-based strategies propel Consilium funds above $1 billion
24 Dec 2024 Light pre-Christmas trading for NZ sharemarket
21 Dec 2024 [The Wrap] The year that was - and what may happen next year
21 Dec 2024 Last AM Update for the year
20 Dec 2024 Busy day on sharemarket; Good weekly end
20 Dec 2024 [UPDATED] Despite a warning InvestNow is alleged to have beached AML laws
20 Dec 2024 Craigs sells half stake to US private equity firm
20 Dec 2024 Saving borrowers money
19 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls nearly 1% on recession news
19 Dec 2024 Pathfinder clarifies ethical investment exceptions after censure
19 Dec 2024 Interest rates with a four in front not far away – Squirrel
18 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls, Hallenstein Glasson jumps
18 Dec 2024 The good guys get told off
18 Dec 2024 DTIs will start affecting borrowers by the middle of 2025
18 Dec 2024 DTIs will start affecting borrowers by the middle of next year
18 Dec 2024 Advice industry needs “agents of change” to shift the impact needle
17 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket electrified by Mercury to 0.9% rise
17 Dec 2024 Lower mortgage rates not a one way street; CFML rates change
17 Dec 2024 “Heartbreaking” hardship applications a challenge for KiwiSaver providers
17 Dec 2024 Lower mortgage rates not a one way street
16 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.3% ahead of HYEFU
16 Dec 2024 [Opinion] Shooting of US health insurance CEO thoughts
16 Dec 2024 [GRTV] RI practice now ingrained but greenwashing a major concern says RIAA
16 Dec 2024 Mortgage borrowers better off; Advice Link gears up for growth
16 Dec 2024 New clients demonstrate strong confidence in NZX wealth technologies
16 Dec 2024 Advice Link gears up for growth
16 Dec 2024 Mortgage borrowers better off by $9,000 on average
13 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket claws back to end the week up 0.5%
13 Dec 2024 New sandbox for fintechs to play in
13 Dec 2024 Competition is real - ANZ
13 Dec 2024 FMA investigating three potential greenwashing cases
12 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket continues sliding, down 0.5%
12 Dec 2024 Partners exits Adviser Support Programme
12 Dec 2024 Harbour Investment Outlook: Let the good times roll
12 Dec 2024 [Opinion] More on a FSCL decision – issues for advisers to consider
12 Dec 2024 Complaints processes and the rules can be two different things
11 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.3% after three falls
11 Dec 2024 Resolution Life swallowed up by Nippon Life; What does it mean for the Asteron sale?
11 Dec 2024 Meaningful difference seen as coming from Kiwibank’s capital raise; Profit for specialist lenders falls again
11 Dec 2024 Meaningful difference seen as coming from Kiwibank’s capital raise
11 Dec 2024 KPMG calls for access to ESAS for specialist lenders
11 Dec 2024 Profit for specialist lenders falls again
10 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket declines as investors run out of puff
10 Dec 2024 Animal spirits
10 Dec 2024 No deal between ANZ Investments and Mercer
10 Dec 2024 Life Insurer of the Year Achieves 97% claims payout rate
10 Dec 2024 Tax settings tweak could help grow local ETFs
10 Dec 2024 Partners nabs CFO from competitor
10 Dec 2024 A big day for banking
10 Dec 2024 Govt greenlights Kiwibank raising $500m ahead of eventual float
09 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket: 'more falls than rises' as Auckland airport dominates trading
09 Dec 2024 Market maturity barrier to ETF growth in NZ
09 Dec 2024 Huge pile of mortgage money on short terms as borrowers wait for interest rate drops; SBS and Kiwibank rates change
09 Dec 2024 ANZ gets new CEO
09 Dec 2024 Huge pile of mortgage money on short terms as borrowers wait for interest rate drops
07 Dec 2024 [TMM] Your Weekend Read
07 Dec 2024 SMEs gearing up for silly season
06 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket declined almost 2% this week
06 Dec 2024 Loan Market launches mental health initiative
05 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket flat as Auckland Airport share sales take off
05 Dec 2024 Booster's Savvy gets international recognition
05 Dec 2024 Bank of mum and dad alive and well; Danger OCR might need to be hiked in 2026
05 Dec 2024 Advisors must take note of supervisor guidelines on AML/CFT
05 Dec 2024 Bank of mum and dad alive and well
04 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls 1.5% as investors look get cash for Auckland airport shares
04 Dec 2024 Jackson's new short term lending option
Latest News
Pie Funds enters adviser channel
Pie Funds enters adviser channel
3 min read
KiwiSaver members need more advice at retirement, panellists say
KiwiSaver members need more advice at retirement, panellists say
3 min read
Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
9 min read
Second funds management firm sold today
Second funds management firm sold today
3 min read
Latest Comments
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
Thank you Backstage. Look beyond just the structure/s. Currently, both employee and employer's contribution are taxed. So, even if I add a 3rd option - $100k salary of which $12k deducted for KS and no employer contribution. It made no difference financially whether it is option a, b or c, assuming law says $12k of the $100k pay package must go to KS. It will make a difference if a new tax law says, employer's contribution is tax free, then option "a" is a no brainer.
2 weeks ago W K
Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
Thank you Simon for such a substantial and thought-provoking piece. You write that “the CoFI law creates the potential for the FMA to influence the supply of financial products and services, not just conduct in relation to such supply”, to which I would offer two replies: Yes; and About Time. Your piece (and also your submission on the draft Fair Outcomes Guide) do suggest a preference for Rational Choice Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. The problems with this being: Humans are not ideally-rational agents, and even if they were, the market is problematically inefficient. The latter is by design, by and for the benefit of the financial institutions. Informational asymmetries mean that consumers often don’t/can’t obtain the information they need to make an informed choice about whether to acquire, retain, or dispose of a financial advice product. (Good luck finding out the actual/modelled loss ratio on optional benefit x on product y.) Extending conduct requirements/expectations beyond supply, into areas such as design and pricing over the full life cycle of products and service offered, should help rebalance the scales. I agree with you when you write: “What is “fair” is inherently vague and contestable.” It doesn’t follow that it is unsuitable. Financial services law is full of such terms: “reasonable,” “care,” “diligence,” and “skill” immediately spring to mind. “Unusually large transaction” and “unusual pattern of transactions” from 22(1)(c) of the AML/CFT Act are vague, and currently subject to contest in FMA v InvestNow. Finally, I agree that more FADC cases would be helpful. Also helpful would be more details from enforcement cases the FMA has taken over the years. For example: Where a FAP was found to have breached the Record Keeping standard condition, provide a couple of (suitably redacted) examples of deficient files, along with explanatory commentary. If your files look like that, then do better.
2 weeks ago Paul Flood
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
@WK agree with your summary and Murray, "exactly". Im a little confused about the statement, total rem has got to go? Even more confused by am mentat... blatant wage theft? Confused about young people not thinking about retirement or insurance? I have had the unfortunate experience at times working for multi national insurance companies and I do not recall them trying to get their mits on my wages, when did this happen? For centuries young people have not been able to picture themselves retired or believe that they will be multi-millionaires by this time. By the way, i bet they have a bank account. Hopefully am mentat works it out or, if he is a prosperous employer just continues to give give give to his employees with wild abandon and continues to cheer on any political parties that place more financial burdens on small business where generally the owner has risked all to try and get ahead. Employing people and helping in this way to provide for there families also.
2 weeks ago Darryl Scott
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...
2 weeks 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.
2 weeks ago Ross Alexander