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September 2014
17 Sep 2014 Stewart's NZIG gets boost
17 Sep 2014 Industrial property stands out: Bayleys
17 Sep 2014 Shakes rattle property industry
16 Sep 2014 TSB cuts a couple of rates
16 Sep 2014 Tyndall takes on new name
16 Sep 2014 Market not slowing, Westpac says
15 Sep 2014 Van Eyk enters administration
15 Sep 2014 Advisers' role to grow: Tynan
15 Sep 2014 Kiwis miss out on $400m
15 Sep 2014 AFAs still struggling with requirements: FMA
15 Sep 2014 'Get bargains near special housing areas'
12 Sep 2014 Bank KiwiSaver 'cause for concern'
12 Sep 2014 Stewart replaces Garrett on board
12 Sep 2014 [Weekly Wrap] Bank bashing
12 Sep 2014 Regulation of liquidity pondered
12 Sep 2014 Where is spring surge?
12 Sep 2014 Turnover down again in REINZ stats
11 Sep 2014 Floating rates flat for seven more months
11 Sep 2014 Interest rates on hold for some time
11 Sep 2014 What the Reserve Bank said - Sept
11 Sep 2014 OCR to be held - and for sometime
11 Sep 2014 Bank advice concerns questioned
11 Sep 2014 Election affecting sales activity: Harcourts
11 Sep 2014 Christchurch rents set pace
10 Sep 2014 Insurers need to self-regulate advisers before it’s too late
10 Sep 2014 AIA appoints managers
10 Sep 2014 RBNZ still in a period of prudent assessment
10 Sep 2014 Perceptions about the price of life insurance
10 Sep 2014 Everett: Get good advice
10 Sep 2014 How much work is KiwiSaver for advisers?
10 Sep 2014 Productivity Commission to examine council approach
09 Sep 2014 Fees a hurdle for advisers
09 Sep 2014 Smaller may be the answer
08 Sep 2014 OCR preview: Kiwibank plays long game
08 Sep 2014 Not much flavour expected in OCR announcement
08 Sep 2014 EDRs not an easy fit for advisers
08 Sep 2014 Few investors opt to DIY
05 Sep 2014 TOWER completes sale of life business
05 Sep 2014 AIA changes commission, clawback structure
05 Sep 2014 Asset managers troubled by regulatory cost
05 Sep 2014 Look at leasehold: Dunn
04 Sep 2014 Kepa appoints national sales manager
04 Sep 2014 Is it time for something new from the world's central bankers?
04 Sep 2014 CGT 'could skew investment'
04 Sep 2014 BNP appoints New Zealand head
04 Sep 2014 Audit cost drives adviser to offer service
04 Sep 2014 QV: Price rise slowdown continues
03 Sep 2014 800 AML returns sent to FMA
03 Sep 2014 Partners drops shadow share scheme
03 Sep 2014 Election making buyers wary: B&T
02 Sep 2014 ANZ takes action to on-year rate
02 Sep 2014 No unaffordability for renters: NZPIF
01 Sep 2014 New course for mortgage advisers
01 Sep 2014 TSB picks on two-year rate
01 Sep 2014 Leave KiwiSaver alone: Commentator
01 Sep 2014 Bank advice 'an area of concern'
01 Sep 2014 What’s the point of independent advisers?
01 Sep 2014 First-home buyer focus pays off: Kiwibank
August 2014
31 Aug 2014 SIPOs for fund managers
30 Aug 2014 ASB adds Special
29 Aug 2014 Boyle leaves ANZ
29 Aug 2014 [Weekly Wrap] Regulators need to be careful with funds firms
29 Aug 2014 Older investors a key concern: Commission
29 Aug 2014 Govt welcomes consent figures
29 Aug 2014 Service a response to burned investors
28 Aug 2014 BNZ has new Classic rate
28 Aug 2014 AMP looking for new wealth boss
28 Aug 2014 Ignore technology at your business' risk
28 Aug 2014 Don't remove investor rights: NZPIF
27 Aug 2014 Higher standards imposed on advisers
27 Aug 2014 Fix for two years, economists recommend
27 Aug 2014 Greens call for WOFs, rights of renewal
27 Aug 2014 Talk to bank before selling: Ombudsman
26 Aug 2014 New financial literacy idea
26 Aug 2014 Fixed home loan rates come down
26 Aug 2014 Advisers must be better than 10 years ago: FSC
26 Aug 2014 FMA eyes terminated funds
26 Aug 2014 Massive shortage looming: Report
25 Aug 2014 Van Eyk shareholder wants out
25 Aug 2014 International equities prices raise eyebrows
25 Aug 2014 First-home help welcomed
25 Aug 2014 Auckland rents up
24 Aug 2014 National plans KiwiSaver changes
22 Aug 2014 [Weekly Wrap] The evolving face of AMP
22 Aug 2014 RESIMAC moves to end the week
22 Aug 2014 AMP well-positioned for insurance tax changes
22 Aug 2014 AML returns relying on estimates
21 Aug 2014 It's always the adviser's fault - not
21 Aug 2014 Consider commercial opportunities: Newland
20 Aug 2014 Magellan moves to cash
20 Aug 2014 Kingfish mandate expanded
20 Aug 2014 Pretty benign economic news
20 Aug 2014 FMA takes first ever action against a trustee company
20 Aug 2014 AMP sets goals for post-retirement
20 Aug 2014 AML returns flow in to FMA
20 Aug 2014 Asking prices remain strong
19 Aug 2014 Tyndall looking at multi-asset products
19 Aug 2014 Be ready to discuss risk
19 Aug 2014 Values increase by a third
18 Aug 2014 HSBC removes specials and changes rates
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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