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August 2020
07 Aug 2020 Kiwibank predicts 6% fall in house prices; Warning over new tenancy laws
07 Aug 2020 Kiwibank expects 6% fall in house prices
07 Aug 2020 Death of small advice firms exaggerated: FMA
06 Aug 2020 NZ shares flat as Tiwai smelter rumours swirl
06 Aug 2020 Persistent RTA breaches cost landlord
06 Aug 2020 Shake-up at AMP
06 Aug 2020 New rental laws will have unexpected outcomes
06 Aug 2020 Borrowers pay down home loans in lockdown
06 Aug 2020 The Co-operative Bank slashes home loan rates
06 Aug 2020 Fund history should reset after reclassification, adviser says
05 Aug 2020 Gold soars on global uncertainty; shares sink
05 Aug 2020 The clock is ticking on getting a transitional licence…
05 Aug 2020 Tied Agency 2.0 – spelt out
05 Aug 2020 It starts with governance
05 Aug 2020 Resimac slashes prime rates
05 Aug 2020 Radical tenancy reforms now law
05 Aug 2020 Is the market resurgence coming to an end?
05 Aug 2020 Financial Advice NZ ponders questions of experience in Trusted Adviser consultation
04 Aug 2020 Better news out of US and Europe drives NZX rally
04 Aug 2020 BNP to boost offshore capital flows
04 Aug 2020 Resimac slashes prime rates
04 Aug 2020 Auckland sees highest sales since 2015
04 Aug 2020 ANZ eases servicing test
04 Aug 2020 ANZ eases servicing test; Surge in new listings
04 Aug 2020 Kiwi insurers unscathed by Covid-19, S&P says
04 Aug 2020 ANZ eases servicing test
04 Aug 2020 Industry participants pick up more of FMA's tab
03 Aug 2020 NZ shares fall as Aussie lockdown bites
03 Aug 2020 Prices not impacted by new listings surge
03 Aug 2020 Legg Mason becomes part of Franklin Templeton
03 Aug 2020 BNZ slashes rates; Trouble in Queenstown
03 Aug 2020 'Retirees' stick with KiwiSaver, AMP says
02 Aug 2020 FMA restarts regulatory activities
02 Aug 2020 [The Wrap] Nats' KiwiSaver policy nuts
02 Aug 2020 [GRTV] Bascand outlines the keys to Covid recovery
01 Aug 2020 NZ shares rise as local earnings salvage sentiment
01 Aug 2020 The final countdown
July 2020
31 Jul 2020 Kloogh sentenced to prison
31 Jul 2020 Queenstown rents take a nosedive
31 Jul 2020 AMP predicts profit drop
31 Jul 2020 Non-banks get Covid boost
31 Jul 2020 200 issues: Top Regions Revealed
31 Jul 2020 Retail investor bubble; What's happening?
31 Jul 2020 Non-banks get Covid boost
30 Jul 2020 Covid-19 fog hangs over consents increase
30 Jul 2020 KiwiSaver managers shake off downturn
30 Jul 2020 Christchurch based financial advisor Patrick Clemenger talks about communicating outcomes and ensuring clients understand the advice he gives
30 Jul 2020 COMMENT: It’s not all doom & gloom
30 Jul 2020 Avanti launches near-prime home loans
30 Jul 2020 Avanti launches near-prime home loans
29 Jul 2020 Advisers warned to watch for vulnerability
29 Jul 2020 KiwiSaver sector slams National proposal
29 Jul 2020 Property stocks give market cheer
29 Jul 2020 Mortgage holidays set for extension
29 Jul 2020 Mortgage holidays set for extension
29 Jul 2020 Mortgage holidays set for extension
29 Jul 2020 Former Newpark CEO joins life company
28 Jul 2020 Pathfinder extends access to Ethical Trans-Tasman Fund
28 Jul 2020 NZ shares dip as investors await US earnings
28 Jul 2020 Keeping our eyes on the road ahead
28 Jul 2020 Opposition to RTA overhaul rages
28 Jul 2020 Negative OCR in April 2021: Westpac
28 Jul 2020 FMA upset at KiwiSaver report leak
27 Jul 2020 Insurer nib backs Ronald McDonald House with $20k investment
27 Jul 2020 Gold pushed to a record, while NZ shares fall
27 Jul 2020 Negative OCR in April 2021: Westpac
27 Jul 2020 Crunch time for tenancy law reforms
27 Jul 2020 Some sense with regulation
27 Jul 2020 COMMENT: Extend mortgage holidays
27 Jul 2020 The ultimate client relationship relies on…
27 Jul 2020 NZ Funds appoints head of risk
27 Jul 2020 Home lending jumps in June
27 Jul 2020 Castle Point fund washes up on KiwiSaver platform
25 Jul 2020 Trusted Adviser mark achievable for all members over time: Shanks
24 Jul 2020 [The Wrap] Promoting the value of advice
24 Jul 2020 US-China tensions weigh on global outlook pushing NZ shares lower
24 Jul 2020 Home lending jumps in June
24 Jul 2020 New urban planning rules for Councils
24 Jul 2020 Turnaround times deteriorate: survey
24 Jul 2020 Zenith New Zealand research on hold due to Covid-19
23 Jul 2020 Another down day on the market; Oceania reports weak earnings
23 Jul 2020 Turnaround times deteriorate: survey
23 Jul 2020 Demand is keeping prices resilient
23 Jul 2020 Should we be warning consumers about IP prices?
23 Jul 2020 Co-operative Bank rate cuts
23 Jul 2020 Advisers needed by potential clients, FMA research shows
22 Jul 2020 A2 and F&P Healthcare pull the market down
22 Jul 2020 OCR hold call straightforward; House prices to drop 6%
22 Jul 2020 OCR hold call is straightforward: BNZ
22 Jul 2020 A story of value v growth
22 Jul 2020 Non-disclosure case divides advice industry
21 Jul 2020 NZ shares surge on optimism over tech sector, covid vaccine
21 Jul 2020 Covid crisis will impact on market - in time
21 Jul 2020 HSBC drops rate to new record-low; ASB makes cuts
21 Jul 2020 Adviser stops scam: Saves client $60,000
20 Jul 2020 NZ shares fall as investors worry about virus spread
20 Jul 2020 HSBC home loan drops to new record-low
20 Jul 2020 Partner’s residence breached tenancy agreement
20 Jul 2020 Fidelity Life appoints new head of adviser distribution
20 Jul 2020 ASB eases servicing criteria; Kiwibank slashes rates
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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