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November 2015
12 Nov 2015 Trusts caught in FATCA net
12 Nov 2015 Mosaic signs Aussie deal
12 Nov 2015 Commission regulation not likely: Goldsmith says
11 Nov 2015 Hangover settles on market
11 Nov 2015 Housing market still a risk - RBNZ
11 Nov 2015 Financial Stability Report released
11 Nov 2015 Risks facing financial system have increased
11 Nov 2015 AIA hands in FSC notice
11 Nov 2015 What you need to know about income funds
10 Nov 2015 Plus4 Insurance Solutions adds adviser in Auckland
10 Nov 2015 Partners Life quits FSC over MJW report
10 Nov 2015 Auckland market drops
10 Nov 2015 Accelerate housing, infrastructure - IMF
10 Nov 2015 Unique cycle may have surprises in store
10 Nov 2015 Inspiring investors into action
10 Nov 2015 Banking firms leave New Zealand
10 Nov 2015 How using managed ETF portfolios can help advisers grow their business
10 Nov 2015 Pathfinder appoints analyst
10 Nov 2015 Waning research options a worry
09 Nov 2015 Reduce developer charges, reduce housing costs
09 Nov 2015 Labour cuts CGT from party policies
09 Nov 2015 Japan: Paying the piper 30 years on
09 Nov 2015 Retirees not living on Super alone
09 Nov 2015 Pay rise does not have to mean nasty shock
09 Nov 2015 Landlords can forget CGT worries
08 Nov 2015 Two big name fund managers join SmartShares board
06 Nov 2015 Hanover investors set to see repayment
06 Nov 2015 nib expands its distribution
06 Nov 2015 Partners, Ballantyne and Asteron pick up Awards
06 Nov 2015 Confidence in rising house prices dwindling
06 Nov 2015 Opportunity to match-make advice
06 Nov 2015 AMP reveals 14 enhancements
06 Nov 2015 Westpac plays copy cat; Take our lending survey
05 Nov 2015 FMA grabs NZ Super man
05 Nov 2015 Auctions will be back
05 Nov 2015 Doing right by borrowers
05 Nov 2015 Managers behaving badly
05 Nov 2015 Squirrel promises 'market-beating' low rates
05 Nov 2015 Competition cited as a reason to cut commission
05 Nov 2015 Warning correct, despite recovery
04 Nov 2015 Real estate index launched
04 Nov 2015 Bright line tax inches closer
04 Nov 2015 FSC must fix its own ructions before it can fix industry
04 Nov 2015 Auckland prices slow... for now
04 Nov 2015 A home loan rate goes UP; new market leading price; Auckland takes a hit
04 Nov 2015 Advisers ask for fee option
04 Nov 2015 IRD seeks feedback on fees
03 Nov 2015 Equity markets recover
03 Nov 2015 Lack of clarity around new LVRs
03 Nov 2015 Auckland still driving national values up
03 Nov 2015 Big drop in houses for sale near Auckland
03 Nov 2015 ANZ says no OCR cuts for Christmas
03 Nov 2015 Planning review crucial for housing
03 Nov 2015 ANZ takes contrary view on next OCR hike
03 Nov 2015 Major players quit FSC
03 Nov 2015 Advisers complain of paperwork deluge
03 Nov 2015 Spike in adviser complaints: FSCL
03 Nov 2015 Fraudster denied Supreme Court bid
02 Nov 2015 Health insurance coverage increases
02 Nov 2015 New online bond system to benefit smaller landlords
02 Nov 2015 Adviser KiwiSaver schemes lose share
02 Nov 2015 Squirrel promises low rates
02 Nov 2015 All change for products and pricing
02 Nov 2015 HSBC cuts
01 Nov 2015 Squirrel Money launches
October 2015
31 Oct 2015 Overcoming red tape development obstacles
30 Oct 2015 Asteron accepts award, predicts change ahead
30 Oct 2015 Straight fours for The Co-operative Bank
30 Oct 2015 More AML breaches likely
29 Oct 2015 Council committed to options not value cutting
29 Oct 2015 RBNZ pushes pause on OCR
29 Oct 2015 OCR: Unchanged for now; Details here
29 Oct 2015 OCR: What the governor said
29 Oct 2015 Volatility prompts 500pc lift in switches
29 Oct 2015 Smartshares launches more ETFs
28 Oct 2015 Debt to income limits could slow down investors
28 Oct 2015 Broker channel working for BNZ
28 Oct 2015 Investors not as risky as RBNZ suggested - Treasury
28 Oct 2015 NAB sale won't affect NZ
28 Oct 2015 Former adviser sentenced
28 Oct 2015 Kiwibank warned over AML
28 Oct 2015 Little agreement on merits of multiple schemes
28 Oct 2015 nib tweaks policies
27 Oct 2015 Apartment market still dominated by investors
27 Oct 2015 Decline in high LVR lending to investors
27 Oct 2015 Fidelity notes adviser support
27 Oct 2015 Sovereign's new distribution boss
27 Oct 2015 More Code changes planned
26 Oct 2015 Hamilton: river city on a roll
23 Oct 2015 FundSource announces new research partnership
23 Oct 2015 Housing market dangers
23 Oct 2015 No cut expected for OCR
23 Oct 2015 Kepa seeks investment advice support
22 Oct 2015 Auckland mortgage fraud under investigation
22 Oct 2015 Rising apartment rents benefit investors
22 Oct 2015 KiwiSaver hits negative returns
22 Oct 2015 Lessons, not rules, from Aussie experience
22 Oct 2015 Tips for stress free landlording
21 Oct 2015 Land supply key to housing issues
21 Oct 2015 Migration hits another record high
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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