Financial Tips & Guides
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Socially responsible investing is the main driver for more than a third of New Zealanders and ranks in the top three considerations when investing for 88 per cent of people, according to a study by digital investing platform Hatch.
In a sharp turnaround from the direction and sentiment of just a week ago, the Kiwi dollar has commenced a fledgeling recovery against the US dollar in currency markets. From a low point of 0.6275 on 3 September, the NZD/USD rate has appreciated to above Read More …
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Declan Moore, chief customer officer at QBE New Zealand and Pacific, said by removing the primary and secondary caregiver restrictions it hoped to open the leave up to more dads and same sex partners and normalise taking time off work to care for children for Read More …
The biggest tell in it was about tax — there were heavy hints of a big tax in there. It’s no secret, but the exact nature will be part of their big election push next year.
This month in finance is quite an important one as the pending Brexit decision in Europe starts to make trade deals a top agenda for the world’s governments. The knock on effect to the world of finance is huge. Let’s now take a look at Read More …
The number of farms sold in the three months to July was down by a quarter compared to a year earlier. Prices overall were firmer. Only 84 farms were sold in July, and only five were dairy farms for all of NZ although that is Read More …
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Banks have ramped up their risk and compliance staff in the face of mounting pressure from regulators but it’s coming at a cost with recruiters saying salaries have rocketed up amongst a shortfall in locally qualified people.
Barfoot & Thompson manages nearly 16,500 residential rental properties on behalf of landlords, and says the rate at which rents for those properties have been rising has been slowing since at least early 2016.
The New Zealand arm of the bank alone made a profit of more than half a billion dollars in the six months to the end of March 2019. The Australasian operations made AU$8 billion (NZ$8.3b) last year.
It is rare that every major bank offers exactly the same rate for their one and two year fixed offerings. It is also somewhat unusual for the mortgage market to be this competitive in winter and before the launch of the spring real estate season. Read More …