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February 2019
22 Feb 2019 Tax suggestions: 'I sigh deeply'
22 Feb 2019 Aussie new insurance business falls after commission capped
21 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain; A2 hits new record, F&P climbs on patent deal
21 Feb 2019 Investing: Don’t forget about the cycle
21 Feb 2019 Outrage over CGT recommendation
21 Feb 2019 Mortgage advisers respond to CGT proposal; What do you think?
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on assets 'fairer'
21 Feb 2019 Advisers play down capital gains impact
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on the cards
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on the cards
21 Feb 2019 Servicing adviser should get trail
21 Feb 2019 Claim associations silent as advisers become casualties
20 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain; A2 jumps to 12-month high as earnings outperform
20 Feb 2019 Unprecedented scrutiny on bank conduct: Kiwibank CEO
20 Feb 2019 Responsible investing extends beyond a green label
20 Feb 2019 Strategi Group brings Bell on as CEO
20 Feb 2019 Investors given Disclose insight
20 Feb 2019 NZX refocuses, heralds wealth growth
19 Feb 2019 A2 downgraded on eve of earnings, Heartland misses expectations
19 Feb 2019 Finalists in fund awards announced
19 Feb 2019 How long
19 Feb 2019 AIA extends Airpoints offer
19 Feb 2019 War over capital gains tax begins
19 Feb 2019 Reverse mortgage opportunity for advisers: Heartland
19 Feb 2019 Concerns KiwiSaver bill could be stopped
18 Feb 2019 Sovereign rating reaffirmed
18 Feb 2019 NZ shares subdued as China trade tensions weigh; Sky TV falls
18 Feb 2019 CFP numbers swell worldwide
18 Feb 2019 Claims hit nib's bottom line
18 Feb 2019 The DIY landlords
18 Feb 2019 Rough start to the year
18 Feb 2019 TSB takes new approach
18 Feb 2019 Mortgage price war heats up with TSB
18 Feb 2019 Mercer appoints investment boss
18 Feb 2019 Adviser training institutes positive about education shake-up
18 Feb 2019 FSC conference launched
15 Feb 2019 A2 and Fisher & Paykel lead NZX down on China fears
15 Feb 2019 Adviser moves to JMI
15 Feb 2019 [The Wrap] It's time for industry leaders to step up and support advisers
15 Feb 2019 NZX reports profit
15 Feb 2019 A good time to buy?
15 Feb 2019 Insurance report to hurt mortgage advisers: Newpark
15 Feb 2019 AMP profit slashed by Aussie scandals
14 Feb 2019 Six day run of gains ends on sharemarket
14 Feb 2019 Regulators 'may misunderstand' legacy products
14 Feb 2019 Asteron: Working closely with regulators
14 Feb 2019 Key RBNZ changes edge closer
14 Feb 2019 OCR Wrap; Franchise for sale; PM stands up for advisers
14 Feb 2019 Auckland prices at 35 month low
14 Feb 2019 AMP puts off listing
14 Feb 2019 Is FSC taking adviser mantle?
13 Feb 2019 NZ shares join global rally on US-China trade optmism; SkyCity falls
13 Feb 2019 OCR could go up or down in 2021: RBNZ Governor
13 Feb 2019 OCR decision: Here's what the Reserve Bank said
13 Feb 2019 First OCR decision of the year: Unchanged
13 Feb 2019 Australian PM defends advisers
13 Feb 2019 KPMG says mortgage rates could rise, even though banks make record profits
13 Feb 2019 Song of subdued values remains the same
13 Feb 2019 Record profit for banks, but mortgage rates could rise: KPMG
13 Feb 2019 Sum-insured remuneration model progressed
13 Feb 2019 NZ fund managers better positioned than Australian: Researcher
12 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as power companies Meridian, Genesis, Mercury buoyed by low rate outlook
12 Feb 2019 No let-up in affordability issues
12 Feb 2019 COMMENT: Ring-fencing rules could mean 116,000 less rentals
12 Feb 2019 Volatility in the markets is an investor's friend
12 Feb 2019 AFA offers digital KiwiSaver solution
12 Feb 2019 Augmented reality research app launched
11 Feb 2019 Contact kicks off earnings season on a bright note
11 Feb 2019 How you get paid
11 Feb 2019 Some rates up, some down; What to expect from the Reserve Bank this week
11 Feb 2019 Westpac: OCR to hold until 2022
11 Feb 2019 Confidence in rental property at 4 year low
11 Feb 2019 Confidence falls
11 Feb 2019 Pathfinder sells half its business
08 Feb 2019 All quiet on NZ sharemarket ahead of earnings season
08 Feb 2019 HSBC drops rates to 3.95%
08 Feb 2019 OCR Preview: caution expected from the Reserve Bank
08 Feb 2019 Advisers stepping in where Govt scheme lacking
08 Feb 2019 Advisers taking lead on complaints processes
08 Feb 2019 Long-time adviser loses battle with leukemia
07 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as prospect of rate cut stokes demand for yield stocks
07 Feb 2019 Altered landscape for investors
07 Feb 2019 AMP rings changes
07 Feb 2019 How Australia’s Royal Commission could affect NZ investors
07 Feb 2019 Level premiums for life among Asteron changes
07 Feb 2019 Bull market's last charge
05 Feb 2019 Bank shares rally after let off from Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 FE faces rating downgrade
05 Feb 2019 NZ advisers hit out at Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 Harbour's View: What the Australian Royal Commission means for the industry
05 Feb 2019 Australia to ban trail commission
05 Feb 2019 RBNZ banking rules shaping credit markets
05 Feb 2019 Super City sales up, prices down
05 Feb 2019 Trustees Executors appointment affirms private wealth commitment
05 Feb 2019 What do you think about the Royal Commission report? One rate change
05 Feb 2019 Royal Commission slams Australian banks
04 Feb 2019 Royal Commission calls for adviser remuneration overhaul
04 Feb 2019 Australian banking report spooks investors
04 Feb 2019 KiwiSaver funds suffer under market volatility
04 Feb 2019 From ANZ to BNZ
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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.
2 weeks 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