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May 2004
02 May 2004 She's no landlady - she's his wife - Mary Holm
02 May 2004 House building at 28-year high
01 May 2004 Housing consents at 28-year high
April 2004
30 Apr 2004 Markets to become tougher
29 Apr 2004 Domestic inflation concerns prompt another rate increase
29 Apr 2004 OCR increased to 5.5%
29 Apr 2004 NC Newsletter - Non Conforming News Spot
29 Apr 2004 Mortgage brokers unfazed by OCR hike
29 Apr 2004 New bill has wide powers
29 Apr 2004 OCR increased to 5.5%
29 Apr 2004 Low-income earners to get boost
29 Apr 2004 Squatters to be 'millionaires'
29 Apr 2004 Taumarunui housing booming
29 Apr 2004 Axis stocks pocket for more buying
29 Apr 2004 Report warns TTP shareholders of SEA Holdings bid
29 Apr 2004 CDL seeks full control of property firm
29 Apr 2004 Accommodation supplement may be reviewed
29 Apr 2004 New bill has wide powers
28 Apr 2004 Guardian's Douglas has new role
28 Apr 2004 Retirement Commissioner welcomes removal of barriers for employers
28 Apr 2004 Liontamer Roadshow: New income fund planned
27 Apr 2004 Risk barometer to measure income returns
27 Apr 2004 Inflation starts to stir
27 Apr 2004 Liontamer Roadshow: New income fund planned
26 Apr 2004 Close call on rates
26 Apr 2004 Property boom gradually slowing, says Deutsche Bank
26 Apr 2004 Rate rise this week a close call
26 Apr 2004 Adviserlink Fundamentals & Processes
26 Apr 2004 Adviserlink Essentials of Mortgage Broking
26 Apr 2004 BT and Fisher lose NZIT mandates
26 Apr 2004 Former St Laurence ceo buys financial planning firm
26 Apr 2004 Liontamer Roadshow: New income fund planned
26 Apr 2004 Confidence is shares boosts investor sentiment
26 Apr 2004 Pulling clear of inflation
26 Apr 2004 Why risk and return go hand in glove - Mary Holm
26 Apr 2004 Mike Pero hits back at BNZ over ads
26 Apr 2004 BNZ ads compliment brokers: NZMBA
26 Apr 2004 Strata titles arrive in MDC Building on Broadway
26 Apr 2004 Property problems: Dealing with an agent who has undeclared links
26 Apr 2004 Australians property investors descend on Tokoroa
26 Apr 2004 Up for negotiation
26 Apr 2004 Twin city complex developers heartened
26 Apr 2004 Government pays $1.8m for natural gem in Nelson
26 Apr 2004 Westfield plans massive merger
26 Apr 2004 Purchase price a rip-off, say leaseholders
23 Apr 2004 BNZ ads compliment brokers: NZMBA
22 Apr 2004 Shooting stars and falling stars
22 Apr 2004 New ceo at Approved Mortgage Brokers
22 Apr 2004 AIA April Roadshow
22 Apr 2004 Absolute Capital appoints head of distribution
22 Apr 2004 News Round Up
22 Apr 2004 Morgan taking too hard a line in commissions: Matthews
21 Apr 2004 Tax freedom tipped to take longer
21 Apr 2004 AIA April Roadshow
21 Apr 2004 Officials argued against law change
20 Apr 2004 Lie given to housing slowdown notions
20 Apr 2004 Lie given to housing slowdown notions
20 Apr 2004 AIA April Roadshow
20 Apr 2004 Help Shape The Future
20 Apr 2004 Speaker Profile: Keith Abraham
20 Apr 2004 Speaker Profile: Ian Hutchinson
20 Apr 2004 NZ house sales and prices rebound in March
20 Apr 2004 Managed funds boast good returns for the year
20 Apr 2004 MDRT pays tribute to Fidelity's Watson
20 Apr 2004 Tauranga set to get new $8 million commercial property
20 Apr 2004 Modern Portfolio Theory: Investor Fundamentals
20 Apr 2004 Investor interest in Australian property fades
20 Apr 2004 Funds dazzle with returns over 20pc
20 Apr 2004 Learning about shares: Managed funds - the $40 billion question
20 Apr 2004 Agency rates NZ firms' returns
20 Apr 2004 Learning about shares: Few nasty surprises in fixed interest market
20 Apr 2004 Southern branches urged for shareholders' advocacy group
19 Apr 2004 Liontamer: Protecting your client’s investments
19 Apr 2004 Structuring portfolios for good returns
19 Apr 2004 Managed funds boast good returns for the year
19 Apr 2004 AIA April Roadshow
19 Apr 2004 Liontamer fund performance
19 Apr 2004 Adviserlink Investments & Risk Management
19 Apr 2004 Adviserlink Practice Management
19 Apr 2004 Rate falls shortlived
19 Apr 2004 IRD unveils solution to AUT issue
18 Apr 2004 Understanding Fund Performance
18 Apr 2004 Interest rate rise predicted
18 Apr 2004 Annoying taxes lurk in house deals - Mary Holm
18 Apr 2004 Profit rises 5.7pc for PFI
18 Apr 2004 Commercial developers short of Auckland land
18 Apr 2004 Property problems: Suspicious vendor has to prove bad faith
18 Apr 2004 Buoyant housing sector pushes CPI up in March quarter
18 Apr 2004 ARC votes to keep last year's rating system
18 Apr 2004 ARC head explains thinking behind rates system
18 Apr 2004 Rate falls shortlived
18 Apr 2004 IRD unveils solution to AUT issue
17 Apr 2004 65 and counting
17 Apr 2004 Sovereign appoints new national sales manager
16 Apr 2004 2004 MDRT Day
16 Apr 2004 A legal headache - Australia
16 Apr 2004 Gareth Morgan joins SIFA
15 Apr 2004 Strategic Finance makes two new appointments
15 Apr 2004 Gareth Morgan joins SIFA
15 Apr 2004 AMS cracks a billion
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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