Time to re-up NZ as a financial services centre

Time to re-up NZ as a financial services centre
Time to dust off the "Switzerland of the South Pacific" idea? (Image: NZME)
Henry Brandts-Giesen
It’s a stated aim of the Government to double exports by value in 10 years. One industry in which we could export more is financial services.We have the potential to provide financial services to people and businesses living overseas by offering a platform for setting up and managing investment funds, bank and wealth management accounts, and legal structures to grow and protect private wealth and facilitate international financial transactions.This could lever off the prime minister’s recent State of the Nation announcement that the...

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