Financial Tips & Guides
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.
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 …
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Tim Fairhall, who lives in a house in Te Atatū run by the Kōtuku Trust, is “positively dancing” after the Government announced today that it would give early access to KiwiSaver to several hundred people with life-shortening conditions.
The financial sector has had a very turbulent decade, from times of recession to areas of growth, the financial sector is very unpredictable. Whether we are talking about car insurance, farm insurance or general taxation, the financial sector is all around us. We will now Read More …
Let’s have a look at the financial trends for this month, in New Zealand and all over the world. Globally this week finished on a high, with the S&P 500 rounding up at 4.4%, the best week after week gain in half a year. In Read More …
You are not doomed to deposit accounts! Whether you have a small or a high income, we have identified several ways to invest in rewarding schemes this month. With the complexity and even the multiplicity of investment opportunities these days, making the right investment choices Read More …
The Government is allocating more funding to new initiatives in Budget 2019 than it planned to six months ago. It has set aside a net average of $3.8 billion per year for new operational spending over the next four years. Treasury’s Half Year Update, released Read More …
Between filing your tax returns and working with your business bookkeeper to tidy up the financial year, there might not be a lot of time to see what else is happening globally in the financial department. That’s why we’ve put together some of the big Read More …
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The move by IAG – New Zealand’s largest insurer – comes as it plans to introduce risk-based pricing which could see customers who live in areas prone to natural disasters and severe weather pay more for home insurance in a progressive roll-out from July 1.