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August 2024
27 Aug 2024 NZ shares sink as dour earnings highlight soggy economy
27 Aug 2024 Raining PIE funds
27 Aug 2024 NZFSG makes changes to its distribution team; Mortgage commitments jumped in July
27 Aug 2024 NZFSG makes changes to its distribution team
27 Aug 2024 Mortgage commitments jumped in July as wholesale rates fell
26 Aug 2024 NZ shares gain as Chorus dividend leads the way
26 Aug 2024 NZFSG creates insurance team
26 Aug 2024 Consilium cracks milestone
24 Aug 2024 Your Weekend Read: What you need to know about the ComCom report; Bluestone departs (again)
24 Aug 2024 A deep dive into the ComCom report and what it means for mortgage advisers
24 Aug 2024 Claim time is ‘when rubber hits road’
23 Aug 2024 NZ shares snap decline as F&P Healthcare surges on upbeat outlook
23 Aug 2024 Bluestone throws its NZ chips in
23 Aug 2024 Smartshares lifts FUM 8.2% between December and June
23 Aug 2024 Advisers originated 71% of Kiwibank home loans in year ended June; Consultation opens on non-core standards for deposit takers
23 Aug 2024 Advisers originated 71% of Kiwibank home loans in year ended June
22 Aug 2024 NZ shares extend decline as earnings underline shaky economy
22 Aug 2024 Consultation opens on non-core standards for deposit takers
22 Aug 2024 Kiwibank grows mortgage book 2.7 times faster than market; Advisers reject ComCom emphasis on price, multiple applications
22 Aug 2024 Kiwibank grows mortgage book 2.7 times faster than market
21 Aug 2024 NZ shares fall for a third day as Sky subs dwindle, Fletcher sees grim outlook
20 Aug 2024 NZ shares fall as Mercury left high and dry
20 Aug 2024 Advisers reject ComCom emphasis on price, multiple applications
20 Aug 2024 ASB CEO talks compulsion, contribution and PE in KiwiSaver
20 Aug 2024 From hunted to hunters
20 Aug 2024 ComCom says mortgage advisers should put greater emphasis on price
20 Aug 2024 ComCom says advisers need to focus on price, and multiple applications
20 Aug 2024 Mortgage advisers should put greater emphasis on price: ComCom
19 Aug 2024 NZ shares stumble as a2 Milk outlook sours
19 Aug 2024 I like consistency if at all possible
19 Aug 2024 Cutting to the chase
19 Aug 2024 Consistency the key: ASB chief executive
19 Aug 2024 A Leap Forward in Helping BNZ’s KiwiSaver Scheme Customers
17 Aug 2024 SMEs adapt financial strategies amid economic pressures
16 Aug 2024 NZX 50 posts biggest weekly gain in four years on rate cut optimism
16 Aug 2024 AIA Wellbeing Study: Hybrid working can increase performance if boundaries are strong
16 Aug 2024 Quotemonster launches KiwiSaver research tool
16 Aug 2024 Terms of reference for the Banking inquiry laid out
16 Aug 2024 Banking inquiry reference terms laid out
15 Aug 2024 Skellerup rallies on robust earnings as NZ market revels on lower rates
15 Aug 2024 RBNZ says rate cuts should act faster this time; Banks slash mortgage rates as further OCR cuts signalled
15 Aug 2024 RBNZ says rate cuts should act faster this time
15 Aug 2024 Southern Cross Health Insurance – responding to member needs with important policy updates
15 Aug 2024 Banks slash mortgage rates as further OCR cuts signalled
15 Aug 2024 Southern Cross Health Insurance – responding to members’ needs with important policy updates
14 Aug 2024 NZX 50 surges as RBNZ takes handbrake off economy
14 Aug 2024 RBNZ cuts OCR to 5.25% and forecasts another cut this year
14 Aug 2024 BREAKING: OCR reduced by 25 basis points to 5.25%
14 Aug 2024 BREAKING: OCR 5.25% - Monetary restraint tempered as inflation converges on target
14 Aug 2024 ASB's mortgage book returned to growth; Half of household income going to mortgage
14 Aug 2024 ASB's mortgage book returned to growth in the 2nd half
14 Aug 2024 Half of household income going to the mortgage
14 Aug 2024 Life advisers need to actively review legacy policies
13 Aug 2024 Fidelity Life extends 3-months premium free offer
13 Aug 2024 [OPINION] What is ‘suitable’ life advice?
13 Aug 2024 Gas supply buoys Contact, Genesis as markets await RBNZ
13 Aug 2024 Division over OCR cut and problems with RBNZ; TSB rates change
13 Aug 2024 Division over OCR cut and problems with RBNZ
13 Aug 2024 How climate friendly are KiwiSaver schemes?
13 Aug 2024 Fisher Funds fixed income manager departs
12 Aug 2024 Sharemarket creep higher as rate review, earnings come into focus
12 Aug 2024 Luke Jackson hits new target; Growing calls for OCR cut
12 Aug 2024 Luke Jackson lands a new gig
12 Aug 2024 The RBNZ pivot is here
11 Aug 2024 nib launches AI-driven symptom checker
10 Aug 2024 New TMM available; You can read it here
09 Aug 2024 NZ market falls 1.7% this week as it stutters into earnings season
09 Aug 2024 Learnings from Our Clients
09 Aug 2024 Business leaders expect quicker inflation drop; Another defendant named in SFO mortgage and investment fraud case
09 Aug 2024 Business leaders expect quicker inflation drop
09 Aug 2024 The positive that we do
09 Aug 2024 Embracing GenAI: A Roadmap for NZ Financial Services Companies - Part 2
08 Aug 2024 Power price squeeze saps energy companies as Manawa tumbles
08 Aug 2024 Top five KiwiSaver providers continue market share jostle
07 Aug 2024 Vista leads market higher as broker support swells
07 Aug 2024 Fidelity survey: most Kiwis haven't consulted an adviser
07 Aug 2024 Another defendant named in SFO mortgage and investment fraud case
07 Aug 2024 Mortgage firm backs Kiwibank as a disruptive competitor; Economists lighting the path to OCR cuts
07 Aug 2024 Mortgage firm backs Kiwibank as a disruptor
06 Aug 2024 NZ shares left behind as Asian markets rally after Nikkei rout
06 Aug 2024 Level 5 certificate to remain the minimum requirement for advisers
06 Aug 2024 Economists lighting the path to OCR cuts
06 Aug 2024 Flurry of rate changes
05 Aug 2024 NZ shares join global rout as fears of US recession grow
05 Aug 2024 Modern slavery engagement to continue despite govt setback
05 Aug 2024 Bankers’ personal liabilities under CCCFA to remain; First home buyers fade, investors rise
05 Aug 2024 David Boyle gets a new role
05 Aug 2024 Bankers’ personal liabilities under CCCFA to remain
05 Aug 2024 First home buyers fade, investors rise
02 Aug 2024 Local shares hold up despite overseas slowdown worries
02 Aug 2024 Du Val Group placed into interim receivership by High Court
02 Aug 2024 CCCFA changes welcomed, but more needed - FSF
02 Aug 2024 CCCFA changes welcomed, but more needed
02 Aug 2024 Are NZ equities a buy?
02 Aug 2024 Kernel gets big tech onboard
02 Aug 2024 Asteron Life to back adviser learnings from global MDRT conference
02 Aug 2024 Fictional fund manager accounts
01 Aug 2024 NZ sharemarket continues to rise
01 Aug 2024 The Case for Simple Life
01 Aug 2024 Devon and Generate join other managers in having a better year
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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