Female advisers put off by boozy networking
New Zealand's financial advice industry is suffering a lack of women because they feel pushed out by male-dominated events, such as networking that revolves around drinking, new research has found.
Researchers from the University of Otago and RMIT University in Melbourne studied the reasons why women were only a small proportion of financial advisers in Australia and New Zealand.
Women are only 20% of Australian and 23.5% of New Zealand "financial advising professionals".
Helen Roberts, a senior lecturer in the University of Otago's department of accountancy and finance, said ...MORE»
David Whyte's 5 predictions for 2020Saturday, January 18th, 6:00AM 2 comments
Last week Good Returns published five predictions for the year ahead. This week guest contributor David Whyte offers his five predictions for 2020. As he says: "All of which will, of course, come to pass and be regarded as prophetic, insightful, and accurate. Or none of them will come to fruition and will have as much value as an Iranian Rial." MORE» |
NZ shares extend strong start to 2020 as blue chips gainFriday, January 17th, 6:04PM
New Zealand shares continued their strong start to the decade, with a raft of blue-chip stocks leading the benchmark index higher. Gentrack bounced back from its sharp sell-off in recent days. MORE» |
Pie Funds: We had too much cash
Pie Funds founder Mike Taylor says holding too much cash through the start of 2019 ended up costing its funds' returns.
Taylor said at the end of 2018, share markets had been through a sharp downturn – the worst December for the S&P 500 on record.
His fund managers responded by moving funds very defensively to up to 60% cash.
But the downturn did not last as long as Pie Funds expected, which was to its detriment and Taylor said it was too slow to jump back in to the market. "It was the right call at that time … ...MORE»
What's happened to the $2mill from PAA's holiday homes?Thursday, January 16th, 6:21AM
The Professional Advisers Association (PAA) controversially sold its holiday homes in 2016 netting around $2 million; but what's happened to that money? Susan Edmunds investigates. MORE» |
First profit forecast for Stewart's Retirement Income Group; Plus new productsWednesday, January 15th, 6:00AM
Ralph Stewart's Retirement Income Group is aiming to break into profit this year as well as rolling out a new product and establishing operations in another country. MORE» |
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[GRTV] Apathy still reigns amongst advisers
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CFML secures $100 million funding line from Westpac
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Fisher Funds distribution head moves on
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Kōura: People see advice and KiwiSaver as distinct
New KiwiSaver provider Kōura is providing more advice to KiwiSaver members than initially expected – but not converting as many as had been hoped to members. MORE»
