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September 2018
28 Sep 2018 Kepa appoints manager of adviser training
28 Sep 2018 Young adviser takes top award; TSB cuts rates
28 Sep 2018 AIA and Sovereign: One brand in 2019
28 Sep 2018 AMP divests from tobacco securities
27 Sep 2018 Three Excellence in advice awards revealed
27 Sep 2018 Kerr claims win in Torchlight case
27 Sep 2018 NZ shares fall as A2 extends decline, property stocks lose shine
27 Sep 2018 Three advisers elected to association board
27 Sep 2018 Partners Life appoints Chief Legal, Risk and Conduct Officer
27 Sep 2018 OCR remains the same
27 Sep 2018 Today’s OCR statement
27 Sep 2018 Ombudsman clarifies adviser servicing obligations
27 Sep 2018 Investor lending activity still subdued
26 Sep 2018 Investor activity subdued in August
26 Sep 2018 NZ shares edge up; rising oil prices keep Air NZ cautious
26 Sep 2018 Solid global economy and equity returns
26 Sep 2018 BNZ joins Kiwibuild buyer battle
26 Sep 2018 New group to battle reforms
26 Sep 2018 Rents hitting record highs; Got your seat yet?
26 Sep 2018 AFAs censured by FADC
25 Sep 2018 NZ shares inch higher as investors eye upcoming AGMs
25 Sep 2018 Summer rent rise starts early
25 Sep 2018 Are you getting the support you need?
25 Sep 2018 Addressing tenancy law reform
25 Sep 2018 A2 drop no shock for heavily invested adviser
25 Sep 2018 PIE tax cap wouldn't work in capital gains environment: Advice
25 Sep 2018 AIA congratulates Gattung
24 Sep 2018 NZ stocks mixed, A2 Milk leads declines
24 Sep 2018 Big start to the week; New owners at MX
24 Sep 2018 Lessons from the GFC
24 Sep 2018 Aussie group buys into Mortgage Express
24 Sep 2018 Tax working group wants help for low-income investors
24 Sep 2018 Group preparing for code consultation
22 Sep 2018 Pathfinder launches vegan fund offer
21 Sep 2018 NZ shares edge higher, boosted by tourism data, earnings
21 Sep 2018 [The Wrap] Friendly fire in responsible investment space
21 Sep 2018 Get ready for CGT warfare
21 Sep 2018 Migration drops to 2015 level
21 Sep 2018 OCR predictions revealed
21 Sep 2018 OCR to stay at record low: Preview Survey
21 Sep 2018 Fund managers angry at poor grades
20 Sep 2018 NZ shares rise as Tourism Holdings upgraded; Spark sheds dividend rights
20 Sep 2018 Working group acknowledges few incentives to save
20 Sep 2018 No firm call on CGT
20 Sep 2018 Kepa takes stake in another advice business
20 Sep 2018 No firm call on CGT
20 Sep 2018 What the tax group wants; Reverse mortgages drive Heartland forward
20 Sep 2018 Reverse mortgages, motor, drive Heartland growth
20 Sep 2018 Financial Advice NZ nixes access to member info
20 Sep 2018 Fund managers hypocritical on RI: Stubbs
19 Sep 2018 NZ shares shrug off Synlait slump, join global rally
19 Sep 2018 Cigna backs kids' mental health
19 Sep 2018 Upbeat report on brokers
19 Sep 2018 Kerr's PGC, and Barnes's Bath St go another round
19 Sep 2018 Mortgage brokers key channel for profit-surging banks: KPMG
19 Sep 2018 AMP charged dead clients
18 Sep 2018 NZ shares gain as yields remain attractive in low rate environment
18 Sep 2018 Unlisted property funds get AA rating
18 Sep 2018 Bold OCR prediction; Another dealer group
18 Sep 2018 LifeDirect: Advisers should take over
18 Sep 2018 Societal change and changing financial services
18 Sep 2018 Dire Straits for Infrastructure Funds
18 Sep 2018 Asteron, Fidelity and Partners in running for top award
18 Sep 2018 How low could the OCR go?
18 Sep 2018 Former Generate man taps into new service for advisers
18 Sep 2018 Animal cruelty top of investors' worries
17 Sep 2018 MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares mixed as index rebalancing looms; Pushpay, A2 gain
17 Sep 2018 [GRTV] Pie Fund Management CEO, Mike Taylor is in studio
17 Sep 2018 [GRTV] Pie Funds Management CEO, Mike Taylor is in studio
17 Sep 2018 AI: Advice's next big disruption
17 Sep 2018 Price decline continues - TMP
17 Sep 2018 NZX deal adds research options
17 Sep 2018 Devon continues to invest in their team and infrastructure
17 Sep 2018 GM appointed to new mortgage group
17 Sep 2018 New adviser laws closer to reality; GM appointed to group
17 Sep 2018 Regions revving up
17 Sep 2018 AI: Advice's next big disruption
14 Sep 2018 [The Wrap] Once FSLAB's laid new game starts
14 Sep 2018 MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain as thaw in US-China trade relations boosts optimism; Pushpay rises on upgrade
14 Sep 2018 Southern Cross posts first loss since 2014
14 Sep 2018 BNZ makes some competitive and no so-competitive cuts
14 Sep 2018 Asset allocation calculator launched
13 Sep 2018 MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares join Asia rally on trade optimism; Fonterra loss dominates headlines
13 Sep 2018 First Auckland price increase in six months
13 Sep 2018 First Auckland price increase in six months
13 Sep 2018 More support for non-banks; FSLAB gets unanimous support
13 Sep 2018 FSLAB gets unanimous support
13 Sep 2018 Quiz failures show advisers could do more
12 Sep 2018 Landlords don’t make excessive profits – Tywford
12 Sep 2018 MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares drop back as SkyCity, Air NZ weaken; NZX rises on Nasdaq MOU
12 Sep 2018 Asset Finance agrees takeover
12 Sep 2018 Gallagher’s buys Super-Advice business
12 Sep 2018 ACC 'should cover sickness'
12 Sep 2018 ASB hires former Reserve Bank chairman
12 Sep 2018 Rod Carr returns to banking
12 Sep 2018 Picking Winners
12 Sep 2018 Two banks rate cuts + People News
12 Sep 2018 Plus4 expands in central New Zealand
12 Sep 2018 UK firm takes 50% stake in NZAM
11 Sep 2018 NZ shares up 2% as energy stocks rally on expert report; A2, Fisher & Paykel Health gain
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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