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June 2024
07 Jun 2024 Mindful Money adds two fixed interest funds to ethical list
07 Jun 2024 Leg up given to get more diversity in adviser industry
06 Jun 2024 SkyCity drags NZ sharemarket down
06 Jun 2024 Deemed rate of return set
06 Jun 2024 FSC names new CEO
06 Jun 2024 [GRTV] What needs to change with KiwiSaver
06 Jun 2024 Geopolitics aside, investors take long view with buying intentions
05 Jun 2024 Sharemarket climbs to highest level in eight weeks
05 Jun 2024 Non-performing housing loans up, monthly mortgage arrears down; Which bank is winning the lending race
05 Jun 2024 Stock picking: deciphering what’s signal and what’s noise
05 Jun 2024 [Opinion] Debate on funding cancer drugs good time to spread the word on health insurance
05 Jun 2024 Non-performing housing loans up, monthly mortgage arrears down
05 Jun 2024 Options for buyers locked out of scrapped first home loan grant
05 Jun 2024 Do you offer KiwiSaver advice?
04 Jun 2024 NZX rises for second session in a row, as Synlait reaches new record low
04 Jun 2024 Which bank is winning the lending race?
04 Jun 2024 Castle Point sold
04 Jun 2024 KiwiSaver not hot on Kiwi markets
03 Jun 2024 FANZ addressing industry shortcomings with best-practice examples
01 Jun 2024 A good week for advisers - except one
May 2024
31 May 2024 Tiwai Point power deal buoys NZ sharemarket, up 2.68%
31 May 2024 Basecorp enters commercial market; Liberty adds a Wellington-based BDM
31 May 2024 Liberty adds a Wellington-based BDM
31 May 2024 Basecorp enters commercial market
31 May 2024 CoFI change would give FMA power of onsite inspection without warning
31 May 2024 Fixed income head named in assault case
30 May 2024 NZ sharemarket falls 1% to near-low for year
30 May 2024 New Partners boss presents his plan to advisers
30 May 2024 [Opinion] Trauma reinstatement/buyback advice to client must be accurate
30 May 2024 Fixed income head named in assault case
30 May 2024 FMA FAP report card; Budget briefing
30 May 2024 Lending could get harder
30 May 2024 Out Now: FAP report card
29 May 2024 F&P Healthcare, Mainfreight gains not enough to lift NZ sharemarket
29 May 2024 LoanOptions gets new local BDM
29 May 2024 Co-op bank gallops ahead of the market; CCCFA changes could remove personal liability on directors and senior managers
29 May 2024 CCCFA changes could remove personal liability on directors and senior managers
29 May 2024 Simplicity Living completes new homes, thematic fund ramps exposure
29 May 2024 Co-op bank gallops ahead of the market
28 May 2024 Mixed bag of results takes NZ sharemarket down 0.5%
28 May 2024 Former NTL boss fined $100K
28 May 2024 RBNZ activates DTI restrictions
28 May 2024 RBNZ pushes go button on DTI restrictions
28 May 2024 [GRTV] Public aware that ignoring climate change is ignoring investment risk
27 May 2024 Vista move dominates NZ sharemarket
27 May 2024 Stuck in the slow lane; KAN gets its own PI scheme
27 May 2024 First home buyers making hay, investors MIA
27 May 2024 Stuck in the slow lane
27 May 2024 Time for a new commission model
27 May 2024 Kiwi Adviser Network gets its own PI scheme
27 May 2024 Generate adds new board member
25 May 2024 Scrapping first home buyer grants will hit hard
24 May 2024 Dimming faith in interest rate cuts give NZ market the jitters
24 May 2024 Kathie Tutty promoted to chief underwriter at Asteron Life
24 May 2024 No shift on KiwiSaver balance gender gap
24 May 2024 Govt looks to shake up disputes resolution schemes
23 May 2024 Positive reporting and speculation drive sharemarket higher
23 May 2024 The good and the bad news from the OCR announcement
23 May 2024 Good and bad news for home owners from RBNZ
22 May 2024 Yes there were surprises in today's OCR announcement
22 May 2024 Rollercoaster ride for NZ sharemarket as inflation reaction drives investors
22 May 2024 RBNZ pushes out first OCR cut into 2H 2025
22 May 2024 BREAKING: OCR remains restrictive
22 May 2024 BREAKING: OCR 5.50% - Official Cash Rate to Remain Restrictive
22 May 2024 Stay safe from cyber attacks
22 May 2024 Shorter settlement times coming for US and Canadian trading
21 May 2024 NZ sharemarket dips despite positive earnings reports
21 May 2024 Debt-to-Income (DTI) borrowing at lowest levels since 2017
21 May 2024 National Capital: Women should back themselves on investment
21 May 2024 DTI borrowing at lowest levels since 2017
20 May 2024 Positive Gentrack result gives sharemarket a boost
20 May 2024 [OCR forecasts] No celebrations just yet
20 May 2024 No celebrations just yet
20 May 2024 AIA Wellbeing Study: Vulnerable conversations ease adviser stress
17 May 2024 NZ sharemarket pauses ahead of reporting season
17 May 2024 Proposed changes to insurer remedies on non-disclosure
17 May 2024 Negative disclosure anyone? Sue Griffiths gets a new job, plus another appointment
17 May 2024 FMT adds a second Chch BDM
17 May 2024 Should advisers have to disclose who they don't work with?
16 May 2024 NZ sharemarket has biggest single-day rise in seven months
16 May 2024 Clawback periods need to be reduced; ASB, Co-operative Bank rates change
16 May 2024 Sue Griffiths gets a new job
16 May 2024 Mindful Money announces finalists for ethical and impact investing awards
16 May 2024 [UPDATED] ComCom told clawback periods need to be reduced
15 May 2024 NZ sharemarket plunges to lowest level in six months
15 May 2024 Sticky market for investors – first home buyers in control
15 May 2024 NZFSG makes significant board appointment
15 May 2024 Servicing and Commissions
15 May 2024 NZFSG adds external board member
15 May 2024 Should Kiwibank move faster on being ready for open banking?
14 May 2024 NZ sharemarket down, Ryman Healthcare up
14 May 2024 Expectations survey should cheer RBNZ before OCR review; BNZ Fixed Housing Rate Change
14 May 2024 AIA NZ appoints National Sales Manager – ASB
14 May 2024 Expectations survey should cheer RBNZ before OCR review
14 May 2024 Aurora KiwiSaver targets private assets that support business growth
13 May 2024 Fletcher brings down the NZX
13 May 2024 Advisers aid in discounting from headline rates; Kiwibank rates change
13 May 2024 Advisers aid in discounting from headline rates: ANZ
13 May 2024 BlackRock appoints Jarden man to run its climate team in NZ
13 May 2024 MDRT NZ gears up for growth
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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