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June 2012
14 Jun 2012 Bollard keeps rates on hold; OCR cut an outside chance
13 Jun 2012 Stewart resigns from ACC
13 Jun 2012 Is this a sign of things to come?
13 Jun 2012 No dispute over mortgagee figures: Helm
12 Jun 2012 New analyst appointment at Harbour
12 Jun 2012 Majority of KiwiSavers facing shortfall, irrespective of fund choice
12 Jun 2012 Prices almost as high as they've ever been, experts agree
12 Jun 2012 REINZ May 2012 regional review
12 Jun 2012 100-year-old problem for advisers
12 Jun 2012 Who is forcing mortgagee sales?
12 Jun 2012 Buyers get heavy discount at mortgagee sales
12 Jun 2012 Property investment safe bet with so many MPs on side
11 Jun 2012 SFO charges adviser with $5 million fraud
11 Jun 2012 Interest rate poll results plus survey
11 Jun 2012 News Round Up: June 11
11 Jun 2012 Rates round-up: June 11
11 Jun 2012 Policy documents must improve
11 Jun 2012 OCR to stay low: Poll
10 Jun 2012 Markets still pricing in interest rate cut
09 Jun 2012 Big banks drive mortgagee sales: Terralink
08 Jun 2012 Partners Life adds a CFO
08 Jun 2012 [Weekly Wrap] Fees and resignations
08 Jun 2012 Fund manager fee disparity questioned
08 Jun 2012 What do you think will happen with interest rates?
08 Jun 2012 Water changes outrage landlords
07 Jun 2012 Westpac says empowering front-line staff fuels mortgage book growth
07 Jun 2012 How much you will pay to fund the FMA
07 Jun 2012 NZ shares fairly expensive: Glass
07 Jun 2012 SBS follows TSB down on two year term
07 Jun 2012 First-home buying never been easier: Broker
06 Jun 2012 IFA boss resigns
06 Jun 2012 IFA boss resigns
06 Jun 2012 Harbour commentary: Deja Vu: Europe on the Brink Again
06 Jun 2012 New CEO appointed for UDC Finance
06 Jun 2012 TSB takes two-year rate down
06 Jun 2012 Website puts focus on eco-homes
06 Jun 2012 Residential slowdown leads building slump
06 Jun 2012 Barfoot reports busiest May in seven years, record price
05 Jun 2012 RFAs warned against ‘dangerous’ KiwiSaver game
05 Jun 2012 Advisers lack ‘persuasive message’ around KiwiSaver
05 Jun 2012 GFNZ to release new prospectus; S&P puts it on negative credit watch
05 Jun 2012 Cheap not necessarily best
05 Jun 2012 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
05 Jun 2012 Westpac and TSB's loan books in the spotlight
05 Jun 2012 Why China’s rise favours NZ over Oz
05 Jun 2012 TSB grows loan book on higher LVR business
05 Jun 2012 Rates round-up: June 5
05 Jun 2012 Buyers queue for quake-hit properties
04 Jun 2012 Koh replaced on IFA board
01 Jun 2012 Westpac's mortgage book resumed aggressive growth in March Qtr
01 Jun 2012 Big role for former NZ manager
01 Jun 2012 Listings surge a winter warmer for property market
01 Jun 2012 [Weekly wrap] Thorny issues for advisers
01 Jun 2012 Sovereign survey to help grow group cover
01 Jun 2012 Boutiques go it alone - but not on distribution
01 Jun 2012 Rate cutting stimulates housing market
01 Jun 2012 Apartments back in vogue
01 Jun 2012 Govt plans cuts to accommodation supplement
01 Jun 2012 Loans for first home buyers cut
May 2012
31 May 2012 Reserve Bank data show mortgage cuts stimulating activity
31 May 2012 Kiwibank's mortgage book grows fast but momentum slips
31 May 2012 One bank up; another not so good
31 May 2012 Why financial advisers should do CPD
31 May 2012 Tenants warned of scams
30 May 2012 NZF Group posts $16.2 m annual loss
30 May 2012 Labour eyes locking KiwiSaver funds in NZ
30 May 2012 Kiwibank claims win with rate campaign
30 May 2012 HSBC mortgage book shrinkage
30 May 2012 The OCR may actually fall this year
30 May 2012 Has FMA picked the wrong target?
30 May 2012 Housing consents suffer from April fall
29 May 2012 An outside chance of an OCR cut this year
29 May 2012 Cold calling cleared (with a catch)
29 May 2012 Who knows where rates are heading?
29 May 2012 No housing bubble: REINZ
28 May 2012 AIA targets over-30s with price cuts
28 May 2012 All systems go for property investors
28 May 2012 ANZ's best quarter since 2007 hard work: Thompson
28 May 2012 News Round Up: May 28
28 May 2012 Where will the next Apple will drop
28 May 2012 Blue Star's major shareholder starts debt-to-equity process
28 May 2012 First up this week is Westpac
28 May 2012 Rates round-up: May 28
28 May 2012 Are you a broker?
28 May 2012 Tax changes not likely to impact holiday house prices
28 May 2012 Which MPs are property investors?
25 May 2012 Tower’s insurance results a mixed bag
25 May 2012 ANZ has best quarter in mortgage market since 2007
25 May 2012 Tower appoints two independent directors
25 May 2012 [Weekly wrap] Apples v apples
25 May 2012 ASB cuts 6 and 18 month rates
25 May 2012 New reporting standards for all funds predicted
25 May 2012 Treasury isn't predicting a large pick up in house prices
24 May 2012 Fisher & Paykel Finance beats profit forecast with 8.9% rise
24 May 2012 KiwiSaver auto-enrolment delay disappointing
24 May 2012 Sovereign appoints new General Operations Manager
24 May 2012 Last waltz for the one-man-band
24 May 2012 Pausing for breath
24 May 2012 ASB Bank's mortgage book growths for first in 8 quarters
23 May 2012 BNZ's March Qtr new mortgage growth slowest in two years
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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.
2 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