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November 2018
22 Nov 2018 Growth in NZ demand for co-working space
22 Nov 2018 Financial advisers stuck in limbo
21 Nov 2018 Trade Me soars on takeover bid; Fletcher sinks deeper
21 Nov 2018 Speed-dating to become regular non-bank event
21 Nov 2018 COMMENT: War on tenancies should stop
21 Nov 2018 Apprenticeship model possible under new regime
20 Nov 2018 Fletcher slumps to 9-yr low on profit warning
20 Nov 2018 ASB plays down fee-for-service talk
20 Nov 2018 Time to invest in gold?
20 Nov 2018 Spring magic makes for price rises
20 Nov 2018 Cigna: Adviser channel an exciting change
20 Nov 2018 Regulatory role not on the cards for Financial Advice New Zealand
20 Nov 2018 Disclosure regulations next year
19 Nov 2018 NZ shares dip as trade war fears linger
19 Nov 2018 Date set for OnePath/Cigna merger
19 Nov 2018 Insurance essentials
19 Nov 2018 ASB predicts mild OCR cycle
19 Nov 2018 Servicing, company agencies and the legislation
19 Nov 2018 Tax Working Group divided on approach to CGT
16 Nov 2018 [The Wrap] Sorry guys, you can't (or shouldn't) be ignoring RI
16 Nov 2018 NZ stocks fall on renewed Brexit uncertainty, dividend payouts
16 Nov 2018 Rates limbo; Are you happy with getting Level 5?
16 Nov 2018 Date for deal to be revealed
16 Nov 2018 Fierce opposition to tenancy proposals
16 Nov 2018 Banks do the limbo
16 Nov 2018 NZX Wealth Technologies platform launches
15 Nov 2018 NZ stocks mixed as global worries weigh on local news
15 Nov 2018 Landlords to bear letting fee costs
15 Nov 2018 Bank staff pushing investments, insurance
15 Nov 2018 Long term house price outlook negative: Westpac
15 Nov 2018 Rates fall boosting housing market - Westpac
15 Nov 2018 No code before Christmas
14 Nov 2018 LVR loosening under review: Bascand
14 Nov 2018 Sales activity bounces back to life
14 Nov 2018 Insurers share advisers' responsibility to clients, Accuro boss says
14 Nov 2018 Cut and thrust for ASB
14 Nov 2018 Mortgage bond overhaul moves closer
14 Nov 2018 Advisers told to prepare for more complaints
13 Nov 2018 Wall Street drops; NZX follows; But Spark, Port of Tauranga gain
13 Nov 2018 Infrastructure “tax” for buyers in new development
13 Nov 2018 Harmoney reaches $1 billion in lending
13 Nov 2018 Sub 4 rates becoming the norm; Another lender hits the $1 bill mark
13 Nov 2018 Taking the plunge
13 Nov 2018 Everyone should have Level 5: Financial Advice NZ
12 Nov 2018 Shares mixed on weak overnight leads; Spark gains, Fletcher falls
12 Nov 2018 BNZ joins the under-4s
12 Nov 2018 Better Business Conference presentations
12 Nov 2018 C'Mon minister pass the Bill; Views on Code revealed
12 Nov 2018 Insurers grapple with increasing genetic testing
12 Nov 2018 C'mon Minister; Pass the Bill
12 Nov 2018 Can you comply with the new Code?
12 Nov 2018 House buyer sentiment hits 5 year high
12 Nov 2018 SiFA slams draft code
10 Nov 2018 ANZ takes rates below 4%
09 Nov 2018 [GRTV] Great advice from the best
09 Nov 2018 [The Wrap] Advisers will need to earn their trail commission
09 Nov 2018 Adviser associations band together to fix the Code
09 Nov 2018 NZ stocks extend gains, buoyed by local rates outlook; Spark, Z rise
09 Nov 2018 Property Manager brings its largest offer to market
09 Nov 2018 AMP Capital appoints new fixed income analyst
09 Nov 2018 PMG announces new market offer
09 Nov 2018 Global recognition for Kiwi mortgage fintech firm
09 Nov 2018 Colleges prepare for student influx
09 Nov 2018 Tate steps down
08 Nov 2018 NZ stocks lift on relief rally after US elections
08 Nov 2018 OCR reaction: cut less likely and rates to stay low
08 Nov 2018 What the RBNZ said today
08 Nov 2018 OCR reaction: cut less likely and rates to stay low
08 Nov 2018 What Adrian Orr said today about interest rates
08 Nov 2018 What the RBNZ said today
08 Nov 2018 What the bank said: OCR unchanged and downside risks remain
08 Nov 2018 Concerns retiring advisers might jump
08 Nov 2018 'Mediators always side with clients'
07 Nov 2018 NZ shares lift as US election results look to be largely as expected
07 Nov 2018 Newpark boss signs off
07 Nov 2018 Defiant Wellington values keep rising
07 Nov 2018 Job numbers 'cast doubt' on future OCR cut
07 Nov 2018 Mortgage Express hires ex-ANZ banker
07 Nov 2018 Financial Advice NZ: What if bank processes can't be relied on?
07 Nov 2018 Code consultation 'going well'
07 Nov 2018 Health funds stats 'hark back 20 years'
06 Nov 2018 IFA, PAA faces join Professional IQ
06 Nov 2018 NZ stocks tick higher as offshore moves lift sentiment
06 Nov 2018 Equity market pullback
06 Nov 2018 COMMENT: Landlording is a business
06 Nov 2018 Mortgage advisers flagged in bank conduct review
06 Nov 2018 Regulators’ report puts spotlight on intermediaries
06 Nov 2018 Banks told: Make sure you know what advisers doing
05 Nov 2018 Global investors grow wary and NZX falls; Z Energy slides further
05 Nov 2018 Banking review finds weaknesses on conduct
05 Nov 2018 Westpac a $1 billion baby
05 Nov 2018 Another billion dollar baby; Kiwibank cuts
05 Nov 2018 Auckland market wakes from slumber
05 Nov 2018 Talking tax
05 Nov 2018 Tackling a biggie…
05 Nov 2018 SuperRatings ranks KiwiSaver schemes
05 Nov 2018 Researchers: Re-think PIE regime
02 Nov 2018 NZ stocks mixed; Z Energy extends decline
02 Nov 2018 [The Wrap] Bank D-Day looming
02 Nov 2018 D-day looming for bank conduct report
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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