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November 2013
05 Nov 2013 Barfoot reports listings increase
04 Nov 2013 Banker survives minimum wage challenge
04 Nov 2013 What's the best income protection when incomes fluctuate?
04 Nov 2013 Tax rules on share funds unfair
04 Nov 2013 LVR restrictions not enough: ASB
04 Nov 2013 Take a hint from Texas, report says
01 Nov 2013 [Weekly Wrap] When is enough enough?
01 Nov 2013 USB theft a warning for others
01 Nov 2013 BNZ offering next-to-no low-deposit loans
01 Nov 2013 DIMS questions remain for advisers
01 Nov 2013 Surveys reveal buoyant market
01 Nov 2013 Broker calls for new-house exemption
October 2013
31 Oct 2013 Dollar concerns RBNZ
31 Oct 2013 OCR unchanged at 2.50%
31 Oct 2013 Regulation an opportunity
31 Oct 2013 Apartments popular with first-timers
30 Oct 2013 Disclosure statements not up to scratch
29 Oct 2013 Being an AFA 'isn't good enough'
29 Oct 2013 Bentley parked up (for now)
28 Oct 2013 Call to add reasonableness standard
25 Oct 2013 More gongs
25 Oct 2013 [Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver still the buzz
25 Oct 2013 OCR decision a balance of dollar vs inflation
25 Oct 2013 Asteron pips the big boy for award
25 Oct 2013 Submissions close on code draft
25 Oct 2013 Young people more interested in investing: Alexander
25 Oct 2013 Call to enforce insulation
24 Oct 2013 Reinsurance rules would hurt some insurers: RBNZ
24 Oct 2013 FMA reports on KiwiSaver
24 Oct 2013 Coote joins AMP
24 Oct 2013 Disputes scheme tees off with new name
24 Oct 2013 Treasury recommends capital gains tax
24 Oct 2013 Investors seek capital gains
23 Oct 2013 Triplejump eyes global expansion
23 Oct 2013 Lending rates slowing
23 Oct 2013 Opportunities for advisers in KiwiSaver requirements
23 Oct 2013 Squeeze on commercial property
22 Oct 2013 Advisers wary of dabbling in online sales
22 Oct 2013 AIA on a mission to break the cycle of under-insurance
22 Oct 2013 KiwiSaver information available, if you can find it
22 Oct 2013 Skip auctions if you want to sell to first-timers, agents told
21 Oct 2013 Call for Government to offer annuities
21 Oct 2013 LVR limits won't affect OCR yet: ASB
21 Oct 2013 Reporting regime in effect
21 Oct 2013 Peters misses mark on fees
21 Oct 2013 AIA on a mission to break the cycle of under-insurance
21 Oct 2013 Lifestyle market shortage looming
18 Oct 2013 [Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver advice addressed again
18 Oct 2013 Jennings gets a gong
18 Oct 2013 Disappointment lifestages not adopted for default funds
17 Oct 2013 Default scheme move a "missed opportunity"
17 Oct 2013 'Impartial advice' a default requirement
17 Oct 2013 One path for one GM and another for three others
17 Oct 2013 The answer to bad investment decisions
17 Oct 2013 Westpac predicts price falls
16 Oct 2013 Deal over KiwiSaver trail commissions goes sour
16 Oct 2013 Rush on valuers as owners seek equity
15 Oct 2013 Super fund adds new passive manager
15 Oct 2013 Westpac reassesses preapprovals
15 Oct 2013 Last annuity provider to exit market
15 Oct 2013 Auckland commercial investors most confident
14 Oct 2013 Tax treatment disadvantages KiwiSavers
14 Oct 2013 Landlords benefit as first-home buyers retreat
14 Oct 2013 REINZ reports spring surge
13 Oct 2013 Fund managers under spotlight
13 Oct 2013 AMP reshuffles leadership team
11 Oct 2013 [Weekly Wrap] What makes a professional body?
11 Oct 2013 RESIMAC restricts low equity lending
11 Oct 2013 Patch protection blamed
11 Oct 2013 Low equity loans for good brokers only
11 Oct 2013 Whitburn: Labour's housing policies better
10 Oct 2013 More deals offered for those with equity
10 Oct 2013 ANZ's two-tier home loan rates
10 Oct 2013 RBNZ predicts turnover drop
10 Oct 2013 National affordability improves but regions vary
09 Oct 2013 MP proposes insurance rebate
09 Oct 2013 Tax change could alter investment behaviour
09 Oct 2013 Economic momentum still building
09 Oct 2013 Taking professional bodies out of the equation 'a boost'
09 Oct 2013 Special housing areas announced
09 Oct 2013 QV predicts activity flurry
08 Oct 2013 KiwiSaver scheme closes
08 Oct 2013 The Federal Reserve recants
08 Oct 2013 Ralph Stewart returns with new product
08 Oct 2013 Supply the issue: Harcourts
07 Oct 2013 How much research must advisers do on equities?
07 Oct 2013 Active v passive: The great debate
07 Oct 2013 KiwiSaver advice debate not necessarily done and dusted
07 Oct 2013 LVR move worries investors
06 Oct 2013 Make sure policies cover what clients need: Southern Cross
04 Oct 2013 [Weekly Wrap] Committee responds to feedback
04 Oct 2013 Wheeler explains why loan-to-value ratios were introduced
04 Oct 2013 Banks' interest margin up
04 Oct 2013 Professional bodies 'will have to push harder' on CPD
04 Oct 2013 Harcourts, Barfoot at odds
04 Oct 2013 Restrictions' impact not sustained: Report
03 Oct 2013 Draft version of revised code released
03 Oct 2013 Tate hopes the next IFA chief executive lasts longer
03 Oct 2013 It could take months to see LVR impact: Agency
02 Oct 2013 Partners Life turns loss to profit
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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