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November 2019
18 Nov 2019 First Mortgage Trust bolsters South Island presence
18 Nov 2019 Kepa makes key compliance hire
17 Nov 2019 Changes to RTA announced
15 Nov 2019 Kiwibank slashes one-year mortgage to new low
15 Nov 2019 NZ shares edge lower; power companies under pressure
15 Nov 2019 SuperRatings singles out top KiwiSaver funds
15 Nov 2019 Groups weigh up membership costs
15 Nov 2019 ComCom warning for property trader
15 Nov 2019 Dealer groups warn of rising costs under new regime
14 Nov 2019 More work needed on disclosure rules, SiFA says
14 Nov 2019 NZ shares recover as investors re-think RBNZ review
14 Nov 2019 MyFiduciary does JHC deal
14 Nov 2019 Record prices round NZ
14 Nov 2019 NZ Funds appoints chief client officer
14 Nov 2019 Westpac moves to cut turnaround times; OCR on hold
14 Nov 2019 Introducing AIA Vitality ambassador: Ian Jones
14 Nov 2019 Risks reduced but not removed
14 Nov 2019 Westpac plans turnaround time overhaul
13 Nov 2019 When is a client really a client?
13 Nov 2019 Awesome end to TMM Better Business conference
13 Nov 2019 NZ shares sink after RBNZ keeps OCR at 1%
13 Nov 2019 Wholesale interest rates rise after OCR decision
13 Nov 2019 OCR reaction: economists surprised but expect 2020 cut
13 Nov 2019 OCR decision revealed
13 Nov 2019 Expect dramatic fall in FAP numbers: Greenslade
12 Nov 2019 Gentailers dominate trade; Mercury wind farm has investors revisiting smelter fears
12 Nov 2019 More than fair “wear and tear”
11 Nov 2019 Health insurance coverage jumps
11 Nov 2019 FSC surplus drops
11 Nov 2019 Retirement villages buoyed by Auckland housing market bounce
11 Nov 2019 Reserve Bank capital review: decision date set
11 Nov 2019 Long-serving ACC investment chief calls it a day
11 Nov 2019 Southland “standout” region for investors
11 Nov 2019 BNZ makes $1 billion as first home lending soars
11 Nov 2019 The getting of wisdom
11 Nov 2019 Kiwibank cash offer; Reserve Bank to follow RBA?
11 Nov 2019 MPS likely to echo Australian outlook: Westpac
10 Nov 2019 Juno's fee structure hard to compare
09 Nov 2019 Newpark doubles down on helping its advisers in the new era
09 Nov 2019 Advisers invited to take part in new Fund Manager of the Year Awards
08 Nov 2019 Trustees Executors add another independent director
08 Nov 2019 NZ shares rise as Fletcher remains in MSCI index
08 Nov 2019 New chair at Kiwibank
08 Nov 2019 OCR Preview Survey: economists predict a cut
08 Nov 2019 Responsible investing – why it should matter to you and your clients
08 Nov 2019 FMA fesses up to website breach and apologises
07 Nov 2019 NZX50 firms in mixed trade: Pushpay extends gain while Trustpower falls
07 Nov 2019 Suncorp invests in wellbeing
07 Nov 2019 OCR Preview Survey: Economists tip another cut
07 Nov 2019 Low rates fuel market resurgence; Bluestone targets prime growth
07 Nov 2019 New Awards
07 Nov 2019 Policy ownership, a simple concept?
07 Nov 2019 Low property expectations
06 Nov 2019 Southern Cross boss joins UniMed
06 Nov 2019 Investor confidence drops
06 Nov 2019 A2 Milk faces new China competition driving down share prices
06 Nov 2019 Bluestone targets prime lending growth
06 Nov 2019 Bluestone and NZFSG cut down turnaround times; 50% chance of OCR cut?
06 Nov 2019 Bluestone and NZFSG cut down turnaround times
06 Nov 2019 Record low rates fuel market resurgence
05 Nov 2019 Market timing push could short-change investors
05 Nov 2019 Finzo adds compliance expertise
05 Nov 2019 Insolvency changes upset burnt investors
05 Nov 2019 NZ shares nudge up amid growing optimism over US-China trade
05 Nov 2019 Markets price 50% chance of OCR cut: BNZ
05 Nov 2019 AIA among transformation top performers
05 Nov 2019 COMMENT: The truth about tenancy terminations
05 Nov 2019 Westpac profits rise; new housing development agency
05 Nov 2019 Reserve Bank points to insurer solvency review
05 Nov 2019 Changes to Partners Life distribution team
05 Nov 2019 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the best lifecycle of them all?
04 Nov 2019 NZ shares rise on improved US-China trade outlook
04 Nov 2019 Westpac NZ annual profit rises 3%; RBNZ releases it from capital purgatory
04 Nov 2019 Westpac makes $964 million profit
04 Nov 2019 SuperCity on the rise?
04 Nov 2019 Nikko makes board appointment
04 Nov 2019 As Fred Dagg said: We don’t know how lucky we are
04 Nov 2019 Westpac given all-clear on capital
04 Nov 2019 ANZ CEO talks adviser pay
01 Nov 2019 Ethical investing using Maori values; new multi-asset fund
01 Nov 2019 Tiwai still plagues power companies; property rises
01 Nov 2019 Surprise Retirement Commissioner appointment
01 Nov 2019 Fidelity adds chief customer officer
01 Nov 2019 Harbour fights back over CBL failure
01 Nov 2019 ANZ pulling affordability lever on home loans rather than price
01 Nov 2019 ANZ ponders capital rules; Westpac predicts OCR to hold
01 Nov 2019 Dealer group decides to close its doors
01 Nov 2019 Tight supply, rising prices
01 Nov 2019 FSCL loses ombudsman fight
October 2019
31 Oct 2019 NZX50 falls 1.3% in October; investors ponder smelter future, index reweighting
31 Oct 2019 Strong growth in multi-unit dwelling consents
31 Oct 2019 ANZ grapples with New Zealand capital question
31 Oct 2019 From food bags to Pie
31 Oct 2019 Supplier choices limited under the new regime?
31 Oct 2019 Peter Lee's planning firm grows
31 Oct 2019 As confusion reigns and opinions are strong, is it all a bit much?
31 Oct 2019 Boiling Hot Property
31 Oct 2019 Westpac predicts OCR will be put on hold
31 Oct 2019 Fund managers may have climate-change duty of care
31 Oct 2019 Adviser group reaches data 'milestone'
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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