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September 2004
22 Sep 2004 On the land: how good is the good life?
22 Sep 2004 Long-term fixed interest rates rise
22 Sep 2004 Rural property boom reflected in NZ
22 Sep 2004 NZ's Urbus Properties, ING Property Trust Mull Merger
22 Sep 2004 Instant Finance investment grade: Rapid Ratings
21 Sep 2004 Instant Finance "investment grade": Rapid Ratings
21 Sep 2004 ING roadshow
21 Sep 2004 Straightforward solution to superannuation tax problem
21 Sep 2004 Life insurance premiums grow 5%
21 Sep 2004 Marathon tackles the three bears
21 Sep 2004 Strategic profit up
20 Sep 2004 Short-term home loan rates a rising
20 Sep 2004 Adviserlink Investments & Risk Management
20 Sep 2004 ING roadshow
20 Sep 2004 Women in Super supports workplace savings initiative
20 Sep 2004 Rate rises hurt home buyers starting out, says broker
20 Sep 2004 An escape route for the professional poor
20 Sep 2004 Housing figures paint a mixed picture
20 Sep 2004 $20m to be spent on giant cinemas
20 Sep 2004 Panmure's new K Rd
20 Sep 2004 BNZ ups floating rate, advises customers to fix loans
19 Sep 2004 Westpac rewrites broker agreements
19 Sep 2004 News Round Up
19 Sep 2004 NZ house prices high on world stage
19 Sep 2004 Economists split on whether property boom is over or slowing
19 Sep 2004 Boom not over - REINZ
19 Sep 2004 Bank believes housing boom over
19 Sep 2004 Credit ratings worth noting
19 Sep 2004 Property problems: Swift action needed on conspiracy to deceive
19 Sep 2004 Lifestylers a 'threat' to farms
19 Sep 2004 Kingsland project ready to set sail
19 Sep 2004 Housing hold ups
19 Sep 2004 Who's to blame?
19 Sep 2004 Kiwibank raises floating mortgate rate
19 Sep 2004 Blue Chip threatens gag as Wevers walks
19 Sep 2004 New head of Private Bank at BNZ
17 Sep 2004 New savings scheme will prompt other changes
17 Sep 2004 Workplace super deserves more options and debate
17 Sep 2004 Strong action required from government
17 Sep 2004 New savings scheme will prompt other changes
17 Sep 2004 Housing figures paint a mixed picture
16 Sep 2004 Company tax cut would boost savings proposals
16 Sep 2004 National median house price slips to $247,000 in August
16 Sep 2004 Home-buyers go out of town
16 Sep 2004 Warning for homeowners
16 Sep 2004 United Future on Harris superannuation report
16 Sep 2004 Workplace savings report still short of the mark
15 Sep 2004 New regime to bite in 2007
15 Sep 2004 Market boom creates flood of landlords
15 Sep 2004 New landlords attracted by strong returns
15 Sep 2004 Changes To Privilege For Tax Advice Welcomed
15 Sep 2004 Families face losing homes
15 Sep 2004 New subdivision alarms residents
15 Sep 2004 Trans Tasman splashes out on second Hong Kong deal
15 Sep 2004 New regime to bite in 2007
15 Sep 2004 Auckland man on trial over low-cost housing fraud scam
15 Sep 2004 Property developments threat to Auckland lava caves
15 Sep 2004 Discount broker inquiry widens
15 Sep 2004 NZ bursting with good health
15 Sep 2004 Sort out finances before the big OE
15 Sep 2004 Access had used client funds for "some time": Liquidator
15 Sep 2004 New regime to bite in 2007
15 Sep 2004 Debate called for on Workplace Savings Report
15 Sep 2004 Industry pleased with workplace savings report
15 Sep 2004 A future for work-based savings in New Zealand
15 Sep 2004 Public submissions invited on workplace savings
15 Sep 2004 Greens support workplace savings
15 Sep 2004 FPIA roadshow
15 Sep 2004 Another insight into the broking industry
15 Sep 2004 Management of healthcare trust changes hands
14 Sep 2004 Mastering Due Diligence seminar
14 Sep 2004 FPIA roadshow
14 Sep 2004 National Bank appoints managing director for retail banking
14 Sep 2004 Liontamer launches new MONEY fund
14 Sep 2004 Health insurance like car cover
14 Sep 2004 AXA's answer to finance companies unveiled
14 Sep 2004 ASB hikes floating rate by 0.25 per cent
14 Sep 2004 Expansion opposed by council
13 Sep 2004 Adviserlink Investments & Risk Management
13 Sep 2004 Adviserlink Business Financial Services
13 Sep 2004 FPIA roadshow
13 Sep 2004 Brokers debate mortgage reduction operators
13 Sep 2004 NZ Guest Nights Rise 6 Pct In July
13 Sep 2004 AXA launches mortgage backed bonds
13 Sep 2004 News Round Up
13 Sep 2004 Brokers debate mortgage reduction operators
13 Sep 2004 DIY house sales could save billions
13 Sep 2004 Big future in thinking small
13 Sep 2004 Property problems: Council bylaws best bet in fighting brothels
13 Sep 2004 Cash for some Access clients
13 Sep 2004 Swimming with the sharks
13 Sep 2004 $13.8m deal for Shortland St site
13 Sep 2004 Get ready for two more rises
13 Sep 2004 Right borrowing strategy can ease burden for homeowners
13 Sep 2004 Mortgage rates could hit 9pc before end of the year
13 Sep 2004 Home dreams fade as rates rise
13 Sep 2004 Westpac hikes housing base rate
13 Sep 2004 Neighbours angry over Taumarunui slip damage
13 Sep 2004 Investors need faith as broker goes under
13 Sep 2004 Rules to keep out the ugly
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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