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November 2016
14 Nov 2016 Advisers should see no impact from review: ANZ
14 Nov 2016 More investors, fewer mortgage free properties
12 Nov 2016 How FEI Investments reinvented itself
11 Nov 2016 Fire levies unfair for investors
11 Nov 2016 Sovereign appoints head of claims
11 Nov 2016 Rates won't fall on back of OCR cut
11 Nov 2016 Platform promises to drive productivity
11 Nov 2016 New Zealand 'totally different' to passive-focussed US
10 Nov 2016 Never-ending changes for mortgage advisers
10 Nov 2016 RESIMAC answer broker questions over its new channel
10 Nov 2016 The Trump Victory – How might investors react?
10 Nov 2016 DTIs not on the cards yet - RBNZ
10 Nov 2016 DTIs not on the cards yet - RBNZ
10 Nov 2016 Don't expect rates to fall on back of OCR cut
10 Nov 2016 Powerhouse regions continue to rise
10 Nov 2016 US election casts shadow over OCR response
10 Nov 2016 Kiwis ready for roboadvice, survey shows
10 Nov 2016 OCR cut no surprise
10 Nov 2016 Good news for Liberty
10 Nov 2016 RBNZ cuts rates - here's what they said
10 Nov 2016 What the Reserve Bank said today
10 Nov 2016 Advisers set for 'damage control'
09 Nov 2016 Meth threat still no.1 fear for landlords
09 Nov 2016 Sovereign appoints new distribution boss
09 Nov 2016 20 year low in buyer sentiment
09 Nov 2016 Record low in buyer sentiment
09 Nov 2016 Bean: Stop advisers going extinct
09 Nov 2016 Robo not just for investment
09 Nov 2016 Hedge funds may have a place in retail portfolios
08 Nov 2016 Unrealistic price expectations prompt warning
08 Nov 2016 FMA offers KiwiSaver advice guidance
08 Nov 2016 Quality over quantity for Westpac
08 Nov 2016 FMA: You shoudn't need a 'how to' client-first guide
08 Nov 2016 The attractions of energy efficiency
07 Nov 2016 ASB issues notes
07 Nov 2016 Westpac says policy changes focused on quality lending
07 Nov 2016 Historic low for OCR expected
07 Nov 2016 AFAs dodge levy increase
07 Nov 2016 Top 30 suburbs under $300k
06 Nov 2016 nib adds board member
04 Nov 2016 ASB raises fixed rates
04 Nov 2016 The lure of the regions
04 Nov 2016 Coaching key part of holding on to clients
04 Nov 2016 OCR to hit lowest point this week
04 Nov 2016 Influx of new rentals only just keeping up with demand: B&T
03 Nov 2016 ANZ boss warns of inexperienced investors
03 Nov 2016 Things we should stop doing
03 Nov 2016 Super City sales plummet
03 Nov 2016 Inflation pressure off - slightly
03 Nov 2016 Alpha may become more dominant in low-return environment
03 Nov 2016 Call for one AML supervisor
03 Nov 2016 FSC members want to see advisers' value highlighted
02 Nov 2016 Inflation pressure off - slightly
02 Nov 2016 New urban development policy ready to go
02 Nov 2016 Pace of growth slows as LVRs impact - QV
02 Nov 2016 Advice may be missing as schemes wound up
02 Nov 2016 Green light for post-FMCA ROPS, but demand down
01 Nov 2016 RESIMAC gets it's first white-label boost
01 Nov 2016 Pace of growth slows as LVRs impact - QV
01 Nov 2016 Lustre coming off Auckland property
01 Nov 2016 Market cooling might last - ANZ
01 Nov 2016 Investor activity down
01 Nov 2016 Clients complain about churn
01 Nov 2016 Pension changes could hit migrants hard
October 2016
31 Oct 2016 Kiwibank sale confirmed
31 Oct 2016 Decline in consents worrying for Auckland
31 Oct 2016 Lower costs, better processes: Future bright for advisers
31 Oct 2016 New Plymouth: On the map
31 Oct 2016 Carmel Fisher to step down
31 Oct 2016 Mortgage adviser market pays off for BNZ
31 Oct 2016 Investor activity down - myvalocity
31 Oct 2016 Roboadvice could divert clients: Naylor
31 Oct 2016 Adapt or die, insurers told
28 Oct 2016 Big fine for PGC
28 Oct 2016 Releasing claims data not straightforward: Insurers
28 Oct 2016 Brokers write 40% of BNZ loans
28 Oct 2016 Meth assumptions shaken by new report
28 Oct 2016 The lowest rate on the market goes
28 Oct 2016 Undesirables to be removed from Vanguard fund
28 Oct 2016 Advisers tackle client-first question
27 Oct 2016 Fall in investor lending continues
27 Oct 2016 Mortgage fraud absconder pleads guilty
27 Oct 2016 Joining the dots to solve Auckland’s problems
27 Oct 2016 Green light for Crown land developments
27 Oct 2016 Southern Cross changes retirees' premiums
26 Oct 2016 FundSource hands top gong to Fisher Funds
26 Oct 2016 All go for Crown Land developments
26 Oct 2016 KiwiSaver bounces back
26 Oct 2016 Maxwell calls for super changes
26 Oct 2016 Investors over-optimistic on price growth - ANZ
26 Oct 2016 The last of the OCR cuts - ANZ
26 Oct 2016 Next OCR cut to be the last - ANZ
26 Oct 2016 Don't dismiss KiwiSaver, advisers told
25 Oct 2016 Dowling takes on key FPSB role
25 Oct 2016 UDC downgraded and flagged as possibly for sale
25 Oct 2016 Prospect of DTIs looms larger
25 Oct 2016 OCR projections replace 90-day bank bill rate
25 Oct 2016 Migration spurs housing demand
25 Oct 2016 Financial Advice NZ consultation begins
25 Oct 2016 How to find a commercial property
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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