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August 2018
24 Aug 2018 FMA referred fraudster “broker” to IRD
24 Aug 2018 [The Wrap] The future of research; New groups coming; Milking big returns
24 Aug 2018 Smartshares passes $3b
24 Aug 2018 FMA referred fraudster “broker” to IRD
24 Aug 2018 Fund manager research: Where to from here?
23 Aug 2018 NZ shares drop as Air NZ, Ebos fall; F&P Healthcare, Auckland Airport gain
23 Aug 2018 Victory for Mike Pero; Calling all Young Advisers
23 Aug 2018 Advisers should spend more time understanding fixed interest investments
23 Aug 2018 Judge discharges order against Mike Pero
23 Aug 2018 Bond, insulation breaches prove costly
22 Aug 2018 NZ shares at fresh record as Trade Me, A2, Meridian gain on earnings; Fletcher drops
22 Aug 2018 AMP appoints new CEO
22 Aug 2018 A different system: the rental market in Scandinavia
22 Aug 2018 Non-bank lenders go dating
22 Aug 2018 Adviser milking big returns for clients
22 Aug 2018 Non-bank lenders go dating advisers
21 Aug 2018 NZ shares at fresh high, Vector, A2 gain while Pushpay, Comvita drop
21 Aug 2018 Geneva Finance buys in Tonga
21 Aug 2018 More rate cuts; Mortgage broker sent to jail
21 Aug 2018 Migration drops more than expected
21 Aug 2018 Mortgage broker sent to prison
21 Aug 2018 Investing: Understanding non-financial risks
21 Aug 2018 ANZ predicts OCR cut
21 Aug 2018 NZX says platform nearly live
20 Aug 2018 NZ shares at record as Skycity, Fisher & Paykel Health rally
20 Aug 2018 Financial planning should be the natural friend of good insurance coverage
20 Aug 2018 nib on deal hunt as profits rise
20 Aug 2018 Auckland prices take a slide
20 Aug 2018 Storing up value
20 Aug 2018 Rates keep falling
20 Aug 2018 New life in old whole of life policies
20 Aug 2018 KiwiSaver could help solve infrastructure questions
20 Aug 2018 Investor confidence drops
17 Aug 2018 Lower long-term rates predicted
17 Aug 2018 [The Wrap] FARs just RFAs spelt differently; Invest responsibly
17 Aug 2018 Shortage reshapes Hamilton market
17 Aug 2018 Ballantyne opens up on her career
17 Aug 2018 60 basis point rate cut; Judge calls Pero relationship dysfunctional
17 Aug 2018 Kiwi managers become more responsible
16 Aug 2018 Mike Pero v Mike Pero companies – the battle continues
16 Aug 2018 NZ shares rise as Skellerup posts record profit
16 Aug 2018 Consumers expect rate rise: ASB
16 Aug 2018 Auckland a buyer's market; Financial Advice NZ puts case to minister
16 Aug 2018 SPIKE: Kiwi managers become more responsible
16 Aug 2018 FANZ sells Synergy to partner
16 Aug 2018 Caution behind muted expectations
15 Aug 2018 Foreign buyers now banned
15 Aug 2018 NZ shares rise as earnings continue; NZX gains on spec div
15 Aug 2018 REINZ data suggests
15 Aug 2018 Mike Pero and MPM back in court
15 Aug 2018 Shanks meets Faafoi
15 Aug 2018 REINZ data suggests "buyers' market" in Auckland
15 Aug 2018 Perpetual Guardian appoints head of Investment Advice
14 Aug 2018 NZ shares bounce back from Turkish sell-down, Summerset falls on mixed result
14 Aug 2018 Mike Pero v MPM $2.5 mill debt fight back in court
14 Aug 2018 Corporate Values, worth the effort?
14 Aug 2018 New Kiwibuild lending package; OCR could actually be cut
14 Aug 2018 Getting to grips with responsible investing
13 Aug 2018 NZ shares fall as Turkey woes ripple through markets; blue chips include F&P, Fletcher drop
13 Aug 2018 Kiwibank offers 90% KiwiBuild mortgages
13 Aug 2018 IRESS opens software design to users through IRESS Labs
13 Aug 2018 “Real” risk of OCR cut: Westpac
13 Aug 2018 Manawatu property man
13 Aug 2018 Article research and adviser perceptions
13 Aug 2018 NZ Funds targeting clients' points of pain
13 Aug 2018 Consumers will accept fitness trackers if they get a good discount: Study
10 Aug 2018 NZ shares up broadly on dollar weakness, TradeMe and A2 gain while Fonterra sinks
10 Aug 2018 [The Wrap] RFAs on notice; Ballantyne tells her story; Blunder - A book on DYF and RIF
10 Aug 2018 ANZ appoints new Aust equities manager
10 Aug 2018 Failure to provide heating costs
10 Aug 2018 One curious change
10 Aug 2018 Fidelity Life appoints key partnerships boss
10 Aug 2018 Advisers offered scholarship to upskill
10 Aug 2018 Asteron Life not sold with Australian business
09 Aug 2018 Ross investors upset at distribution plan
09 Aug 2018 NZ shares up as dollar weakens on OCR track, Pushpay, Skycity gain
09 Aug 2018 FMA: Adviser licensing will be a challenge
09 Aug 2018 Reserve Bank springs surprise with dovish OCR forecast
09 Aug 2018 Reserve Bank springs surprise with dovish OCR forecast
09 Aug 2018 Here's what RB governor Orr said today
09 Aug 2018 What the bank said: OCR unchanged and to stay low for longer
09 Aug 2018 [GRTV] Richard James reflects on the past 10 years at NZ Funds
09 Aug 2018 asb
08 Aug 2018 NZ shares drop as Pushpay weakens further while Skycity gains on earnings
08 Aug 2018 Watch RBNZ's MPS announcement live
08 Aug 2018 Proof rent can be paid crucial
08 Aug 2018 AMP swells funds under management
08 Aug 2018 Wearable devices: The promise and the reality for insurance
08 Aug 2018 ANZ scraps staff sales incentives
08 Aug 2018 AMP profits down, but result solid
08 Aug 2018 Slow rise for Auckland rents
08 Aug 2018 Bluestone gets a new BDM
08 Aug 2018 Conduct, not law, best way to deal with commission: FMA
08 Aug 2018 Rate hike challenge looming
08 Aug 2018 HSBC does it again with significant rate cuts
08 Aug 2018 Simplicity in the black after two years
08 Aug 2018 Over-60s retain health cover
07 Aug 2018 Avanti product changes; Officials respond
07 Aug 2018 Aussie report calls for end of trail commission
07 Aug 2018 Avanti makes major home loan changes
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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