Mortgage Adviser
- susan@mx.co.nz
- Mobile 021 245 6086
- Freephone 0800 226 226
- Phone 07 834 0601
- 562 Anglesea Street, Hamilton
- Regions available: Hamilton, Waikato
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“Maaku anoo e hanga tooku nei whare”; I shall fashion my own house ~ Kiingi Taawhiao (the 2nd Māori King)
After more than 20 years’ experience working in the banking industry, Susan Stephens is excited about combining her strong financial acumen and traditional Māori values to help those in her community achieve their own home ownership dreams.
Susan’s career began as a batching clerk at ANZ in 1988 and she quickly moved up the ranks to an Assistant Business Manager Role. Through her own hard work and perseverance, Susan was named the National Business Manager for the National Kohanga Reo Trust and represented ANZ in a Māori television programme about financial literacy and home ownership.
Her strong values play an integral part in how Susan conducts her own business, and she is committed to supporting her whanau, hapu and iwi.
“I have a unique suite of tools, skills, networks, and resources which, in conjunction with a values-based approach to my work, will absolutely benefit my clients.”
Susan’s values can be summed up as follows:
Whaanau Ora: I believe that family success starts at home, and that includes the wider family community. For many, the self-empowerment journey begins when going through the process of thinking about and then purchasing a first home.
Whakapapa: My great grandmother is the perfect example of success and strong leadership. In the early 1940’s, as a widowed, middle-aged, solo-parent, Māori woman – she bought a large piece of land in the heart of the Kiingitanga for £35. She created a home that benefitted many generations.
Aroha: I treat everyone I meet with kindness and friendship.
Whakapono: Integrity, authenticity and truth = responsible lending.
Rangatiratanga: Being financially literate and capable is part of being a good leader and positive role model.
Mana Motuhake: The discovery journey of buying a home opens minds and positively influences change within.
Whenua Ora: Healthy land healthy people. Optimal guardianship values.
Based in the Waikato region, Susan speaks Māori and English and can assist her clients with advice around lending.
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Important information about Te Tihirahi Ltd FSP 720191
Licence status and conditions
Astute Financial Management Limited FSP641829 (Astute) holds a licence issued by the Financial Markets Authority to provide financial advice service.
Te Tihirahi Ltd FSP 720191 is authorised by that licence to provide financial advice service.
Our contact details are:
Address: 562 Anglesea Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton, 3204
Telephone: 021 245 6086
Email: susan@mx.co.nz
We provide financial advice on Mortgage Products and Consumer Credit Contracts.
We encourage you to read the important information given below. It may help you decide whether your financial needs may be met by engaging with us.
Nature and scope of financial advice service
We engage financial advisers to provide financial advice on the following financial products:
Residential and personal loan products
We, through our advisers, provide financial advice service about loan products only from the following providers (also known as lenders):ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited
DBR Limited
Oxford Finance Limited
AIA Services New Zealand Limited
FICO Finance Limited
Pepper New Zealand Limited
ASAP Finance Limited
First Mortgage Managers Limited
Pioneer Finance Limited
ASB Bank Limited
Funding Partners Limited
Plus Finance Limited
Avanti Finance Limited
General Finance Limited
Resimac Financial Securities Limited
Bank of China (New Zealand ) Limited
Gold Band Finance Limited
Southern Cross Finance Limited
Bank of New Zealand
Heartland Bank Limited
Southland Building Society
Basecorp Finance Limited
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited
The Co-operative Bank Limited
Bluestone Mortgages NZ Limited
Liberty Financial Limited
TSB Bank Limited
China Construction Bank (New Zealand) Limited
Metro Finance Limited
Westpac New Zealand Limited
Credit Union Baywide
Midlands Fund Management Limited
Wroxton Finance Limited
Cressida Capital One Limited
We do not provide financial advice service related to:
- Investment products (e.g., shares, bonds, managed funds, etc.) and KiwiSaver products; and
- Estate planning (such as Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, and trusts of any description); and
- General Insurance products; and
- Personal Risk Insurance products.
You will need to consult appropriate specialists if you would like advice on the products above.
Fees, expenses, or other amounts payable
In majority of cases we do not charge any fee, expense or other amount for the financial advice provided to you or for implementing that advice. Our remuneration is paid by the product providers by way of commission.
However, we may charge a fee for the financial advice service provided to a client where a client repays a residential home loan within a defined time up to 28 months from the date it is drawn down.
Whether a fee will be charged, the manner in which it will be charged and the date by which the fee will be payable will be advised when the financial advice service is provided to the client.
Conflicts of interest and commissions or other incentives
We and Astute will receive commission from the lenders who provide residential and personal loan products. If you decide to take out a residential or personal loan, then the lender will pay commission based on the amount of loan settled with that lender or lenders.
Our adviser takes drawings from Te Tihirahi Ltd.
From time to time, various product providers (described previously) may also reward us and/or Astute for the overall business provided to them. They may give tickets to sports events, hampers, or other incentives. To ensure that our financial advisers prioritise the client’s interests above their own, we follow an advice process that ensures our recommendations are made based on the client’s personal goals and circumstances. All our financial advisers undergo annual professional development refresher training about how to manage conflicts of interest. We maintain registers of conflicts of interests, and the gifts and incentives received.
Complaints handling and dispute resolution
We take all complaints seriously and work to resolve them as quickly as possible.
If you are unhappy with our financial advice service, and wish to make a complaint, please contact your financial adviser so he or she can try to put things right.
If you do not feel comfortable discussing your concerns with your adviser, you can:
- Call Mortgage Express Head Office on 0800 226226 between the hours of 8:30 am - 5 pm week days
- Email complaints@mx.co.nz
- Write to Mortgage Express Head Office, PO Box 9268, Newmarket, Auckland 1023.
How your Complaint will be handled
We will deal with your complaint using our internal complaints handling process. Accordingly,
- We will investigate your complaint by analysing the information you provided us; and
- We may contact you to get additional information about your complaint.
We aim to resolve your complaint within 40 days of its receipt and advise you, in writing, our proposed resolution to your complaint.
If we cannot resolve your complaint within 40 days of receipt (or any additional time you have given us thereafter, at our request) you can contact the Financial Services Complaints Ltd (FSCL).
FSCL provides an independent external dispute resolution service to consumers with complaints about their financial service providers. This service will cost you nothing and will help us to investigate or resolve your complaint if it is not resolved to your satisfaction using our internal complaints process.
You can contact the FSCL Scheme at:
Email: complaints@fscl.org.nz
Website: www.fscl.org.nz
Telephone: 0800 347 257 or +64 4 4723725
Address: Level 4, 101 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011
P O Box 5967, Wellington 6140
Duties
We, Astute and our financial advisers are bound by the following duties under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 to:
- meet the standards of competence, knowledge, and skill set out in the Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services (Code of Conduct), which form part of the wider regulatory regime for financial advice and ensure we have the expertise necessary to provide you with advice; and
- give priority to your interests by taking all reasonable steps to ensure that the advice given to you is not materially influenced by our own interests or the interests of any other person connected with the giving of advice; and
- exercise care, diligence, and skill that a prudent person engaged in the occupation of giving related financial advice would in the same circumstances; and
- meet the standards of ethical behaviour, conduct, and client care set out in the Code of Conduct, to treat you as we should and to provide you with suitable advice.
