Youi Insurance Pushing a ‘Cheap’ Policy Benefit
It’s pretty damning about their processes and sales tactics.
While what Youi does was obvious to those in the industry, with their direct push model, and focusing on cheapness rather than benefits, it’s not just Youi who does this, they have been the most blatant.
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Changes to KiwiSaver Homebuyer’s withdrawal
The government has announced some changes to KiwiSaver withdrawals for 2nd chance first home buyers that will come into place on the 1st of July 2016.
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DIY Retirement Warning
I am not convinced that the answer to people not planning for retirement, is more Do It Yourself (DIY) focus. Sure, it’s better than nothing, to use the calculators etc., but the problem with these is the placebo like effect of having run the calculator, and then your brain basically deciding you are done, and then you go back to whatever else you are doing, and spending.
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Getting a Student Loan? Get a Budget!
Far be it for me to suggest that a student association is unlikely to put out a press release saying everything was fine for students, but they are not exactly the best source for an unbiased opinion.
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Student Loans – No Interest, Doesn’t Mean No Cost
I am guessing the journalist on this story was not a student in the mid to late 1990s when you could download your entire living allowance money in one go.
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Are You Moving KiwiSaver For Bad Reasons?
Harsh that the AMP KiwiSaver gets singled out here for who has lost KiwiSaver business, when in reality the banks are creaming most of the KiwiSaver transfers from everyone, as they ‘touch’ clients more often than the other providers.
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In the Market for a House? Don’t go to House Auctions!
Auctions suck when you don’t have a 20% deposit.
The bank won’t sign off on the property, and short of paying for a valuation before you bid, you have to either just bid or hope, or you have to pay for the valuation, and then might not get the home.
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Taking the plunge in Mighty River
If there’s a single question that’s bound to be hogging dinner table conversation for the next few months it’s whether Mighty River Power (MRP) is a good investment.
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Winners v losers in Ross failure
The collapse of Ross Asset Management snared 900 investors in what could turn out to be NZ’s biggest Ponzi scheme. Investors now face a massive struggle to claw back some losses.
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