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April 2014
02 Apr 2014 Cigna names new CEO
02 Apr 2014 ANZ opts to fight in two-year space
02 Apr 2014 Two years before savings flow back across Tasman
02 Apr 2014 Strong demand expected for LG tender
02 Apr 2014 Strong demand expected for LG tender
02 Apr 2014 Mortgage fraudster sentenced
02 Apr 2014 Rules drive buyers away
01 Apr 2014 Silver start for KiwiSaver scheme
01 Apr 2014 AMP offers direct life cover online
01 Apr 2014 Bank surprised at extent of lending drop
01 Apr 2014 Chapman gets chair of bank board
01 Apr 2014 New adviser for Plus4
01 Apr 2014 Will the global economy be better this year?
01 Apr 2014 New Christchurch advisers appointed
01 Apr 2014 LVR rules could be relaxed
01 Apr 2014 FMA signs MoU
01 Apr 2014 FMCA is here - time for FAA part two?
01 Apr 2014 Funds fees drop
01 Apr 2014 IMF still not happy about house prices
March 2014
31 Mar 2014 RBNZ could relax LVR rules: Westpac
31 Mar 2014 ASB joins the increases
31 Mar 2014 One month until Code kicks in
31 Mar 2014 How good are your systems?
31 Mar 2014 Apartment returns down: Report
31 Mar 2014 Drop in apartments drags consents down
28 Mar 2014 [WEEKLY WRAP] Getting a handle on AFAs
28 Mar 2014 Higher rates give RBNZ scope to lift LVR rules
28 Mar 2014 Default providers announced
28 Mar 2014 New code approved
28 Mar 2014 More bank offers coming
28 Mar 2014 Fewer complaints about unsolicited offers
28 Mar 2014 Hints LVR rules could go
27 Mar 2014 Low equity lending rises, but one bank expensive
27 Mar 2014 Westpac's top rate nudges close to double digit interest rate
27 Mar 2014 PAA boss: More focus on regional brokers
27 Mar 2014 Yield-seekers should look south: Report
26 Mar 2014 New head of individual wealth protection
26 Mar 2014 Second contributory mortgage broker pleads guilty
26 Mar 2014 Westpac removes and increases rates
26 Mar 2014 High-LVR lending inches up
26 Mar 2014 Return 'may just add work for advisers'
26 Mar 2014 Investors told to seek protection
26 Mar 2014 Apartments more popular
25 Mar 2014 Craigs profit up
25 Mar 2014 Concern DIMS rules may force advisers out
25 Mar 2014 Serviceability weighs on prices: Report
25 Mar 2014 Investors become commercial borrowers
24 Mar 2014 Reserve Bank legal powers tested
24 Mar 2014 FMA changes tack on AFA reporting requirements
24 Mar 2014 RESIMAC adds more options; Kiwibank increases short rates
23 Mar 2014 Portfolio manager at Fisher Funds steps aside
21 Mar 2014 FMA lays charges
21 Mar 2014 Fees still too high: Morningstar
21 Mar 2014 Westpac joins the party
21 Mar 2014 Most DIMS will be class: FMA
21 Mar 2014 AFA monitoring reveals some gaps
21 Mar 2014 KCL price set, Bayleys deal done
20 Mar 2014 Ward joins sharebroker
20 Mar 2014 Report questions FMA model
19 Mar 2014 Best bank rate review
19 Mar 2014 More fixed rate rises
19 Mar 2014 Non-CPD training 'still worthwhile'
19 Mar 2014 Eastern suburbs soaring
18 Mar 2014 Kiwis getting savvier about retirement savings
18 Mar 2014 Ross refund timeframe extended
18 Mar 2014 Rate rises moving to fixed rates
18 Mar 2014 Kiwibank merger details due mid-year
18 Mar 2014 Researcher outlines NZ plans
18 Mar 2014 Census shows more tenants
18 Mar 2014 Rents rise in central suburbs
17 Mar 2014 Not every one has moved yet
17 Mar 2014 Asset allocation by peer review
17 Mar 2014 First-home buyers 'radically scared away'
14 Mar 2014 Household indebtedness increasing
14 Mar 2014 Advisers drifting towards big organisations
14 Mar 2014 Buy not sell in May and go away?
14 Mar 2014 ANZ first out of the blocks
14 Mar 2014 Provinces suffering: Harcourts
13 Mar 2014 Grosvenor plans to back its KiwiSaver scheme into Fidelity Life one
13 Mar 2014 What the economists said
13 Mar 2014 van Eyk adds Practice Manager and former Macquarie adviser
13 Mar 2014 Morgan name dropped
13 Mar 2014 Debt servicing will be an issue: RBNZ
13 Mar 2014 OCR up 25 basis points
13 Mar 2014 The three-year wait is over. OCR up
13 Mar 2014 Conference-hopping not CPD, advisers told
13 Mar 2014 Hiking cycle begins
12 Mar 2014 Buoyant economy, buoyant bond issuance
12 Mar 2014 Housing approvals creep up
12 Mar 2014 FMA drops case against Bridgecorp
12 Mar 2014 Lack of knowledge no surprise to advisers
12 Mar 2014 DIMS a two-step process
12 Mar 2014 Rules affect landlords, too: NZPIF
11 Mar 2014 Nirvana for Sovereign
11 Mar 2014 BNZ removes high rates for low equity loans
11 Mar 2014 Inflation a hurdle for advisers this year
11 Mar 2014 BNZ removes high rates for low equity loans
11 Mar 2014 Bach owners say rental income vital
11 Mar 2014 Further signs of easing: REINZ
10 Mar 2014 Prepare for interest rate lift off
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NZX aims for 5% of KiwiSaver market in three-to-five 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