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August 2025
21 Aug 2025 PMG Disclaimer August 2025
21 Aug 2025 Sustainability upgrades deliver tangible gains for commercial property investors
21 Aug 2025 Overseas expansion and name change
21 Aug 2025 Re-fixing holdouts may have had the right strategy as RBNZ turns dovish
20 Aug 2025 Team leader promoted to run claims at Asteron
20 Aug 2025 NZ sharemarket rallies past 13,000 points after Reserve Bank rate cut
20 Aug 2025 Why RBNZ may cut OCR further; more relief for borrowers?
20 Aug 2025 RBNZ cuts OCR to 3%, sees it bottoming at 2.5% in the March 2026 qtr
20 Aug 2025 [BREAKING NEWS] OCR cut to 3%, down 25 basis points
20 Aug 2025 [BREAKING NEWS] OCR cut to 3%
19 Aug 2025 Mercury Energy impresses as NZX 50 dips 0.3%
19 Aug 2025 Tomorrow’s OCR cut won’t be enough, says FAMNZ
19 Aug 2025 Borrowers need relief
19 Aug 2025 Insurtech raises $3mill to help insurers transform
19 Aug 2025 Industry veteran sells business to ISG Group; Automating manual reporting
18 Aug 2025 Comvita buzzing after takeover bid; NZX 50 up 0.6%
18 Aug 2025 Freightways outpaces flat NZ economy with 12.9% profit lift
18 Aug 2025 Soaring costs and lack of accessibility drive people to alternative medical care
18 Aug 2025 Do longer SOAs break the law?
18 Aug 2025 US tariffs hit NZ exports, pressure builds on RBNZ to cut rates
18 Aug 2025 Kiwibank says OCR needs to go deeper to revive economy
18 Aug 2025 OCR needs a deeper drop to get economy going
18 Aug 2025 [Opinion] Trauma Cover complaint against adviser
15 Aug 2025 NZ shares climb, Vulcan Steel leads as reporting season approaches
15 Aug 2025 AIA chief underwriter steps down
15 Aug 2025 OCR cut next week? Here’s what the big banks say
15 Aug 2025 Economists not expecting next week’s OCR cut to be the last
15 Aug 2025 Another insurer eyes the adviser market
14 Aug 2025 Partners Life throws “serious funding” into service recovery
14 Aug 2025 Forsyth Barr flags fee pressure and overvalued wealth tech at NZX
14 Aug 2025 Huge increase in weapons in KiwiSaver funds
14 Aug 2025 How's ASB going and why does it keep secrets? Rates action
14 Aug 2025 [Opinion] Why does ASB not disclose how much advisers write for the bank?
14 Aug 2025 Fisher Funds moves to woo advisers back
13 Aug 2025 Pre-result confidence drives NZ sharemarket up
13 Aug 2025 ASB outpaces market in mortgage growth despite profit dip
13 Aug 2025 Momentum Life gets new owners
13 Aug 2025 Gloomy home ownership results
12 Aug 2025 PGG Wrightson a stand-out on NZX 50 slides 1.2% to kick-off earnings season
12 Aug 2025 Many Kiwis could buy a home sooner than they think
12 Aug 2025 OCR cut could spark surge in client activity
12 Aug 2025 Data aligns for OCR cut and inflation easing
12 Aug 2025 FMA offers more insight into adviser misconduct trends
11 Aug 2025 NZX 50 lifts 0.5%; Metroglass cracks as Eroad climbs
11 Aug 2025 Balancing caution with conviction
11 Aug 2025 Is a rate cut just days away?
11 Aug 2025 Survey heads in right direction for OCR cut
11 Aug 2025 Profit drops at Milford as performance fees plunge despite strong returns
08 Aug 2025 Late selling drives NZ sharemarket down
08 Aug 2025 A new marketplace for you (and your mortgage books)
08 Aug 2025 New exclusive marketplace launched for buying and selling adviser books
08 Aug 2025 Milford strengthens support for advisers
08 Aug 2025 Lifetime picks up UK pension business
07 Aug 2025 NZX steady as Eroad rallies on road-user charge changes
07 Aug 2025 Go Lend expands
07 Aug 2025 Weaker jobs data strengthens case for OCR cuts
07 Aug 2025 Weak labour data reinforces need for more OCR cuts
07 Aug 2025 Want US share with your global equity fund? No thanks
06 Aug 2025 NZ sharemarket steady amid US slump with eyes on Trump’s tariffs
06 Aug 2025 More borrowers fix for one year as rates fall
06 Aug 2025 Longer mortgage terms favoured as OCR drops
06 Aug 2025 [GRTV] Finding value in a tumultuous world
05 Aug 2025 Strong lead from US lifts NZX 50; Fisher & Paykel Healthcare up 3.24%
05 Aug 2025 Harbour posts profit after BNZ KiwiSaver buy
05 Aug 2025 Further cuts to OCR might be forced on RBNZ
04 Aug 2025 Kiwibank predicts deeper interest rate cuts ahead; Top firm seeks another adviser
04 Aug 2025 Gentrack takes another hit as NZX 50 trades down 0.3% to start week
04 Aug 2025 Devon loses head of retail
04 Aug 2025 JB Were trumps Jarden
04 Aug 2025 Lots of $2 billion milestones
04 Aug 2025 A lack of love for labour, competition and productivity
03 Aug 2025 More job losses and mortgage stress as economic pressure builds
02 Aug 2025 FSI creates new brand for its affiliate investment teams
01 Aug 2025 Increased US tariffs drive NZ stocks lower
01 Aug 2025 FMT cracks $2 bill
01 Aug 2025 Adviser survey reveals key business placement drivers
01 Aug 2025 Chubb extends popular discount until January
01 Aug 2025 More home loans now classed as non-performing
01 Aug 2025 More mortgage loans tip into non-performing group
July 2025
31 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket down as Mainfreight, utilities move
31 Jul 2025 Remodelling housing in the country’s biggest city
30 Jul 2025 Synlait Milk and Mainfreight take hit as NZ sharemarket down
30 Jul 2025 FAMNZ head leaves association
30 Jul 2025 FAMNZ boss steps down
30 Jul 2025 Sharesies KiwiSaver set to break even as funds soar
30 Jul 2025 Better path needed for new mortgage advisers
29 Jul 2025 Are we setting new mortgage advisers up to fail?
29 Jul 2025 Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund up 4% as NZX 50 lifts second day this week
29 Jul 2025 Australian PE firm seeks 30% stake in Forsyth Barr
29 Jul 2025 Unimed gets new CEO
29 Jul 2025 Insurance disputes reach record high
29 Jul 2025 Kiwis 2x more likely to pick car insurance over life/health
29 Jul 2025 Housing market stuck in neutral – for now
29 Jul 2025 Flatter prices in a well- balanced market
28 Jul 2025 FNZ faces US$4.6 bill claim from employee shareholders
28 Jul 2025 Very quiet day on the NZX as investors await earnings
28 Jul 2025 KiwiSaver growth fuels 33% profit jump at Generate
28 Jul 2025 Mortgage fraud is on the rise – here’s what to watch for
28 Jul 2025 Mortgage fraud red flags outlined
26 Jul 2025 [TMM] Weekend Big Read
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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