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October 2016
22 Oct 2016 Tenancy Services takes on enforcer role
21 Oct 2016 Migrant flow hits new highs – for now
21 Oct 2016 Rent flatline continues
21 Oct 2016 Westpac stops some lending; ANZ loosens up
21 Oct 2016 FSC wants to work with advisers
21 Oct 2016 Littlewood itching to get started on robo launch
20 Oct 2016 Forex Ponzi accused in court
20 Oct 2016 Lending times they are a’ changing
20 Oct 2016 Private sales part of HNZ build programme
20 Oct 2016 Klipin takes helm of FSC
20 Oct 2016 Market in cruise mode
20 Oct 2016 KiwiSaver advice sparks complaints
20 Oct 2016 KiwiSaver risk reward just 2.1%
19 Oct 2016 Z issues bonds
19 Oct 2016 Westpac tightens; ANZ loosens lending criteria
19 Oct 2016 Super Fund's new climate strategy
19 Oct 2016 OCR to be cut despite inflation
19 Oct 2016 Wait continues for FAA detail
19 Oct 2016 October launch for FundSource reports
18 Oct 2016 Inflation result won’t stop OCR cut
18 Oct 2016 Market settles into cruise mode
18 Oct 2016 Royle joins Mortgage Link
18 Oct 2016 As expected Kiwibank moves
18 Oct 2016 TPD a higher hurdle to pass
18 Oct 2016 Trump win could mean more work for advisers
18 Oct 2016 Big providers prime targets for automated advice
18 Oct 2016 Advisers welcome prospect of robo
18 Oct 2016 Young investor’s secret to success
17 Oct 2016 Leaky building class action court-bound
17 Oct 2016 Jennings joins BAA board
17 Oct 2016 Tereora in charge at Fidelity Life
17 Oct 2016 Watch housing market update
17 Oct 2016 Client interests first (or business interests first?)
15 Oct 2016 This could be a spring like no other
14 Oct 2016 General Finance raises rates
14 Oct 2016 Meth is landlords' big worry
14 Oct 2016 The state of the housing market
14 Oct 2016 ASB's big mortgage writer acknowledged
14 Oct 2016 Mortgage Link considers licenced entity model
14 Oct 2016 Small win for landlords
14 Oct 2016 Fidelity Life boosts profit
14 Oct 2016 Crunch on advisers' time
13 Oct 2016 Advised sales get more claims paid
13 Oct 2016 Apartment failures mean investing care needed
13 Oct 2016 Affordability levels causing buyer strain
13 Oct 2016 Data, not intent, key to expert analysis
13 Oct 2016 LVRs starting to bite - REINZ
13 Oct 2016 Cooper retires from Planet
13 Oct 2016 LVRs starting to bite - REINZ
12 Oct 2016 NZ property data tools on the rise
12 Oct 2016 RBNZ signals more cuts on way
12 Oct 2016 Market manipulation unreasonable conclusion - expert
12 Oct 2016 Lower OCR around corner
12 Oct 2016 Obituary: Daryl McAlinden
12 Oct 2016 Banks tackle KiwiSaver advice question
11 Oct 2016 NZ must be nimble on p2p: Seymour
11 Oct 2016 Sovereign tweaks top team
11 Oct 2016 Tough times for Kiwi investors
11 Oct 2016 Market manipulation unreasonable conclusion - expert
11 Oct 2016 Deal increases Lifetime's reach
11 Oct 2016 Warminger mounts defence
11 Oct 2016 Tough lending times for investors
10 Oct 2016 Goff told: Help, not hinder development
10 Oct 2016 Govt ramps up building programme
10 Oct 2016 Govt to build more houses in Akld?
10 Oct 2016 Industry adjusted to culture shock: FMA
10 Oct 2016 Insurers tackle obesity problem
10 Oct 2016 KiwiSaver furore gave advice boost
10 Oct 2016 Navigating the new LVRs
07 Oct 2016 KiwiSaver members almost triple their money
07 Oct 2016 ASB raises most of its Specials
07 Oct 2016 Assumptions, not evidence – Warminger defence
07 Oct 2016 New Zealand could take roboadvice lead
06 Oct 2016 40pc may not be the end of the rules
06 Oct 2016 Morningstar 'neutral' on Fisher
06 Oct 2016 MPs urged to heed calls of landlords
06 Oct 2016 Acceptable trading behaviour questioned
06 Oct 2016 Nib increases Ultimate Health product price
06 Oct 2016 Legislation change prompts big decisions
06 Oct 2016 Auckland rent yields drop
05 Oct 2016 MBIE releases proposed KiwiSaver changes
05 Oct 2016 Providers bemoan KiwiSaver guidance
05 Oct 2016 Tenant liability intervention sought
05 Oct 2016 Fixed rates start rising - slowly
05 Oct 2016 Advisers need advertising campaign
05 Oct 2016 Pension transfers may get cheaper
05 Oct 2016 Auckland market 'totally different'
04 Oct 2016 ACC lauds investment team
04 Oct 2016 Shifting investor activity
04 Oct 2016 Investors face cancellation of pre-approvals
04 Oct 2016 The danger of FOMO
04 Oct 2016 New Zealand 'has conflict problem'
04 Oct 2016 Rebrand part of digital investment for FNZC
03 Oct 2016 New LVR rules kick in
03 Oct 2016 BNZ hikes Special rate
03 Oct 2016 AA enters health insurance market with nib
03 Oct 2016 Client best interests: Part Two
03 Oct 2016 New LVR rules kick in
03 Oct 2016 Opportunities in Christchurch North
01 Oct 2016 No spring lift for property market: Realestate.co.nz
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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