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May 2025
07 May 2025 Advisers originating fewer BNZ mortgages
07 May 2025 Westpac doing well with advisers; BNZ not so
07 May 2025 Advisers originating fewer BNZ mortgages
07 May 2025 Global share trading platform Tiger Brokers goes local
07 May 2025 House prices, rent rises to be restrained in the short term: RBNZ
07 May 2025 Avanti Gets a Makeover - and a Bigger Game Plan
07 May 2025 Foundation Life windup plan finally ready for a vote after 7 years
07 May 2025 Craigs' results point to funds management dominance
06 May 2025 SkyCity folds 6% as NZX 50 trades flat
06 May 2025 Buffett announces his retirement; A Kiwi's view from Omaha
06 May 2025 Avanti Finance rebrand signals ambitious growth agenda
06 May 2025 Generate KiwiSaver customers most satisfied
06 May 2025 Mortgage advisers continue to grow share of Westpac's book
06 May 2025 Hiring drive as ASB expects home loan applications surge
06 May 2025 Cancer claim a chance to forge relationship with client
06 May 2025 Advisor relationships on Sharesies' radar
06 May 2025 CoFI: Is this the catalyst for changing service commissions?
05 May 2025 NZX rebound continues, Precinct Properties up 5.5%
05 May 2025 Westpac sped up mortgage lending three-fold in March half year
05 May 2025 Interest-ing behaviour: time to charge the big banks?
05 May 2025 Aussie banks need prosecuting for misuse of power – lobby group
02 May 2025 Mainfreight, China optimism drive stocks higher
02 May 2025 Former FMA boss joins Simplicity
02 May 2025 Gail Costa's farewell message to advisers
02 May 2025 Mortgage pressure builds as arrears hit a decade high
02 May 2025 Problem mortgage stockpile grows
02 May 2025 US firm buys established Kiwi advice firm
02 May 2025 New managed fund offering targets savers
01 May 2025 NZX on front foot to start May as Infratil rises 3.5%
01 May 2025 Financial Advisers deserve fairness and value for money too.
01 May 2025 No significant rate drops ahead, says Reserve Bank
01 May 2025 Partners' new people person
01 May 2025 Further interest rate falls not on the cards
April 2025
30 Apr 2025 Craigs’ 50% stake sale complete
30 Apr 2025 Investors lead the charge in mortgage market boom
30 Apr 2025 Mortgage borrowing hits a new high
29 Apr 2025 Auckland Airport shares drop on runway delays as NZX dips 0.61%
29 Apr 2025 Trump’s trade wars hit home for kiwi buyers
29 Apr 2025 Diminishing KiwiSaver balances tip up first home buyers
29 Apr 2025 Kernel takes on Sharesies (and others)
28 Apr 2025 NZ sharemarket up as Trump eases tariff stance
28 Apr 2025 Sky TV's Rights Negotiation goes into Extra Time
28 Apr 2025 From mortgages to business loans, the wheels are finally turning
28 Apr 2025 Generate expands investment options with 6 new funds
28 Apr 2025 Mortgage lending demand rises for first time in four years
26 Apr 2025 Rear view mirror: Equities took pole position as offshore exposure turbo-charged 2024 investor returns
24 Apr 2025 NZ sharemarket up but Pacific Edge waits for coverage confirmation
24 Apr 2025 ANZ refreshes its investment beliefs
23 Apr 2025 NZ sharemarket rises as Trump backs down on Fed chair sacking
23 Apr 2025 Non-PHARMAC medicines coverage – aiming for a data-informed evaluation
23 Apr 2025 Milford's KiwiSaver shines while ANZ enjoys a rare March qtr
22 Apr 2025 Infratil, Mainfreight hit by US news flow; NZX down 2.3%
22 Apr 2025 [Opinion] Life advisers need a mindset change: away from ‘we sell’ to ‘we advise’.
22 Apr 2025 Fid SI BDM
22 Apr 2025 Westpac Holds Steady While Others Blink
22 Apr 2025 Sitting back and taking a calm attitude
17 Apr 2025 Tourism Holdings and inflation updates drive movement
17 Apr 2025 Shaping the future of advice: How NZFSG is empowering advisers in a changing regulatory world
17 Apr 2025 ANZ to RBNZ: let’s cut a little deeper
17 Apr 2025 More OCR cuts on the cards later this year
17 Apr 2025 Another KiwiSaver scheme joins the market
16 Apr 2025 NZ stocks defy offshore trend to end stronger
16 Apr 2025 Credit cards, complaints & confidence - the banking rundown
16 Apr 2025 Big increase in home loans made by banks
16 Apr 2025 Elevation Capital joins forces with Blackbull analyst Eden Bradfield
16 Apr 2025 Explaining Non-Pharmac medicines coverage
15 Apr 2025 NZME down 2.7% as Trump keeps markets jittery
15 Apr 2025 Your mortgage rate could drop - here’s when
15 Apr 2025 The flow through of lower mortgage rates
15 Apr 2025 Non-banks may offer lower rates under deposit insurance scheme
14 Apr 2025 Infratil and Ebos lift NZX 0.74%; Tariff walkback eases markets
14 Apr 2025 OCR down, mortgage rates… eventually?
14 Apr 2025 Economic vandalism
14 Apr 2025 Time for FMA to put an end to banks’ pathetic excuses over OCR delays
12 Apr 2025 Former adviser faces criminal charges
12 Apr 2025 Mortgage adviser charged with dishonesty
11 Apr 2025 NZ shares finish the week reasonably unscathed despite Trump's gyrations
11 Apr 2025 nib ceo steps down
11 Apr 2025 More cuts coming? Economists say we're not done yet
11 Apr 2025 Moving forward to the past - rates have further to fall
11 Apr 2025 Data privacy and accuracy top AI fears
10 Apr 2025 The roller coaster ride continues; Stocks up on Trump tariff U-Turn
10 Apr 2025 Chubb Life launches moderate trauma cover
10 Apr 2025 Generate promotes one of its distribution team
10 Apr 2025 FMA to review bank behaviour on OCR adjustments
10 Apr 2025 FMA to review bank behaviour on OCR adjustments
10 Apr 2025 Advisers to be educated on lending for businesses
10 Apr 2025 Volatility and Illiquidity to become KiwiSaver norm
09 Apr 2025 Tariffs trump OCR cut
09 Apr 2025 Banks slash floating lending and deposit rates after 25bp OCR cut
09 Apr 2025 BREAKING: OCR Drops to 3.5% - Hints at Cuts Ahead
09 Apr 2025 Harbour Outlook: Escalating trade tensions impact markets
09 Apr 2025 BREAKING: OCR: 3.5% - Further reduction in OCR appropriate
09 Apr 2025 Let the dust settle on CoFI says former exec
09 Apr 2025 FMA will look at how long banks take to pass on OCR changes
08 Apr 2025 Trisha Edmonds to leave ANZ Investments
08 Apr 2025 Are floating rates losing their shine?
08 Apr 2025 Longer term fixed interest rates slowly bite into floating terms
08 Apr 2025 Knowledge gap a challenge for advice sector
08 Apr 2025 Collective action underway to promote advice
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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