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January 2020
22 Jan 2020 Newpark sets up support team
22 Jan 2020 Trade Me sells LifeDirect to adviser
22 Jan 2020 Govt moves to fix pension 'unfairness'
22 Jan 2020 NZ equity returns for the next decade?
21 Jan 2020 Resilient NZ market an attractive harbour for nervous investors
21 Jan 2020 Financial Advice NZ: Research unfair
21 Jan 2020 BlackRock coal move part of bigger shift
21 Jan 2020 Threat to assault ends problem tenancy
21 Jan 2020 Low equity premiums: unfair and dishonest?
21 Jan 2020 Banks criticised over low equity premiums
21 Jan 2020 5 trends to include in your advice service planning
21 Jan 2020 PAA: GST return delayed wind-up
20 Jan 2020 NZ shares fall as Gentrack paints grim earnings outlook
20 Jan 2020 [OPINION] Turbulent year ahead
20 Jan 2020 Conrad Funds Management gains $100 million funding line
20 Jan 2020 KiwiSaver and social responsibility
20 Jan 2020 CFML secures $100 million funding line from Westpac
20 Jan 2020 Female advisers put off by boozy networking
18 Jan 2020 David Whyte's 5 predictions for 2020
17 Jan 2020 NZ shares extend strong start to 2020 as blue chips gain
17 Jan 2020 Property market predictions
17 Jan 2020 Call for apartment law reform petition support
17 Jan 2020 The cost of getting it wrong
16 Jan 2020 Investors regain confidence in utilities
16 Jan 2020 Highest sales in December for three years
16 Jan 2020 New home equity release player coming
16 Jan 2020 New home equity release player; What happened to PAA's $2 mill?
16 Jan 2020 What's happened to the $2mill from PAA's holiday homes?
15 Jan 2020 Sharemarket hits record as investors eye US-China trade deal
15 Jan 2020 First profit forecast for Stewart's Retirement Income Group; Plus new products
14 Jan 2020 NZ shares join global rally as upcoming US-China trade buoys investors
14 Jan 2020 Time for banks to change servicing tests
14 Jan 2020 Advisers hope for servicing test changes in 2020
13 Jan 2020 What have eggs, baskets, advice and the 'missing middle' got in common?
13 Jan 2020 NZ shares follow soft Wall St lead
13 Jan 2020 Fisher Funds distribution head moves on
13 Jan 2020 Small banks on FAPs; Your thoughts on low-equity fees
13 Jan 2020 Evidence needed to support Tribunal claims
13 Jan 2020 Newpark hits 150 adviser milestone
13 Jan 2020 Licence applications still slow to roll in
10 Jan 2020 [The Wrap] Five predictions for 2020
10 Jan 2020 NZ blue-chips lead market higher
10 Jan 2020 Small banks stall on licensing
10 Jan 2020 Kōura: People see advice and KiwiSaver as distinct
09 Jan 2020 Heavyweights drag sharemarket down
09 Jan 2020 Partners growing while other insurers deal with issues
09 Jan 2020 Opportunities for the year ahead
09 Jan 2020 Proptech the future for commercial investment
09 Jan 2020 Change coming for KiwiSaver advice
08 Jan 2020 Iranian missiles bring market down; Burger Fuel serves last burger in Iraq
08 Jan 2020 Auckland housing market is back
08 Jan 2020 Letter helps adviser deflect complaint
08 Jan 2020 [COMMENT] Non-bank sector growth is an opportunity for advisers: Prospa
07 Jan 2020 Yield plays remain attractive to investors
07 Jan 2020 Nominations sought for MACs
06 Jan 2020 NZ shares shrug off Middle East tensions; Infratil gains
06 Jan 2020 Book excerpt: Financial Freedom - 5 Steps 5 Years
06 Jan 2020 Don't hold your breath for life insurance reform
05 Jan 2020 Advisers told to take action
03 Jan 2020 COMMENT: What lies ahead in 2020?
01 Jan 2020 NZX50 rounds out 30% gain in 2019
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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