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July 2009
13 Jul 2009 SCF related-party lending faces severe prune under draft rules
13 Jul 2009 Rural property reaches realistic levels after 'euphoric' high
13 Jul 2009 The National Partnership Roadshow
13 Jul 2009 Political pressure placed on ING
13 Jul 2009 News round-up
13 Jul 2009 Economists unanimous on next OCR move
13 Jul 2009 Rates Round Up
10 Jul 2009 [Weekly Wrap] The changing face of adviserland
10 Jul 2009 Predicting the unpredictable
10 Jul 2009 PSIS eyes return to brokers
10 Jul 2009 ING ends exclusive deal with Strategi
09 Jul 2009 Alexander opts for rate protection
09 Jul 2009 Viaduct wants Govt guarantee back
09 Jul 2009 Median house sale prices edges up, volumes dip
09 Jul 2009 REINZ residential highlights - June 2009
09 Jul 2009 Floating rates calm - for now
09 Jul 2009 ASFONZ & Women in Super Industry Breakfast
09 Jul 2009 Spicers bumps advisers but keeps Gould ones
09 Jul 2009 BondWatch still has a future in new world
08 Jul 2009 Banks likely to 'tough it out'
08 Jul 2009 Opinion: Where risk comes from
08 Jul 2009 Changes to PIE tax regime
07 Jul 2009 South Canterbury Finance gets S&P warning
07 Jul 2009 No need to go floating
07 Jul 2009 Finance ministers to look at super portability
07 Jul 2009 Market Review: July 2009 Commentary
07 Jul 2009 Market Review: July 2009 London Commentary
07 Jul 2009 ASFONZ & Women in Super Industry Breakfast
07 Jul 2009 FundSource produces first research report
07 Jul 2009 Council rates scheme pays for insulation
07 Jul 2009 Property managers avoid more regulation
06 Jul 2009 Farmers prepare to square off against banks
06 Jul 2009 Westpac backs off rates cut prediction
06 Jul 2009 Lombard auditor questions value of debentures
06 Jul 2009 Bank fixed-lending rates 'reasonable', floating rates could fall
06 Jul 2009 Bank fixed-lending rates 'reasonable', floating rates could fall
06 Jul 2009 Bank fixed-lending rates 'reasonable', floating rates could fall
06 Jul 2009 Lombard to become kiwi shell for Aussie insurer
06 Jul 2009 Rates Round Up
06 Jul 2009 Communication key to financial literacy
06 Jul 2009 Urban area commentary - June 2009
05 Jul 2009 Property values increase as sales decline
03 Jul 2009 [Weekly Wrap] A week of submissions, discussions and disclosures
03 Jul 2009 Public Trust reorganising mortgage business
03 Jul 2009 Public Trust reorganising mortgage business
03 Jul 2009 Hubbard injects $40m into SCF
03 Jul 2009 Auckland home sales rise in June as prices dip
03 Jul 2009 Losing lustre
03 Jul 2009 F&P Finance ups long rates
03 Jul 2009 Glut of documents could hinder due diligence, IFA says
02 Jul 2009 S&P happy with Hubbard
02 Jul 2009 Leading Canterbury mortgage broker moves to Viva
02 Jul 2009 Mortgage Link recognises its champions
02 Jul 2009 Record numbers of auctions
02 Jul 2009 Spheres of influence revealed
02 Jul 2009 Short term rates cheap
02 Jul 2009 MED puts out paper on financial adviser disclosure
02 Jul 2009 Associated persons
02 Jul 2009 MortgageWatch: Smaller lenders move rates
01 Jul 2009 Equities find favour with managers
01 Jul 2009 Conservative approach the way for Geneva and St Laurence
01 Jul 2009 MPs decides against interest rate inquiry
01 Jul 2009 Practice management: From success to significance
01 Jul 2009 Former Richmastery company in liquidation
01 Jul 2009 Suncorp: Life doesn't mean life
June 2009
30 Jun 2009 Privacy Commissioner warns insurers over medical records
30 Jun 2009 KiwiSaver turns two
30 Jun 2009 SBS's March quarter profit jumps despite ballooning bad loan charges
30 Jun 2009 Awarding advisers of the future
30 Jun 2009 Unit Titles Bill makes management easier
30 Jun 2009 Providers need to win back public trust: English
29 Jun 2009 Forecasts predict longer term interest rates may rise
29 Jun 2009 Westpac's profit plunges as charges for bad loans soar
29 Jun 2009 Building approvals climb again, helped by rates
29 Jun 2009 News round-up
28 Jun 2009 Bill to force disclosure of break fees
28 Jun 2009 Positive endorsement for property market
28 Jun 2009 Rates Round up
26 Jun 2009 [Weekly Wrap] So, what do you think?
26 Jun 2009 Mortgagees back in vogue?
26 Jun 2009 AIG separation moves closer
26 Jun 2009 Health insurers boost premium income amid rising claims
26 Jun 2009 Hedging not such a big issue for NZ managers
25 Jun 2009 Immigrants not all good news for market
25 Jun 2009 Time to revolt?
25 Jun 2009 Long queue forms for complaints schemes
25 Jun 2009 Cash Flow Forecaster CD Software
24 Jun 2009 Certainty comes at a cost for home loans, warns ASB
24 Jun 2009 ANZ's bottom line drops, but interest income up
24 Jun 2009 Kingfish introduces quarterly dividends
24 Jun 2009 Com Com gives message to ING investors
24 Jun 2009 Com Com gives message to ING investors
24 Jun 2009 Opinion: What is trauma for?
24 Jun 2009 IRD cuts through AMP, PIMCO currency hedge
23 Jun 2009 Bank defends its pricing of mortgages
23 Jun 2009 No govt guarantee spells end for trust
23 Jun 2009 Housing set to prosper on strong migration
23 Jun 2009 The best two year rates
23 Jun 2009 Home loan interest rates are lower than they were 12 months ago
23 Jun 2009 Mortgage Watch: TSB flavour of the week
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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