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May 2014
28 May 2014 'Don't try DIY evictions'
27 May 2014 AdviceFirst to manage Roost
27 May 2014 BNZ opts for long rates
27 May 2014 Getting advisers to shake up the KiwiSaver market
27 May 2014 Free smoke alarms for rental properties
27 May 2014 House sale slump a risk to the economy: NZIER
26 May 2014 Truly sustainable KiwiSaver fund
26 May 2014 Small lift in low-LVR lending
26 May 2014 Sovereign appoints claims manager
26 May 2014 Splitting encouraged
26 May 2014 Dealer groups join
26 May 2014 Watch out for the risk-averse, advisers told.
26 May 2014 App to help landlords detect drugs
23 May 2014 Friday flurry
23 May 2014 Interest rates tipped to rise but price expectations weaken
23 May 2014 Kiwis seek out expert advice
23 May 2014 Competition concerns for valuers
22 May 2014 Finance company profits rise
22 May 2014 Heartland gets upgrade
22 May 2014 Westpac backs capital gains tax idea
22 May 2014 Westpac backs CGT proposal
22 May 2014 Strict rules for disclosure
22 May 2014 Triplejump appoints directors
22 May 2014 Buyers getting creative: Harcourts
22 May 2014 CGT 'would lift home-ownership levels'
22 May 2014 Deposits safe: Receivers
21 May 2014 Homeowners support compulsion: FSC
21 May 2014 Work to do to rebuild trust: FMA boss
21 May 2014 Westpac rises
21 May 2014 Calm heads will do well out of coming months: Newland
21 May 2014 Migration not biggest price driver: Economist
20 May 2014 In case you missed it
20 May 2014 Focus on value for members: New IFA president
20 May 2014 KIPT reports strong office demand
19 May 2014 New boss for NZCU
19 May 2014 Transition period likely needed for DIMS rules
17 May 2014 HSBC goes sub 6%
16 May 2014 Finance company adviser charged
16 May 2014 Bad broker Buddle changes plea
16 May 2014 New president for IFA
16 May 2014 RBNZ: What might have happened without LVRs
16 May 2014 Role for Guardian Trust's AFAs: Barnes
16 May 2014 Reserve Bank tempers reinsurance standard
16 May 2014 Rents not high enough to justify building: JLL
16 May 2014 RBNZ: What would have happened without LVRs?
15 May 2014 NZDMO tweaks programme
15 May 2014 Rising home loan rates a fait accompli
15 May 2014 No handout for first-time buyers
15 May 2014 ASB tops FundSource rankings
15 May 2014 No handouts for first-time buyers
15 May 2014 94% of rental properties fail WOF trial
14 May 2014 $100m reserved for bookbuild clients
14 May 2014 Turnover down more than expected: RBNZ
14 May 2014 $400m of NZ bonds on offer this week
14 May 2014 Fixed income investors 'should seek absolute returns'
14 May 2014 Turnover down more than expected: RBNZ
13 May 2014 Rate rises having an impact; SBS cuts
13 May 2014 OCR increases having an impact
13 May 2014 People don’t like talking about dying
13 May 2014 Too soon to jump back into emerging markets: K2
13 May 2014 11% of landlords live overseas: Report
13 May 2014 Prices expected to rise but 'not a great time to buy'
12 May 2014 Older, female, richer investors more likely to get advice
12 May 2014 Call for Govt action on strengthening costs
12 May 2014 REINZ: Market slowing
11 May 2014 Low volatility feeds a search for yield
09 May 2014 Mercer Marsh mash up
09 May 2014 Pressure coming on bank margins
09 May 2014 LVR restrictions could come off this year
09 May 2014 LVR restrictions could come off this year
09 May 2014 Fidelity adds new board member
09 May 2014 Accountants: Financial advisers of the future?
09 May 2014 Harcourts applauds LVR move
09 May 2014 Update on the New Zealand housing market [FEATURE with GRAPHS]
08 May 2014 Kiwis will miss out on comfortable retirement: FSC
08 May 2014 'Average Kiwis missing out on advice'
08 May 2014 Parents 'propping up lending'
08 May 2014 QV: First-time buyers return
07 May 2014 Rules may be relaxed on Friday: Economists
07 May 2014 Brown quits FMA role
07 May 2014 New Zealand's big bet on China
07 May 2014 BNZ does a wee tweak
07 May 2014 More special housing areas revealed
06 May 2014 KiwiSaver – opportunity, threat or both?
06 May 2014 DIYers shun advice: Research
06 May 2014 Low-interest loans a risk worth taking: BNZ
06 May 2014 KIPT sells rest of Auckland high rise
05 May 2014 Switch to fix puts pressure on: Westpac
05 May 2014 ASB makes 3-year hero rate and offers more cash
05 May 2014 ASB makes 3-year hero rate and offers more cash
05 May 2014 Kiwibank offer formalised
05 May 2014 Providers need more confidence in resoution schemes: FMA boss
05 May 2014 Sellers need to price well: B&T
05 May 2014 Still a seller's market: Realestate.co.nz
04 May 2014 KiwiSaver withdrawal system sparks complaints
04 May 2014 Asteron appoints claims executive
02 May 2014 A week of the expected and unexpected
02 May 2014 FMA board appointments
02 May 2014 How ANZ is winning the battle
02 May 2014 Don't fear the move online: AMP
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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