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May 2026
22 May 2026 NZ First ‘KiwiSaver generation’ good policy – but will it happen?
21 May 2026 Infratil hits fresh high as Nvidia earnings spur gains across Asia
21 May 2026 Banks fail Consumer's sniff test
21 May 2026 Banks given the thumbs down by their customers
21 May 2026 FMA to look for new CEO
21 May 2026 Craigs continues push into the regions
20 May 2026 Koura increases KiwiSaver bitcoin exposure
20 May 2026 NZX50 sinks as investors clear the decks for Infratil’s Contact selldown
19 May 2026 NZX50 recovers as Trump’s pause eases Middle East fears
19 May 2026 Xceda adds an experienced business manager
18 May 2026 NZX50 sinks as rising bond yields send chill through equity markets
18 May 2026 What moving to New Zealand taught me about KiwiSaver
18 May 2026 Staying the Course: The Global Rebound in April (and well into May) is a Timely Reminder for Investors
17 May 2026 Making Investment Advice Easier for Clients to Understand
15 May 2026 NZX50 falls 1.6% this week as sour sentiment saps F&P Healthcare
15 May 2026 Some economists are calling for early OCR hikes
15 May 2026 Finbase adds ex-Westpac BDM to team
15 May 2026 New insurance comparison tool hits the market
15 May 2026 OCR increases should start sooner rather than later
15 May 2026 Advisers skipped in new sustainability guidance
14 May 2026 Air NZ tumbles to new low as fuel costs mount; NZX50 slides
14 May 2026 Is protecting retirement provision a life adviser’s duty? Part One
14 May 2026 Basecorp secures more funding
14 May 2026 Basecorp secures more funding
14 May 2026 Private markets value responsible investing, lack data, research finds
13 May 2026 NZX50 slides as Australian budget knocks banks
13 May 2026 Use Your Client Book to Fund Growth, Succession, and Acquisition
13 May 2026 AIA claims stats released; Heart claims high
13 May 2026 Macro Shocks and Micro Risks
12 May 2026 NZX50 stumbles as F&P Healthcare, Infratil weigh
12 May 2026 FHBs keep market moving; Meet Prospa's new BDMs
12 May 2026 New Prospa BDMs
12 May 2026 Call for change in way New Zealanders shown their retirement savings future
12 May 2026 Fidelity Life’s Career connect 2026 signals strong industry backing for future adviser talent
11 May 2026 Infratil rides the AI wave, leads NZX50 higher
11 May 2026 First home buyers continue leaping into the housing and mortgage markets
11 May 2026 AIA says new product adviser-driven
08 May 2026 NZX50 gains 1% this week as Infratil shines
08 May 2026 Banks splashed $100 million for little gain
08 May 2026 Banks spend big for little gain
08 May 2026 FNZ to build advice platform for FirstCape
07 May 2026 Infratil keeps charging as AI optimism persists, driving NZX50 higher
07 May 2026 Non-bank lending takes off
06 May 2026 Infratil powers NZX50 higher; kiwi rallies on jobs growth
06 May 2026 MAS turns to OMNIMax for advice solution
06 May 2026 New GM at Link
06 May 2026 Non-bank lending balloons
06 May 2026 Former Kiwi Wealth boss turns to advice
05 May 2026 NZX50 sinks as Gentrack tumbles on earnings downgrade; Mainfreight stumbles
05 May 2026 Avanti to grow its funds management business
05 May 2026 Advisers writing more Westpac loans
05 May 2026 Westpac accelerates home lending and adviser-originated loans
05 May 2026 Link gets its first general manager
04 May 2026 Freightways powers NZX50 through a2 Milk slump
04 May 2026 When a night is not a night
04 May 2026 Stobo resigns FMA chair after investigation
04 May 2026 BNZ results in; Advisers write more business
04 May 2026 Advisers increased origination of BNZ home loans
04 May 2026 Mortgage borrowers catch up on arrears
01 May 2026 NZX50 starts May on a high, climbs 1.3% this week
01 May 2026 Sharesies opens advice offering to New Zealand investors
01 May 2026 ANZ adviser support drops (a little); What the FAP landscape looks like now
01 May 2026 ANZ's reliance on mortgage advisers eases a little
01 May 2026 AIA revamps its distribution team
April 2026
30 Apr 2026 Late surge narrows NZX50’s April decline to 0.1%
30 Apr 2026 One-year fixed spot on for borrowers - ANZ
30 Apr 2026 What the FAP landscape looks like now
29 Apr 2026 F&P Healthcare buoys NZX50 ahead of Mag7 earnings, Fed decision
29 Apr 2026 SaaSacre – Generational buying opportunity or Great Value Destroyer?
29 Apr 2026 ANZ's growth and balanced KiwiSaver returns take first place
28 Apr 2026 NZX50 sinks on return from long weekend; My Food Bag rallies on review
28 Apr 2026 Another fintech trying to flip the mortgage market on its head
28 Apr 2026 KiwiSaver value for money not set and forget
24 Apr 2026 Squirrel appoints fixed income heavyweight
24 Apr 2026 Fidelity postponses Engage
24 Apr 2026 NZX50 dips 0.2% this week as Middle East tensions stay high
23 Apr 2026 NZX50 snaps 3-day gain as Middle East tension keeps investors on edge
22 Apr 2026 Pathfinder picks Scandanavian fund manager
22 Apr 2026 FMA to tackle Finfluencers
22 Apr 2026 NZX50 ekes out another gain as Trump extends ceasefire
22 Apr 2026 NZ Super Fund ruling likely to increase scrutiny on investment processes
21 Apr 2026 Growth hindered for businesses and households
21 Apr 2026 Rate-sensitive Ryman, property stocks shrug off elevated inflation
20 Apr 2026 Jon-Paul Hale returns for part two of Disability Benefits
20 Apr 2026 Meridian, Infratil keep NZX50 afloat as rising oil prices weigh
20 Apr 2026 Pricing and reviews: regulatory interest in Australia may emerge in New Zealand too
19 Apr 2026 Court ruling likely to concern KiwiSaver managers
17 Apr 2026 Craigs buys up Dunedin-based fin planning firm
17 Apr 2026 NZX50 sinks 2.1% this week as inflation creep starts to weigh
17 Apr 2026 FANZ to up the ante against NZ’s soaring medical inflation
17 Apr 2026 Dashing to get a client's financial position
16 Apr 2026 NZX50 joins ASX200 lower as refinery fire weighs
16 Apr 2026 Economists battle it out over OCR forecasts
16 Apr 2026 FMA takes pulse of KiwiSaver private assets
15 Apr 2026 Economists at war over OCR forecasts
15 Apr 2026 NZX50 joins global rally as optimism over Iran persists
14 Apr 2026 Boyle gets dream gig
14 Apr 2026 NZX50 misses out on optimism over Iran conflict; a2 Milk extends decline
14 Apr 2026 ANZ predicts three OCR rises this year
14 Apr 2026 ANZ goes out on a limb and predicts three OCR rises this year
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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