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Trauma insurance – help when you need it most
Nobody likes to think about serious illness or injury, but putting the right insurance policies in place will help protect your finances should you find yourself in these situations. One of our clients, James*, 61, was diagnosed with prostate cancer over a year ago. As you can imagine this was a very challenging time for James and his family. But...
New housing policy: a boon for diversified investors?
The Government has announced significant changes to taxation that will affect residential property investors. Designed to slow runaway house prices, the phased removal of mortgage interest deductibility from rental income was unexpected and received a mixed response. For those looking to buy a home, there was a flicker of hope. For property...
Sustainable Investing or greenwashing?
Sustainable investing is becoming increasingly popular with more and more Kiwi’s showing their interest in the environmental, social and human capital impacts of the funds they are investing in. Due to this demand several funds have sprung up that are labelled “responsible”, “ethical” or “sustainable”. But do they really live up to label or is...
How we are helping Kiwis with their future
Recently we helped Helen*, aged 61, review her current insurance policies. Helen has had Trauma cover since 2002 and as part of our standard process we explained her policy back to her so she could more easily understand what she was covered for. During this conversation, Helen mentioned she was diagnosed with a critical illness a few years back....
Transitional Financial Advice Provider Licence
In November we were granted our Transitional Financial Advice Provider Licence. This licence is an important milestone and is required as part of new legislation that is coming in to practice from March 2021. This legislation aims to improve access to high quality financial advice for all New Zealanders. Regardless of any legislation, our focus...
Silver Lining of Lockdown
If you ask New Zealanders about their experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown(s), you’ll get a wide range of responses. Stress and worries about family, jobs and the economy, not to mention the virus itself and the implications for the world in general. There’s no doubt that for many of us it has been a trying time, both financially and...