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Financial planning

15 Mar

Private savings incentives to cost $500 million

The New Zealand Government will forgo about $500 million a year in revenue if it chooses to provide tax incentives for private savings....

Financial planning

15 Mar

Money Managers win “independence” ruckus

Money Managers has successfully won an appeal against an Advertising Standards Complaints Board decision on the use of the word "independence".Last year the company compl...

Financial planning

15 Mar

What is this super fund?

Questions have been raised over whether the Government's proposed super fund is an expense or a capital item....

Financial planning

01 Mar

CFP shortage hampers industry

The growth of financial planning, particularly the top level, is being hampered in New Zealand by the changing face of the advisory industry. ...

Financial planning

01 Mar

Life companies battle for brokers

Life insurance companies in New Zealand are battling to win over brokers following the merger of Sovereign and Colonial. ...

Financial planning

01 Mar

Ethical investment takes off

Ethical investments are becoming the latest hot sector in the New Zealand market....

Financial planning

15 Feb

Fund managers lukewarm on merger

Fund managers are showing little enthusiasm for the idea of the New Zealand and Australian Stock Exchanges getting together. ...

Financial planning

15 Feb

Global-e maimed

Any chances Global-e Investments had of relaunching its bonus bond-cum-e commerce investment have been scuppered by mass staff resignations....

Funds management

12 Feb

NZ fund managers swap seats

There’s been a major shake-up of inflow rankings that’s seen fund managers in New Zealand getting all the money from investors and advisers, according to research house I...

Financial planning

01 Feb

ASX, NZSE merger under a cloud

Demutualisation of the New Zealand Stock Exchange has taken a major step forward, but enthusiasm for a merger with the Australian Stock Exchange appears to have waned....