Archive - 2024
Year:
2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Filter:
Clear Filter
December 2024
31 Dec 2024 NZX down on final day — but 2024 a good year overall
30 Dec 2024 Contact Energy soars in post-Christmas Santa rally
30 Dec 2024 Year in Review: New bosses; New player; Lots of action
30 Dec 2024 [OPINION] Is the risk industry at risk?
27 Dec 2024 Santa rally brings magic to markets
27 Dec 2024 Evidence-based strategies propel Consilium funds above $1 billion
24 Dec 2024 Light pre-Christmas trading for NZ sharemarket
21 Dec 2024 [The Wrap] The year that was - and what may happen next year
21 Dec 2024 Last AM Update for the year
20 Dec 2024 Busy day on sharemarket; Good weekly end
20 Dec 2024 [UPDATED] Despite a warning InvestNow is alleged to have beached AML laws
20 Dec 2024 Craigs sells half stake to US private equity firm
20 Dec 2024 Saving borrowers money
19 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls nearly 1% on recession news
19 Dec 2024 Pathfinder clarifies ethical investment exceptions after censure
19 Dec 2024 Interest rates with a four in front not far away – Squirrel
18 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls, Hallenstein Glasson jumps
18 Dec 2024 The good guys get told off
18 Dec 2024 DTIs will start affecting borrowers by the middle of 2025
18 Dec 2024 DTIs will start affecting borrowers by the middle of next year
18 Dec 2024 Advice industry needs “agents of change” to shift the impact needle
17 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket electrified by Mercury to 0.9% rise
17 Dec 2024 Lower mortgage rates not a one way street; CFML rates change
17 Dec 2024 “Heartbreaking” hardship applications a challenge for KiwiSaver providers
17 Dec 2024 Lower mortgage rates not a one way street
16 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.3% ahead of HYEFU
16 Dec 2024 [Opinion] Shooting of US health insurance CEO thoughts
16 Dec 2024 [GRTV] RI practice now ingrained but greenwashing a major concern says RIAA
16 Dec 2024 Mortgage borrowers better off; Advice Link gears up for growth
16 Dec 2024 New clients demonstrate strong confidence in NZX wealth technologies
16 Dec 2024 Advice Link gears up for growth
16 Dec 2024 Mortgage borrowers better off by $9,000 on average
13 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket claws back to end the week up 0.5%
13 Dec 2024 New sandbox for fintechs to play in
13 Dec 2024 Competition is real - ANZ
13 Dec 2024 FMA investigating three potential greenwashing cases
12 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket continues sliding, down 0.5%
12 Dec 2024 Partners exits Adviser Support Programme
12 Dec 2024 Harbour Investment Outlook: Let the good times roll
12 Dec 2024 [Opinion] More on a FSCL decision – issues for advisers to consider
12 Dec 2024 Complaints processes and the rules can be two different things
11 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.3% after three falls
11 Dec 2024 Resolution Life swallowed up by Nippon Life; What does it mean for the Asteron sale?
11 Dec 2024 Meaningful difference seen as coming from Kiwibank’s capital raise; Profit for specialist lenders falls again
11 Dec 2024 Meaningful difference seen as coming from Kiwibank’s capital raise
11 Dec 2024 KPMG calls for access to ESAS for specialist lenders
11 Dec 2024 Profit for specialist lenders falls again
10 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket declines as investors run out of puff
10 Dec 2024 Animal spirits
10 Dec 2024 No deal between ANZ Investments and Mercer
10 Dec 2024 Life Insurer of the Year Achieves 97% claims payout rate
10 Dec 2024 Tax settings tweak could help grow local ETFs
10 Dec 2024 Partners nabs CFO from competitor
10 Dec 2024 A big day for banking
10 Dec 2024 Govt greenlights Kiwibank raising $500m ahead of eventual float
09 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket: 'more falls than rises' as Auckland airport dominates trading
09 Dec 2024 Market maturity barrier to ETF growth in NZ
09 Dec 2024 Huge pile of mortgage money on short terms as borrowers wait for interest rate drops; SBS and Kiwibank rates change
09 Dec 2024 ANZ gets new CEO
09 Dec 2024 Huge pile of mortgage money on short terms as borrowers wait for interest rate drops
07 Dec 2024 [TMM] Your Weekend Read
07 Dec 2024 SMEs gearing up for silly season
06 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket declined almost 2% this week
06 Dec 2024 Loan Market launches mental health initiative
05 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket flat as Auckland Airport share sales take off
05 Dec 2024 Booster's Savvy gets international recognition
05 Dec 2024 Bank of mum and dad alive and well; Danger OCR might need to be hiked in 2026
05 Dec 2024 Advisors must take note of supervisor guidelines on AML/CFT
05 Dec 2024 Bank of mum and dad alive and well
04 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket falls 1.5% as investors look get cash for Auckland airport shares
04 Dec 2024 Jackson's new short term lending option
04 Dec 2024 New quiver from Arrow Finance
04 Dec 2024 Partners gets a new chair
04 Dec 2024 Danger OCR might need to be hiked in 2026
03 Dec 2024 'Directionless' NZ sharemarket droops as ASX reaches new record
03 Dec 2024 Investors’ eyes are on the prize with growth in impact funds
03 Dec 2024 More on a FSCL decision – issues for advisers to consider
03 Dec 2024 Hard times not easing much for mortgage borrowers; BNZ Fixed housing rate change effective today
03 Dec 2024 Hard times not easing much for mortgage borrowers
02 Dec 2024 NZ sharemarket starts week up 0.3% as Chorus promises results
02 Dec 2024 Lending growth on a steady path upwards; ASB Fixed home loan rates change
02 Dec 2024 Lending growth on a steady path upwards
02 Dec 2024 [GRTV] The nitty gritty of Smart’s ETFs
02 Dec 2024 The run of play is towards more and more underwriting, and not just at the traditional new business stage
November 2024
30 Nov 2024 Your TMM weekend read - Lender steps up
30 Nov 2024 Xceda adds another string to its bow
29 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket ends week up slightly
29 Nov 2024 Expectations banks will improve processing times within weeks; More rates change today
29 Nov 2024 Expectations banks will improve processing times within weeks
29 Nov 2024 Savings not just debt in focus as interest rates tumble
28 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket falls 1.2% despite F&P's record result
28 Nov 2024 Partners kills its matrix
28 Nov 2024 Sizeable OCR cut expected in Feb; Banks rush to cut rates after RBNZ'S decision yesterday
28 Nov 2024 Sizeable OCR cut expected in February
28 Nov 2024 RBNZ: house prices may rise 7% a year in next two years
27 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket rises 0.7% on back of OCR cut
27 Nov 2024 Banks rush to cut rates after RBNZ slashes OCR 50bp to 4.25%
27 Nov 2024 BREAKING: OCR 4.25%
27 Nov 2024 BREAKING: OCR 4.25% - OCR lowered further as inflation returns to target
27 Nov 2024 ASB made up for lost time with mortgage lending surge in Sept quarter; ANZ interest rates change ahead of RBNZ's decision
Latest News
Weekly Wrap
Weekly Wrap
1 min read
5+5 Ideal super savings rate experts say
5+5 Ideal super savings rate experts say
2 min read
Second funds management firm sold today
Second funds management firm sold today
3 min read
CastlePoint Funds sold (again)
CastlePoint Funds sold (again)
3 min read
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.
1 week 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