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October 2023
15 Oct 2023 Insurance can help parents facing mental health concerns
13 Oct 2023 NZ market dips as election looms
13 Oct 2023 Yovich & Co Wealth goes live on NZX Wealth Technologies platform
13 Oct 2023 Many people with home loans are managing relatively well
13 Oct 2023 Number of borrowers ahead on repayments dips slightly
13 Oct 2023 Avanti gets new driver of its auto business
13 Oct 2023 Attestations, qualifications, and just general tick boxing
12 Oct 2023 Fletcher and election uncertainty makes for a quiet sharemarket
12 Oct 2023 Green shoots appearing in housing market
12 Oct 2023 Higher rents for fewer rentals
11 Oct 2023 NZ market edges up while Fletcher Building goes into trading halt
11 Oct 2023 New code launched for debt collectors
11 Oct 2023 More time on clients, less on investment
11 Oct 2023 New code for debt collectors
11 Oct 2023 Beyond wealth – financial planning works
11 Oct 2023 Fidelity's three-headed prong back into adviserland
11 Oct 2023 Consilium Wrap lowers international brokerage fees
10 Oct 2023 NZ market enjoys positive bounce amidst volatile day
10 Oct 2023 One mortgage adviser has turned his hand to helping small businesses
10 Oct 2023 Book aimed at small businesses
10 Oct 2023 Housing market turns but big bounce not expected
10 Oct 2023 Privacy - Do we really understand it?
10 Oct 2023 Sharesies investor mood up and down
10 Oct 2023 Stewardship grows, exclusion normalising
09 Oct 2023 NZ market in the red as election countdown begins
09 Oct 2023 The question is repealing the CCCFA will be enough or not
09 Oct 2023 Will repealing the CCCFA be enough?
09 Oct 2023 Diversification - Markowitz’s greatest gift
07 Oct 2023 Westpac streamlines process for switching banks
06 Oct 2023 Weak energy companies drag NZ sharemarket lower
06 Oct 2023 Weak energy companies drag NZ sharemarket lower
06 Oct 2023 FMA reviews players in Kloogh Ponzi scheme
05 Oct 2023 NZ sharemarket rises US Treasury yields drop
05 Oct 2023 It’s just a matter of assessing the cost, or economic damage, of the war
05 Oct 2023 A better quarter in store?
05 Oct 2023 Dimensional launches NZ PIE to investing sustainable Australian equities
05 Oct 2023 Inflation war will be won but at what cost?
04 Oct 2023 NZ market flat as RBNZ keeps OCR at 5.5%
04 Oct 2023 OCR remains at 5.50%
04 Oct 2023 BREAKING: Official Cash Rate remains at 5.50%
04 Oct 2023 Finance difficulties don’t stop house buying
04 Oct 2023 Flood of new investors unlikely even if Government changes
04 Oct 2023 FMA releases final record keeping guidance for climate reporting
04 Oct 2023 Authority Documents - What’s too far?
04 Oct 2023 AIA gets a new non-executive, independent board member
03 Oct 2023 NZ market flat as RBA hits the handbrake
03 Oct 2023 It is important for advisers within a firm to share information about client’s needs
03 Oct 2023 A Journey in Oils Holly Haines
03 Oct 2023 The tax benefits of a new build
03 Oct 2023 Chubb Life scholarship winner
03 Oct 2023 Adviser firm pays $133,000 for part of house deposit lost in growth fund
02 Oct 2023 Pacific Edge falls as NZ market sinks into the red
02 Oct 2023 Higher top-up tax looming if Government doesn't change
September 2023
30 Sep 2023 Southern Cross is “very supportive” of CoFi
29 Sep 2023 Sharemarket rises on quarter-end buying
29 Sep 2023 Loosened LVRs push up mortgage lending
29 Sep 2023 Not enough understanding of non-bank lending
29 Sep 2023 Financial Advice NZ CEO hangs up her boots
29 Sep 2023 Not enough awareness and understanding of non-bank lending
29 Sep 2023 Southern Cross posts $16.5m annual loss as it capped premium prices
28 Sep 2023 NZX50 drops more than 1% as bond yields rise
28 Sep 2023 One year old stewardship code covers $100 billion FUM
28 Sep 2023 Fidelity admits it’s dropped the ball
27 Sep 2023 Chubb extends
27 Sep 2023 NZ market edges down as employment confidence hits low point
27 Sep 2023 Mortgage lending data shows property market heating up
27 Sep 2023 New Zealand’s next top town
27 Sep 2023 Mortgage lending on all properties thaws out
27 Sep 2023 [GRTV] Highly aspirational – an adviser’s take on the Million Dollar Round Table
27 Sep 2023 Industry should ignore Nat pledge to scrap CoFi: KPMG
27 Sep 2023 Acceleration of innovation now spells danger for investors
26 Sep 2023 NZ market down as investors press pause
26 Sep 2023 November hike or May cut
26 Sep 2023 OCR – November hike or May cut
26 Sep 2023 Southern Cross to review communications after debacle over withdrawn benefit
26 Sep 2023 Why sales is more relevant than ever in an era of increased regulation
26 Sep 2023 House price rises revised upwards
25 Sep 2023 NZ market ticks up as school holidays kick off
25 Sep 2023 Adviser feedback sees Fidelity Life unbox the goodies
25 Sep 2023 It often means people have fewer choices on where they can obtain a mortgage
25 Sep 2023 Affordability not always a level playing field
25 Sep 2023 Let's talk about trust
24 Sep 2023 Another leading KiwiSaver provider calls for changes
23 Sep 2023 Makao takes a step to boost analytics on sustainability
23 Sep 2023 [The Wrap] FSC should take a position on CoFI
22 Sep 2023 Here's what's being said about mortgage advisers
22 Sep 2023 Late surge lifts NZ sharemarket into positive territory
22 Sep 2023 Significant recovery underway
22 Sep 2023 Fidelity Life announces 2023 adviser award winners
21 Sep 2023 NZX50 slips as Fonterra result shines in the gloom
21 Sep 2023 Banking study submissions highlight adviser issues
21 Sep 2023 FNZ launches global accreditation programme
21 Sep 2023 SMEs ‘playing it safe’ despite growing optimism
21 Sep 2023 Global look at fund managers’ commitment to ESG
21 Sep 2023 Asteron Life putting mental health at the forefront
21 Sep 2023 Providers need to do the right thing when nobody is watching
20 Sep 2023 Cost of living crunch an opportunity for advisers
20 Sep 2023 NZ market flattens out as KMD Brands falls almost 5%
20 Sep 2023 Kloogh investors told they will only get 2c in the $1 back
20 Sep 2023 Howzat! Generate chair out
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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