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September 2019
23 Sep 2019 S&P's latest verdict on UDC
23 Sep 2019 Strong demand for impact investment, Association says
23 Sep 2019 NZ shares buoyed by prospect of low rates; Spark gains
23 Sep 2019 Lodge bonds or expect a penalty
23 Sep 2019 No stopping Capital price rises
23 Sep 2019 Westpac and BNZ rate cuts; NZ bank risk assessed
23 Sep 2019 NZ banks exposed: S&P
23 Sep 2019 Identity verification requirements 'empire building'
22 Sep 2019 Heritage Trustee rebrand complete
22 Sep 2019 Fidelity Life gets tick
22 Sep 2019 Partners creates new role for claims
21 Sep 2019 [The Wrap] What's worse? Commissions on insurance or cashbacks for home loans
20 Sep 2019 NZ shares gain; index reweighting drives heavy trading in Kiwi, Kathmandu
20 Sep 2019 New Government housing agency established
20 Sep 2019 Southern Cross appoints chief digital officer
20 Sep 2019 SBS rate cut; OCR preview
20 Sep 2019 OCR Preview: economists predict no change
20 Sep 2019 PMG closes fund early as oversubscribed
20 Sep 2019 boo boo
20 Sep 2019 Strong response expected to KiwiSaver default review: Govt
19 Sep 2019 Super Fund gets top marks
19 Sep 2019 Paul: Do we need a default mechanism at all?
19 Sep 2019 NZ shares gain; appetite for KFC helps Restaurant Brands hit record
19 Sep 2019 Advisers feeling overwhelmed by change and scrutiny, group says
19 Sep 2019 ANZ rate cuts; BNZ outlines regulatory stance
19 Sep 2019 BNZ outlines stance on new regulatory regime
19 Sep 2019 The truth about flipping
19 Sep 2019 Bluestone cuts variable rate
19 Sep 2019 Advisers directing clients to DIY: Hatch
18 Sep 2019 Price fixing earns Ronovationz $400k penalty
18 Sep 2019 NZ shares fall; Goodman placement sees property stocks sold
18 Sep 2019 Home loan complaints against banks rise
18 Sep 2019 Home loan complaints rise
18 Sep 2019 ASB adds impact to its fund range
18 Sep 2019 Home loan complaints rise
18 Sep 2019 Commission structure may need Govt intervention: FMA
17 Sep 2019 NZ shares gain: F&P Healthcare rallies on big volume, Synlait extends gain
17 Sep 2019 NZ proptech start-up scores major investor
17 Sep 2019 Insurer response 'not good enough'
17 Sep 2019 Wealth management now wags the stock-broking dog
17 Sep 2019 General Finance gets rating
17 Sep 2019 Advisers shouldn't worry about the threat of roboadvice
17 Sep 2019 Minister says Govt will force change
17 Sep 2019 A guide to contrarian investing
16 Sep 2019 Z, BP, Waitomo challenge ComCom claims on excess returns
16 Sep 2019 High oil prices weigh on Air NZ, Mainfreight; Shares close down
16 Sep 2019 New contribution rates best serve more engaged KiwiSaver members
16 Sep 2019 Colonial First State rebrands
16 Sep 2019 Conference delegates told: Take responsibility
16 Sep 2019 Southern Cross Health Society turns around deficit
16 Sep 2019 [GRTV] Happy Clients, Loyal Clients
16 Sep 2019 The growing but slowing market for insurance
16 Sep 2019 COMMENT: Prospects strong for yielding assets
16 Sep 2019 Arrival of new player adds more spice to the lending market
16 Sep 2019 Pepper Money launches in NZ
16 Sep 2019 Nikko launches high-risk 'disruptors' fund
13 Sep 2019 NZ shares fall for 5th day; Z Energy sold off further
13 Sep 2019 BNZ adopts custom based index
13 Sep 2019 [The Wrap] The word on good customer outcomes from the top
13 Sep 2019 Embrace blockchain to drive transformation
13 Sep 2019 No need for Royal Commission
13 Sep 2019 Scrub up or ship out
13 Sep 2019 Asteron and Fidelity go head to head for award
13 Sep 2019 Trustees Executors embraces block chain
13 Sep 2019 Sales fall highlights sluggish market
13 Sep 2019 Adviser ordered to pay $1,000 after 'dragging heels'
12 Sep 2019 Booster to list property fund
12 Sep 2019 Z Energy, Synlait crash on earnings downgrades
12 Sep 2019 Harbour takes a cautious approach as downside risks increase
12 Sep 2019 [GRTV] A taste of MDRT Global
12 Sep 2019 Accuro launches mental health tool
12 Sep 2019 Three complaints about advisers
12 Sep 2019 Financial advice reforms may miss the mark
11 Sep 2019 NZ shares sink; rising rates sap demand for yield stocks
11 Sep 2019 [GRTV] Loyal Clients; Happy Clients
11 Sep 2019 Banks raise cheap wholesale funding ahead of Spring mortgage surge
11 Sep 2019 Banks raise cheap wholesale funding ahead of Spring mortgage surge
11 Sep 2019 Changing the game
11 Sep 2019 FSC KiwiSaver overhaul: Boost access to advice
11 Sep 2019 Kiwis face 'trade-off' buying insurance
10 Sep 2019 NZ shares fall in light trading; power companies come off the boil
10 Sep 2019 Sargon signs clients
10 Sep 2019 The willful ignorance of a miopic point of view
10 Sep 2019 Reset policies will prompt price rises - Westpac
10 Sep 2019 Banks face headwinds; Select Home Loans proves popular
10 Sep 2019 NZ banks face headwinds
10 Sep 2019 Advice rules created 'two-tier' market, working group says
09 Sep 2019 Shares snap six-day gain; A2 falls
09 Sep 2019 Change tax regime for KiwiSaver, share trading - capital markets review
09 Sep 2019 White-label loan product takes off; Property investor cops $400k fine
09 Sep 2019 Bluestone's white-label loans take off with NZFSG
09 Sep 2019 Ronovationz faces $400k fine for price fixing
09 Sep 2019 nib enters ASX 100
07 Sep 2019 Financial Advice NZ backs Money Week
06 Sep 2019 NZX50 climbs 4.1% in week; yield demand reigns
06 Sep 2019 What Aucklanders value in property
06 Sep 2019 ANZ makes major change to its OCR forecast
06 Sep 2019 Anti-commission advocate appointed to FMA board
06 Sep 2019 Expect three more OCR cuts – ANZ
06 Sep 2019 AIA appoints new board member
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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