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November 2020
12 Nov 2020 Have the odds of a negative OCR fallen?; Orr defends LVR decision
12 Nov 2020 Does New Zealand really need four dispute resolution schemes?
11 Nov 2020 Dollar soars as investors price out negative cash rate
11 Nov 2020 Orr has no regrets on scrapping LVR limits
11 Nov 2020 Economists react to bank funding programme
11 Nov 2020 OCR decision revealed
11 Nov 2020 Reserve Bank looks to bring back lending restrictions
11 Nov 2020 LVR limits set to return; Bank capital rules delayed; How will RBNZ push down rates?
11 Nov 2020 LVR limits set to return
11 Nov 2020 What is the Reserve Bank's new plan to cut interest rates?
11 Nov 2020 Bank capital rules delayed until 2022
11 Nov 2020 Biden win boosts potential ESG boom
10 Nov 2020 Vaccine hopes prompt rotation into hardest hit covid stocks
10 Nov 2020 Southern Cross/ProCare partnership opens up virtual GP service
10 Nov 2020 Heartland 2.5% floating rate; ASB using DTI test; Pepper promise
10 Nov 2020 Adviser consultancy firms say full licensing provisions bring mandate for change
10 Nov 2020 ASB using debt-to-income ratios
09 Nov 2020 NZX 50 hits record; kiwi dollar at 18-month high
09 Nov 2020 Pepper makes trail pledge
09 Nov 2020 Heartland online floating rate falls to 2.5%
09 Nov 2020 OCR preview survey: what will the Reserve Bank do?
09 Nov 2020 [Obituary] Fred Dodds
09 Nov 2020 Elections, Covid waves come to the fore
09 Nov 2020 OCR to remain on hold: economists
06 Nov 2020 FNZ forced to sell GBST
06 Nov 2020 Synlait leads post election rally
06 Nov 2020 Tribunal divvies up blame in maintenance ruling
06 Nov 2020 [UPDATED] Full licensing rules finally released
06 Nov 2020 TSB undercuts big banks; Cashbacks back
06 Nov 2020 It’s inflation Jim but not as we know it
06 Nov 2020 Cash backs are back
06 Nov 2020 Billion dollar baby
05 Nov 2020 Equities markets rallied despite US election uncertainty
05 Nov 2020 Strong investment in NZ startups despite Covid uncertainty
05 Nov 2020 ASB pulls in branches to help with applications; FMA gets into fintech
05 Nov 2020 COMMENT: The importance of correct structuring
05 Nov 2020 ASB using branches for broker applications
05 Nov 2020 FMA appointments reflect serious move into fintech space
04 Nov 2020 Kiwi falls as US blue wave falters
04 Nov 2020 UniMed announces new chief executive
04 Nov 2020 Billion dollar baby; Businesses finding it tough
04 Nov 2020 Strong market attracting investors
04 Nov 2020 Auckland’s average price now $1million plus
04 Nov 2020 Long Covid case highlights a new challenge for the insurance industry
04 Nov 2020 Businesses doing it tough
04 Nov 2020 FileInvite raises $2.3 million to target US financial services customers
04 Nov 2020 'Advisers take note' RIAA welcome sustainable finance roadmap
03 Nov 2020 Australian rate cut fuels NZ shares
03 Nov 2020 New board member announced at FSCL
03 Nov 2020 ANZ Bonus Bonds scheme now in wind up
03 Nov 2020 FMA unveils tough guidelines on KiwiSaver fees, seeks consultation
03 Nov 2020 Could KiwiBuild home loans be at risk?
02 Nov 2020 US election keeps nervous investors on sidelines
02 Nov 2020 NZX Wealth Technologies aim for growth with new appointment
02 Nov 2020 Industry farewells Faafoi, welcomes new commerce minister
02 Nov 2020 Market influencers going forward...
02 Nov 2020 SuperCity property attracting overseas interest
02 Nov 2020 New disclosure regulations 'a big leap for some businesses'
October 2020
30 Oct 2020 F&P Healthcare profit-taking drags NZX 50 down
30 Oct 2020 Research IP expand New Zealand team with new hire
30 Oct 2020 Most expensive rental region a surprise
30 Oct 2020 AMP receive buyout offer from US investment company
30 Oct 2020 Avanti raises $50 million; ANZ profits fall on writedowns
30 Oct 2020 Avanti raises $50 million for expansion
30 Oct 2020 AMP a laggard with KiwiSaver default status on the line
30 Oct 2020 Finzo appoints new service manager
29 Oct 2020 Shares fall as coronavirus woes return
29 Oct 2020 Avanti gets a new shareholder
29 Oct 2020 Juno increase KiwiSaver fees, won't pursue default status
29 Oct 2020 Juno to increase KiwiSaver fees, not pursuing default status.
29 Oct 2020 FSC enjoys a solid year of growth despite challenges
29 Oct 2020 ANZ profit drops 27% after loan writedowns
29 Oct 2020 Fidelity Life appoints new CEO
29 Oct 2020 Are banks changing their tune on high LVR first home buyers?
29 Oct 2020 How low could mortgage rates go?; Co-op slashes rates
29 Oct 2020 Dunedin in demand
29 Oct 2020 Dunedin in demand
29 Oct 2020 NZ investors will move their money if funds prove non-ethical
28 Oct 2020 Second market fall stopped by F&P Healthcare rebound
28 Oct 2020 How low could mortgage rates go?
28 Oct 2020 A controversy or lost opportunity when we talk about sum insured
28 Oct 2020 Which advisers will win the future?
28 Oct 2020 Mortgage lending record; ANZ slashes one year rate
28 Oct 2020 High upfront commissions likely to stay
28 Oct 2020 Northern Trust wins bid for ANZ’s passive investment suite
28 Oct 2020 Newpark teams up with Strategi
27 Oct 2020 F&P Healthcare knocked by strong kiwi; covid saps stock market
27 Oct 2020 Record home lending in September
27 Oct 2020 Hips and knees lead the pack for health insurance payouts
27 Oct 2020 Are more investors looking for advice?; ANZ latest
27 Oct 2020 Investors seek advice amid property boom
27 Oct 2020 Always do your homework
26 Oct 2020 Changes at ANZ; Help build a better business conference
26 Oct 2020 Should Australian financial advisers be allowed into NZ?
26 Oct 2020 KiwiSaver: The opportunity set of a lifetime
25 Oct 2020 Covid-19 changes discussions with clients
24 Oct 2020 [The Wrap] Divorce for AMP Wealth Management and AMP Capital
23 Oct 2020 Shares end muted week with small rise
23 Oct 2020 AIA pimps up its Quick Quote calculator
23 Oct 2020 BNZ Life up for sale, according to Australian reports
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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