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September 2015
26 Sep 2015 Smee pulls brokers from Kepa
25 Sep 2015 Fourth OPI director pleads guilty
25 Sep 2015 ANZ's unsolicited loan offer to client surprises adviser
25 Sep 2015 RESIMAC adds processing fee to loan applications
25 Sep 2015 Big boost for Harmoney
25 Sep 2015 Gareth Morgan joins up with Ralph Stewart
25 Sep 2015 Limited low-deposit lending to investors
25 Sep 2015 KiwiSaver members want DIY approach
25 Sep 2015 Regions get turnover boost
24 Sep 2015 ISO fields five adviser complaints
24 Sep 2015 Pinnacle Life adds new board member
24 Sep 2015 Interest rate rise could surprise, economist warns
24 Sep 2015 Best way to solve FAA? Bin it and start afresh
24 Sep 2015 KiwiSaver drain on Government coffers
24 Sep 2015 Bach tax stoush continues
24 Sep 2015 Housing market losing “fizz”
24 Sep 2015 Mistress of her own property destiny
23 Sep 2015 The Co-operative Bank shaves rates
23 Sep 2015 Capacity issues stifle managers
23 Sep 2015 KiwiSaver members expected to get more hands-on
22 Sep 2015 Mixed rental bag for landlords
22 Sep 2015 Harmoney tweaks top team
22 Sep 2015 Banks' KiwiSaver dominance highlighted
22 Sep 2015 Roboadvice goes back to the future
22 Sep 2015 World Cup as predicted by actuaries
21 Sep 2015 No let-up in record migration
21 Sep 2015 Westpac gets rates into line
21 Sep 2015 FMA staffer scam allegations damaging
18 Sep 2015 New boss at Nikko Asset Management
18 Sep 2015 3rd OPI/MFS director pleads guilty
18 Sep 2015 Former OPI/MFS directors get fine and community service
18 Sep 2015 Six-month term borrowers' best bet
18 Sep 2015 No Change
18 Sep 2015 US Fed makes its decision
18 Sep 2015 Roboadvice not far off: Boyle
18 Sep 2015 Disclosure statements allow easy comparison
18 Sep 2015 Tenants on the move: are you ready?
17 Sep 2015 Kneale goes in Westpac restructure
17 Sep 2015 New advisor group with a difference
17 Sep 2015 Crazy price rises still the Auckland story
17 Sep 2015 Regulation should be carrot and stick: Cameron
17 Sep 2015 Dodds appointed to Camelot
17 Sep 2015 Another joint conference planned
17 Sep 2015 Property managers: 15 points to check
16 Sep 2015 New KiwiSaver fund for house buyers
16 Sep 2015 New head of brand for Sovereign
16 Sep 2015 More investment adviser jobs advertised
16 Sep 2015 Super Fund reports success of active management strategy
16 Sep 2015 More banks cut rates including a sharp special
16 Sep 2015 Fund managers deploy DIMS strategy
16 Sep 2015 Risk tools for KiwiSaver advisers
16 Sep 2015 ANZ appoints analysts
16 Sep 2015 Kiwibank adds to broker force
15 Sep 2015 Partners capital raising complete
15 Sep 2015 ANZ cuts fixed rates; Apartment special
15 Sep 2015 How to get started with $60k
15 Sep 2015 Advisers' concern at bank bundling
15 Sep 2015 Call for one dispute scheme
15 Sep 2015 AIA appoints BDM to deal with brokers
15 Sep 2015 No advice insurance business valued at $4 million
14 Sep 2015 Turners looks to boost MTF stake
14 Sep 2015 NZAM appoints chairman
14 Sep 2015 GB continues NZ expansion
14 Sep 2015 Top 20 Auckland growth suburbs
14 Sep 2015 BNZ moves; ASB tries to get people moving
14 Sep 2015 How busy is 2015?
14 Sep 2015 Kiwibank vies for apartment market
11 Sep 2015 Getting to know... Elaine Campbell
11 Sep 2015 Home loan rate cuts to date
11 Sep 2015 Action needed to keep insurance affordable: Southern Cross
11 Sep 2015 Class DIMS not just for the big guys
10 Sep 2015 Auckland house prices unsustainable: RBNZ
10 Sep 2015 Auckland investors buying up regions
10 Sep 2015 Attractive yields on offer at Harmoney
10 Sep 2015 Further OCR cuts to come
10 Sep 2015 Banks follow OCR down
10 Sep 2015 OCR cut: What the governor said
10 Sep 2015 The lowest floating rate on offer
10 Sep 2015 KiwiSaver start-ups face pressure
10 Sep 2015 Effect of commission changes on your business
09 Sep 2015 Watch the OCR live tomorrow on Good Returns
09 Sep 2015 Just under 50 free advice calls
09 Sep 2015 Partners backs direct insurance offering
08 Sep 2015 AMP adds another major TV sponsorship
08 Sep 2015 Greens’ rental bill too restrictive for landlords
08 Sep 2015 RIAA develops find-an-adviser service
08 Sep 2015 ASB takes a leaf out of BNZ's book
07 Sep 2015 KiwiSaver members expect insurance: Mercer
07 Sep 2015 Chinese Kiwi investors tell their stories
07 Sep 2015 White Smoke at No.2 The Terrace?
07 Sep 2015 Lending up but profits flat
07 Sep 2015 New HFANZ chairman
07 Sep 2015 Call for clarity on 'one code for all'
04 Sep 2015 Economists predict OCR cut
04 Sep 2015 Sovereign looking for new head of distribution
04 Sep 2015 Iwi green lights Government’s Auckland land plans
04 Sep 2015 BNZ rate will get brokers' phones ringing
04 Sep 2015 BNZ makes big move down
04 Sep 2015 Milford must work harder for performance fees
04 Sep 2015 Franks joins PAA board
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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