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December 2014
31 Dec 2014 Local bias sparks warning
31 Dec 2014 Investors told to question hedging
30 Dec 2014 Partners: Commission not the problem
30 Dec 2014 Predictions for the property market
29 Dec 2014 The people who have influenced advisers the most this year
24 Dec 2014 DIMS exemptions explained
24 Dec 2014 Tombstoning adviser convicted
24 Dec 2014 Housing shortfall highlighted
23 Dec 2014 Transfer market competitive, providers say
23 Dec 2014 Milner moves on
23 Dec 2014 Consider economic reality of development, Property Council says
22 Dec 2014 Grosvenor drops DIMS bid
22 Dec 2014 FMA: Mount was pre-regulation
22 Dec 2014 Rental market may be becoming more competitive
22 Dec 2014 KPG buys shopping centre
21 Dec 2014 First MIS licence granted
20 Dec 2014 Besant picked for accessibility team
19 Dec 2014 [Weekly Wrap] What do you offer clients?
19 Dec 2014 Advisers fear fraud backlash
18 Dec 2014 FMA warns about pension transfer ads
18 Dec 2014 Tricky time for investors
18 Dec 2014 QFEs call for simplification
18 Dec 2014 Interest rates on hold despite rebound: Report
17 Dec 2014 Why should consumers use advice?
17 Dec 2014 Changing face of Auckland
17 Dec 2014 NZ cities top rent growth table
16 Dec 2014 FSI 'sets the tone'
16 Dec 2014 Harcourts reports market urgency
15 Dec 2014 Two new board members at Plus4
15 Dec 2014 Fund brings active and passive together
15 Dec 2014 NZX adds two new ETFs
15 Dec 2014 Funds get fee warning
15 Dec 2014 KPG set for trading
15 Dec 2014 Tenants paying 5% more
14 Dec 2014 Advice for women savers
14 Dec 2014 Who should worry about the FMA's focus on churn?
12 Dec 2014 [Weekly Wrap] I hope you haven't missed this
12 Dec 2014 RFAs watch out, the FMA is coming
12 Dec 2014 Rents inch up
12 Dec 2014 Christchurch market shows signs of slowing
11 Dec 2014 Women less confident about reaching goals
11 Dec 2014 Planet adds three advisers
11 Dec 2014 All power to the consumers
11 Dec 2014 The latest from the Reserve Bank
11 Dec 2014 What the Reserve Bank said - Dec
11 Dec 2014 Where will the OCR go next?
11 Dec 2014 Size of market keeps fees higher
11 Dec 2014 'Power to the consumers'
10 Dec 2014 VIDEO: A look at tapering and reforms in China
10 Dec 2014 Associations scotch merger rumours
10 Dec 2014 Westpac doubles inflation prediction
10 Dec 2014 Boost for top-end properties
09 Dec 2014 Call for higher standards
09 Dec 2014 Commission regulation 'not the answer to churn'
09 Dec 2014 Renters not positive about life as tenants
09 Dec 2014 Will RBNZ go back to toolbox?
08 Dec 2014 Where will the OCR go next?
08 Dec 2014 The Kiwibank group move; Where will the OCR go next?
08 Dec 2014 Chamberlain finally sells KiwiSaver business
08 Dec 2014 [Weekly Wrap] Let's not follow Australia
08 Dec 2014 Small funds 'forced out'
05 Dec 2014 Focus on decumulation: ANZ
05 Dec 2014 CVs prompt investors to increase rent
04 Dec 2014 KiwiSaver Bill gets first reading
04 Dec 2014 Returns being overestimated: Sheather
04 Dec 2014 Asking prices show confidence, Trade Me boss says
04 Dec 2014 Auckland prices 'reaccelerate'
04 Dec 2014 Sales figures strong: Harcourts
03 Dec 2014 Better disclosure of performance fees needed
03 Dec 2014 The perfect performance fee: Part 2
03 Dec 2014 Global Rebalancing: The Key Challenge in 2015
03 Dec 2014 Active management tipped to outperform
03 Dec 2014 Asking prices hit record
03 Dec 2014 Council rejects valuation criticism
03 Dec 2014 Priciest homes sell as first-time buyers squeezed out
02 Dec 2014 Edison in line for NXT research contract
02 Dec 2014 UDC sees small lift in deposits
02 Dec 2014 Christchurch: Before and After
02 Dec 2014 Nikko AUM passes $4b
02 Dec 2014 FMA boss: Adviser legislation tricky
02 Dec 2014 NZPIF welcomes tax moves
02 Dec 2014 Oyster risks capital gains tax
01 Dec 2014 Plus4 expands
01 Dec 2014 ASB makes matching changes
01 Dec 2014 Do Kiwis know where KiwiSaver funds invested?
01 Dec 2014 Prospects lift for Rotorua
November 2014
28 Nov 2014 Time to promote advice: Dodds
28 Nov 2014 Pressure on property
27 Nov 2014 New FMA chair
27 Nov 2014 Squirrel applies to become QFE
27 Nov 2014 Advisers have 'obligation' to discuss ethics
27 Nov 2014 Could you get a better deal from your bank?
27 Nov 2014 Lending nears $5b as households pay down mortgages
26 Nov 2014 FMA: We don't expect many personalised DIMS authorisations
26 Nov 2014 Signs point up, ANZ report says
25 Nov 2014 ANZ chops rates
25 Nov 2014 Government-run annuity scheme proposed
25 Nov 2014 ISO offers advice to adviser clients
24 Nov 2014 Palmerston North housing’s big mover
24 Nov 2014 KiwiSaver's ripple effect
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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