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May 2011
02 May 2011 Morarji moves on from BT
02 May 2011 Mortgage Link’s up with Strategi
02 May 2011 Property market soothsayers and silver linings
02 May 2011 Auckland leads the rent charge
02 May 2011 Asking prices hit four-year high
01 May 2011 News Round Up: May 2
01 May 2011 Geneva gets a little ratings upgrade
01 May 2011 AIA: Good behaviour, bad attitude?
April 2011
29 Apr 2011 Heartland gets the nod
29 Apr 2011 Borrowing could boost fund's impressive returns
29 Apr 2011 Kiwibank ends special
29 Apr 2011 Equities picked as place to be
29 Apr 2011 Alloway resigns as Allied Farmers director
29 Apr 2011 Switch decision could put floaters in a fix
28 Apr 2011 Share performance boosts KiwiSaver returns over March quarter
28 Apr 2011 Rental property tax treatment helped inflate property values - OECD
28 Apr 2011 OCR likely to stay low for some time: RBNZ
28 Apr 2011 Subsidies hampering KiwiSaver - OECD
28 Apr 2011 Floating rates won't be rising anytime soon
28 Apr 2011 Floating mortgage rates won't be rising any time soon
28 Apr 2011 Floating mortgage rates won't be rising any time soon
28 Apr 2011 NZ Funds KiwiSaver gets thumbs up from Lonsec
28 Apr 2011 OCR likely to stay put for some time
28 Apr 2011 OCR unchanged and likely to stay that way for some time
28 Apr 2011 Mayhew and the malcontented Seven
28 Apr 2011 The economists view on the OCR
27 Apr 2011 Perpetual adds to its adviser team
27 Apr 2011 House prices to rise 4%
27 Apr 2011 Financial advisers – the public perception
27 Apr 2011 House prices to rise 4% - Westpac
27 Apr 2011 Momentum building in house market, according to ANZ
25 Apr 2011 Focus on rate rises
25 Apr 2011 Interest rate focus moves to when next increases start
21 Apr 2011 NZ Funds sets up wealth management business
21 Apr 2011 Vidler heads off down a new track
21 Apr 2011 The Ordinary is Death to the Insurance Broker
21 Apr 2011 Lull continues
21 Apr 2011 Death of an (insurance) salesman
21 Apr 2011 Survey points to property investment market pick-up
20 Apr 2011 Stewart joins AMP boards
20 Apr 2011 A new era of opportunity for professional bodies
20 Apr 2011 Pre Easter lull
20 Apr 2011 Sec Com seeks consultation on revised ABS guide
20 Apr 2011 Plus4 adds two
20 Apr 2011 New Unit Title Act guidelines
19 Apr 2011 Easier access to KiwiSaver cash for quake-affected Cantabrians
19 Apr 2011 Looking ahead to OCR
19 Apr 2011 KiwiSaver numbers up ahead of Budget
19 Apr 2011 Elevation offers to lift returns
19 Apr 2011 Christchurch exodus soaks up rental capacity - First National
18 Apr 2011 News Round Up: April 18
18 Apr 2011 Trass trashes REINZ
15 Apr 2011 Andy Morris joins senior ranks of NZAM
15 Apr 2011 NZ Funds boosts investment team
15 Apr 2011 Treasury predicted SCF's failure early on
15 Apr 2011 Kiwibank's lowest ever rate
15 Apr 2011 SCF's "good bank" on the market
15 Apr 2011 March housing market strength no flash in the pan - BNZ
14 Apr 2011 NZMBA gets a GM and 8th board member
14 Apr 2011 No changes today
14 Apr 2011 Disclosure disclosed
14 Apr 2011 ISO plans overhaul after membership explosion
14 Apr 2011 For landlords a feast in Auckland, famine elsewhere
13 Apr 2011 Overcoming underinsurance
13 Apr 2011 Opinion: Are Genesis Energy's capital bonds worth buying?
13 Apr 2011 Hewes rejoins Sovereign
13 Apr 2011 SCF receivers sell major asset
13 Apr 2011 Auckland house sales up 53.2% on month - REINZ
13 Apr 2011 IFA calls for (common) credit where its due
13 Apr 2011 NZF sets a date
13 Apr 2011 The REINZ reaction
13 Apr 2011 REINZ regional commentaries - March 2011
12 Apr 2011 AIA New Zealand announces new appointments
12 Apr 2011 NZMBA relocates its conference
12 Apr 2011 Fix or float?
12 Apr 2011 To fix or float? That is the question
12 Apr 2011 Tower positions for inflation
12 Apr 2011 The full Nelson - only one location keeps grip on property values - QV
11 Apr 2011 Outlook bleak for Allied Farmers
11 Apr 2011 NZMBA recruits new team members
11 Apr 2011 We talk to Finance Direct
11 Apr 2011 News Round Up: April 11
11 Apr 2011 Finance Direct concentrates on brokerage
11 Apr 2011 Fix mortgage rates now - Tower
08 Apr 2011 Call centre company answers the QFE call
08 Apr 2011 S&P's view on Genesis's new bonds
07 Apr 2011 The property investment ‘loophole’
07 Apr 2011 Outrageous to ban property investment
07 Apr 2011 Support Chch Brokers
07 Apr 2011 The mysterious case of the Allied Farmers' $7m guarantee which wasn't
07 Apr 2011 Adviser regulation offers ‘fantastic’ opportunities: OnePath
07 Apr 2011 $200,000 fine for ‘Why rent' promoter
07 Apr 2011 Government prepared to bail out AMI
06 Apr 2011 Geneva gets an SD rating
06 Apr 2011 Fundraising for Christchurch Mortgage Advisers
06 Apr 2011 PTO backs brokers
06 Apr 2011 Market leading products, market rate commission
06 Apr 2011 Public Trust returns to lending market
06 Apr 2011 TOWER Health has new BDM
06 Apr 2011 Record rents for Auckland
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
1 week ago Raymond Yang
Who is responsible for notifying policy changes?
There is no doubt the obligation is on the insurer who the contract is with. Clearly it would be prudent for an adviser to assist once given clear information by an insurer to assist with the communication but to extend this further. For an insurer to attempt to slide this onto an advisers plate is abdication. The adviser can not change the contract.
1 week ago Darryl Scott
FMA CEO on leave
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the fundamental flaw in the legislation came about partly through the event that Murray mentions, and also through the negligence of the Select Committee in ignoring the single most cited recommendation in all the submissions (over 34% from memory) of drawing a distinction between product sales and financial advice. To add to their misdemeanour, the Committee then added a paragraph to the Bill confirming that recommendation of one product only constituted financial advice - or words to that effect. The inherent conflict of interest lies in an individual retained by a Class 4 licensee being required to adhere to a code of conduct that requires prioritisation of client interests. To expect a product sales person to subordinate their contractual obligation to their employer is unrealistic, unworkable, and unreasonable. To emphasise, I have no issue with a product provider marketing and selling their own products - but not behind the opaque veil of legislation intended to govern financial advice. If MBIE ever gets around to review FSLAA, Financial Advisers, FANZ, and all other interested stakeholders should mount a fully-funded intensive campaign to persuade our employees in Wellington to remove class 4 licensees from FSLAA, and replace their obligations within an amended CoFI Act.
3 weeks ago David Whyte
FMA CEO on leave
@Murray: The reps seemed to be acting on their personal interests rather than the interests of advisers. Conflict of interest, isn't it?
3 weeks ago w k
KiwiSaver funds shake off Middle East tension
In this recent presentation of mine https://www.knowrisk.co.nz I show that the average Balanced KiwiSaver fund has added approximately +0.43% over and above the gross average policy Benchmark's return's. However, the averge annual costs of -0.97% for Balanced funds have eroded that to be slighly below BMK after costs consistent with typical SPIVA studies. Note this cost number is for the 45 Balanced Funds used only - for all KiwiSaver Funds it is closer to -0.70% p.a. The presentation goes on to show that quite a bit of return is being left on the table by the one size fits all view of risk.
3 weeks ago P Urbani