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November 2023
08 Nov 2023 [GRTV] Cracking the mass affluent market
08 Nov 2023 FBAA plans to boost advisers’ market share
07 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket snaps winning streak
07 Nov 2023 What the FBAA reckons it can offer Kiwis; Join Prospa in Whakatane and Rotorua
07 Nov 2023 Westpac lauds CoFI's approach; What rates customers are paying
07 Nov 2023 Are equity markets due for a strong finish this year?
07 Nov 2023 Westpac lauds Cofi's principles-based approach, says CCCFA incredibly prescriptive
07 Nov 2023 Westpac says more mortgage customers face higher rates
06 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket extends gain as Westpac kicks off bank reporting
06 Nov 2023 TSB names new CEO
06 Nov 2023 Westpac's mortgage lending slowed in the second half
06 Nov 2023 What's the future look like for Fin Advice NZ?
06 Nov 2023 Mortgage advisers to be offered another association choice
06 Nov 2023 Migration, higher rents and mortgage rates
06 Nov 2023 New faces but not enough places
05 Nov 2023 Former Smartshares boss joins competitor
05 Nov 2023 [The Wrap] What's the future for Financial Advice NZ?
04 Nov 2023 New app for borrowers
04 Nov 2023 From drought to flood - climate risk and the RBNZ
04 Nov 2023 NZXWT onboards another $200 million
03 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket marks four days of rises
03 Nov 2023 Value manager PM Capital gets a new owner
03 Nov 2023 Case Study: Comvita – Climate action leaders to watch
03 Nov 2023 New responsible investment definitions aim for clarity and an end to confusion
02 Nov 2023 Surge leads to biggest single-day rise in NZ sharemarket
02 Nov 2023 Fin Advice NZ appoints caretaker CEO
02 Nov 2023 Former Napier-based mortgage adviser pleads guilty to dishonesty offences
02 Nov 2023 Former mortgage adviser pleads guilty to dishonesty offences
02 Nov 2023 RBNZ coy on DTIs but plans public consultation
02 Nov 2023 Housing slump over
02 Nov 2023 Forsyth Barr won't comment on Hobson Wealth speculation
01 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket rebounding strongly
01 Nov 2023 Mortgage defaults to rise over the next year
01 Nov 2023 Household financial stress likely to grow: RBNZ
01 Nov 2023 Struggles with debt for most Kiwis
01 Nov 2023 [OPINION] How to make 20% from commercial property
01 Nov 2023 dac
01 Nov 2023 Supporting Advisers for Growth
01 Nov 2023 [Opinion] Why did Southern Cross cancel an interview with its CEO?
October 2023
31 Oct 2023 NZ sharemarket breaks seven days of declines
31 Oct 2023 JMI Wealth expands into Waikato with buyout
31 Oct 2023 NZ households more exposed to mortgage defaults
31 Oct 2023 New Zealand households more exposed to mortgage defaults
31 Oct 2023 Gap biggest ever between building new and buying an existing home
31 Oct 2023 Accuro policyholders to retain non-Pharmac-funded drug benefit
31 Oct 2023 KiwiSaver - is consolidation on the cards?
30 Oct 2023 NZ sharemarket continues to slide
30 Oct 2023 The Bond market gives investors a High Five
30 Oct 2023 No loosening of OCR settings any time soon
30 Oct 2023 Auckland’s average weekly rent tips over $650
30 Oct 2023 No loosening of high OCR settings
30 Oct 2023 Accuro policyholders to vote on merger with UniMed
29 Oct 2023 Governance; bite by bite
27 Oct 2023 NZ sharemarket hits 16-month low
27 Oct 2023 Record high interest bills are hitting mortgage borrowers
27 Oct 2023 Interest payments on mortgages soar
27 Oct 2023 Residential and industrial property development tanking
27 Oct 2023 How to handle clients during the cost of living crisis
27 Oct 2023 Magellan CEO departs abruptly after FUM slide
26 Oct 2023 NZ sharemarket continues to slide
26 Oct 2023 Nominations open for industry awards
26 Oct 2023 An agreed model is needed
26 Oct 2023 Specious arguments from big banks need to be taken down - Habilis
26 Oct 2023 Drug destruction proved despite no pre-tenancy test
26 Oct 2023 What if the government had paid down debt instead of investing in the NZ Super Fund?
26 Oct 2023 What if the government had paid down debt instead of investing in the NZ Super Fund?
25 Oct 2023 Interest rates, earnings guidance squeezes shares down
25 Oct 2023 ANZ&BNZ increase interest rates again; Recovery in mortgage lending expected in next six months
25 Oct 2023 Recovery in mortgage lending expected in next six months
25 Oct 2023 KiwiWrap KiwiSaver has highest average balance
24 Oct 2023 Eroad leads market lower as rising bond yields weigh
24 Oct 2023 BTR on cusp of becoming a major housing sector
23 Oct 2023 Wealth and health crises forges new purpose for retirement planner
23 Oct 2023 Qualifications and the Provider Messaging
23 Oct 2023 Shanks stays in industry but moves to Oz
20 Oct 2023 NZX50 sinks to lowest point for 2023
20 Oct 2023 Inflation drops, wealth falls but lower OCR still a way off
20 Oct 2023 Wealth falls, inflation drops but lower OCR still a way off
20 Oct 2023 Subdued market recovery over past five months
20 Oct 2023 Akahu aspires to be the "plumbing" of open banking
20 Oct 2023 Harbour Investment Outlook: Higher for longer, but how much longer?
19 Oct 2023 International tension, high bond yields drives stocks lower
19 Oct 2023 Refinancing becomes a hot option for borrowers
19 Oct 2023 Refinancing becoming a hot option for borrowers
18 Oct 2023 NZ market flattens as investors mull on data
18 Oct 2023 Which is the riskier business? Advice or Product?
18 Oct 2023 CCCFA changes can’t come fast enough
18 Oct 2023 Investors show market return
18 Oct 2023 Changes can’t come fast enough
18 Oct 2023 Insync uncovers flaws in passive versus active debate
17 Oct 2023 NZ market lifts after surprise CPI data
17 Oct 2023 Partners Life unbundles trauma cover
17 Oct 2023 Inflation rate falls to 5.6%
17 Oct 2023 Inflation drops lower than predictions
16 Oct 2023 Changes on horizon under new government
16 Oct 2023 Fletcher Building pulls NZ market lower
16 Oct 2023 Fiscal restraint may on the table
16 Oct 2023 Fiscal restraint probably on the table
16 Oct 2023 Aucklanders lead the way in seeing a bullish housing market
16 Oct 2023 Unlocking Homeownership Options with Pepper Money
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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.
2 weeks 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