MBIE

Robo gets the go
18 Oct 17, 7:25am
Jenée Tibshraeny
1 comment
FMA fast-tracks access to robo-advice at a rate slower than expected; Prioritises greater oversight at the expense of more red tape
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NZ shell companies caught in Slovakian money-laundering probe
9 Oct 17, 12:06pm
Denise McNabb
13 comments
New Zealand companies and NZ trust & company service provider embroiled in high level Slovakian financial scandal
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Govt pushing for open banking
7 Oct 17, 6:02am
Gareth Vaughan
4 comments
Commerce & Consumer Affairs Minister Jacqui Dean pushing for open banking in NZ as part of greater retail payments competition. Notes regulation limiting merchant fees, open access to bank data common overseas
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FMA's new strategy for tackling NZ's unintended financial services exports
22 Sep 17, 6:02am
Gareth Vaughan
6 comments
The FMA issues warnings about NZ's troublesome Financial Service Providers Register in Chinese, Malay and Arabic & admits it's easier to get on it than be removed from it
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Auckland fuel crisis: Defence force gets involved
18 Sep 17, 12:16pm
Alex Tarrant
94 comments
Ardern calls out National over Auckland fuel crisis, attacks govt for setting up working group to look at fuel security over action; Deputy PM Bennett notes pipeline not owned by govt; Damage done over "months or years"; 2012 report contained warnings
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NZ banks used in apparent Singapore financial scam
31 Aug 17, 11:57am
Gareth Vaughan
6 comments
NZ financial service provider Worldclear and local banks caught up in the activities of curious Singapore company Summit International
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Consumer lenders avoid red tape double up
11 Aug 17, 9:32am
Jenée Tibshraeny
Consumer credit contract providers celebrate successfully lobbying the Government to exempt them from new financial advice regulation 
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Later Auckland building peak could be better - PM
8 Aug 17, 7:33am
Alex Tarrant
39 comments
Steadier path to later & higher Auckland house building peak could be better for first home buyers, construction industry and high school leavers looking to enter the trades, PM English says
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In search of an Auckland house building boom
7 Aug 17, 2:55pm
David Hargreaves
42 comments
David Hargreaves says the Auckland housing market has gone cold at exactly the wrong time. And does the sudden focus by politicians on our largest city's infrastructure imply a sense of defeat on housing?
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Could NZ get a public register of company beneficial ownership information?
4 Aug 17, 5:02am
Gareth Vaughan
1 comment
MBIE striving to diagnose whether a problem exists due to a lack of transparency on company and trust beneficial ownership
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Financial advice Bill good to go
3 Aug 17, 12:03pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
1 comment
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister ready to introduce to Parliament new legislation regulating financial advice
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No evidence of personal debt stress
25 Jul 17, 3:38pm
David Chaston
113 comments
New Zealanders are at the lowest level of debt stress ever on a population-adjusted basis and close to it on an absolute basis
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RBNZ and MBIE consult on OTC derivatives foreign margin rules
14 Jul 17, 1:24pm
David Hargreaves
1 comment
RBNZ and MBIE consultation to tackle issues around banks that have to comply with margin rules being implemented in foreign jurisdictions; legislation may need changing
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Beware Ministers bearing affordability data
6 Jul 17, 10:29am
Alex Tarrant
18 comments
Two instances of the government wrongly defending its Auckland First Home Buyer track record has Alex Tarrant warning: Beware Ministers bearing affordability data
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Take note landlords & tenants: Your rights & responsibilities are about to change
5 Jul 17, 3:27pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
18 comments
Nick Smith's Bill, clearing haze around meth contamination, landlord liability and dodgy housing, passes First Reading
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Insurers and realtors welcome P testing and decontamination standard
29 Jun 17, 11:10am
Jenée Tibshraeny
35 comments
Government releases standard confirming how much P there needs to be in a property for it to be considered contaminated, and how you need to get rid of it
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Robo-advice could be round the corner
21 Jun 17, 4:04pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
1 comment
FMA keen to see personalised robo-advice enabled in New Zealand sooner than the law would otherwise allow
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PM: All affordability measures point to need to build more
20 Jun 17, 5:02am
Alex Tarrant
59 comments
All housing affordability measures have their drawbacks, but all point to one policy response required, PM English says. 'Build more houses'; Welcomes some Auckland land price falls, says materials costs need to be next
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'Making a pig's ear out of housing'
19 Jun 17, 11:37am
David Hargreaves
37 comments
Labour slams new Government housing affordability measure as 'ham-fisted'; calls on Nick Smith to reissue it with 'accurate numbers' on true state of housing affordability
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Overload, the labour market & nativist angst
19 Jun 17, 10:34am
Brian Fallow
46 comments
Brian Fallow looks at what exactly is the issue with immigration that's making it an election year issue, and finds three areas of concern
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15 Jun 17, 5:22pm
Govt orders inquiry to see if any NZ high rises are clad in combustible materials
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15 Jun 17, 5:02am
Why NZ regulators must work closely with their counterparts overseas
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13 Jun 17, 9:24am
Labour's migration policy 'difficult' for business
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8 Jun 17, 7:40am
Dean ruffles feathers Goldsmith didn't touch
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30 May 17, 9:36am
So much for speeding up housing infrastructure funding
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23 May 17, 10:10am
Crunch time for Auckland landlords as capital gains disappear & interest rates rise
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23 May 17, 9:15am
Power imbalance between insurers and their customers to be tackled
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22 May 17, 5:02am
HAM, lag and the Kaikoura quake
18 May 17, 1:55pm
'Banishing online financial companies will come back to bite us'
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12 May 17, 4:02pm
'Separate retail payments network ownership from usage'
10 May 17, 5:22pm
'Number one answer is land supply'
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10 May 17, 2:16pm
It's time to end the madness
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10 May 17, 10:12am
IMF: Insurance claims handling 'effectively unregulated'
4 May 17, 12:04pm
Auckland Council questions urban development plans
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3 May 17, 3:04pm
Driving a truck through NZ's migration settings
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2 May 17, 8:01pm
'The New Zealand FSP regulatory effectiveness is not strong'
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2 May 17, 1:36pm
House prices falling in Auckland, rising strongly in Wellington, pushing yields in opposite directions
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4 Apr 17, 11:34am
NZ company used to swindle Malaysians, NZ Companies Office doing nothing
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31 Mar 17, 5:02am
'That sounds like the sort of conclusion someone who believes in the Tooth Fairy would draw'
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29 Mar 17, 5:02am
Vivier's Luigi Wewege publishes book on digital banking
21 Mar 17, 1:46pm
The 83 countries where NZ's FSPR has left its mark & not in a good way
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18 Mar 17, 10:33am
First landlord conviction under new law
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2 Mar 17, 5:08pm
Forex, the Hurricanes & Bill English
2 Mar 17, 12:44pm
'Government lacks Auckland housing plan'
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24 Feb 17, 2:12pm
Housing rents in Auckland up as much as 11.1% year-on-year
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