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May 2015
21 May 2015 No surprise Budget leaves focus on Auckland housing market
21 May 2015 Assets of FX trader seized
21 May 2015 $52 million to address Auckland’s housing supply problem
21 May 2015 Budget 2015: Property Related Initiatives
21 May 2015 [BUDGET] New KiwiSaver members miss out on Kick Start
21 May 2015 AIA gets new chief executive
21 May 2015 Crown land to be used for affordable housing
21 May 2015 NZAM adds to exec team
21 May 2015 AML audit rush feared
21 May 2015 KiwiSaver members not on track
21 May 2015 Record migration means need for regional incentives
20 May 2015 Rents continue steady climb up
20 May 2015 NZIG turns to crowdfunding
19 May 2015 FSPR crackdown
19 May 2015 Ministry needs to better understand disputes schemes: FSCL
19 May 2015 Healthy lifestyle property market: REINZ
18 May 2015 Cancer cover suits direct market
18 May 2015 Defence Force seeks AFAs
18 May 2015 Wealth Defender IPO successful
18 May 2015 Multi-pronged attack on Auckland market means OCR cut likely
18 May 2015 NZX names new head of funds management business
18 May 2015 Lots of changes today
18 May 2015 Dodds: Higher requirement inevitable
17 May 2015 New tax measures aimed at speculators, overseas buyers
15 May 2015 Sovereign sells wealth platform
15 May 2015 Cash back or rate cut; What would you take?
15 May 2015 Sovereign breaks with ASB on one-year rates
15 May 2015 The only way is up for the PAA: Severn
14 May 2015 College adds mortgage adviser module
14 May 2015 Overseas buyers: are they an issue?
14 May 2015 Global upturn could knock NZ market
13 May 2015 RBNZ policy meant to chill Auckland market - but will it?
13 May 2015 Claims top $1 billion for another year
13 May 2015 Former Liberty BDM goes it alone
13 May 2015 New investors, tenants likely to bear brunt of RBNZ move
13 May 2015 Adviser pleads guilty
13 May 2015 Why has the Reserve Bank targeted investors?
13 May 2015 Steepening NZ yield curve
13 May 2015 RBNZ hits Auckland property investors
13 May 2015 Auckland landlords face new lending restrictions
13 May 2015 Auckland landlords face new lending restrictions
13 May 2015 Associations must change, IFA bosses say
13 May 2015 Cosignia acquired
12 May 2015 CFA putting investors first
12 May 2015 Property borrowing to get easier with arrival of LendMe
12 May 2015 Decline in NZ’s median price – but not Auckland’s
12 May 2015 Long rates up, short rates to fall?
12 May 2015 Another adviser for Plus4
12 May 2015 More banks call for OCR cuts
12 May 2015 KiwiSaver schemes lose QROPS status
12 May 2015 Private equity – a role for KiwiSaver? (Part 2)
12 May 2015 Rising price expectations, gloomy purchasing sentiment
11 May 2015 Insurance jobs up
11 May 2015 OCR cut forecasts increasing
11 May 2015 Fidelity Life appoints director
11 May 2015 BNZ rolls out new Special
11 May 2015 Old trail income under review
11 May 2015 Risk management a challenge
11 May 2015 Victory for business in change to earthquake rules
08 May 2015 NZF in administration
08 May 2015 PGC seeks $22 million from Bath St Capital
08 May 2015 KiwiSaver drives managed funds lift
08 May 2015 KiwiSavers reminded not to miss out
08 May 2015 Investors urged to consider alternatives
08 May 2015 Appeal for IRD campaign on property taxation
07 May 2015 BNZ banks on brokers
07 May 2015 ASB changes tune on OCR
07 May 2015 ASB now calling for two OCR rate cuts
07 May 2015 PAA votes to abolish holiday home scheme
07 May 2015 AMP supports commission cut
06 May 2015 State houses to go on sale in Tauranga & Invercargill
06 May 2015 First NZ censured, fined
06 May 2015 Brokers help ANZ
06 May 2015 Brokers play bigger role in ANZ home loan sales
06 May 2015 DIMS exemptions welcomed
05 May 2015 Complectus completes purchase
05 May 2015 Auckland price rises: a lesson in supply & demand
05 May 2015 AML relief for advisers
04 May 2015 The Problem with Zero Interest Rates
04 May 2015 Warehouse plans bonds offer
04 May 2015 Chinese banks in NZ likely to mean more choice, more competition
04 May 2015 SBS changes; ASB hikes commission rates
04 May 2015 Give tax break to retirement income products: Stewart
01 May 2015 Over 25% increase in Auckland home values since 2007
01 May 2015 Getting to know... Richard Stubbs
01 May 2015 Stanley steps down
01 May 2015 One low rate replaced by another
01 May 2015 ASB and Sovereign increase upfront commissions
01 May 2015 ISO supports disclosure law
01 May 2015 Milford suspension appropriate: NZSF
01 May 2015 KiwiSaver funds misclassifying risk: Research
April 2015
30 Apr 2015 Mai Chen sells wills business to Perpetual Guardian
30 Apr 2015 Has residential building activity stalled?
30 Apr 2015 What are the odds of a interest rate cut?
30 Apr 2015 SPI directors fined for breaching financial reporting rules
30 Apr 2015 No surprises in Reserve Bank’s OCR decision
30 Apr 2015 RBNZ outlines case for interest rate cut
30 Apr 2015 What the Reserve Bank said
30 Apr 2015 The Co-operative Bank goes under 5%
30 Apr 2015 Rebalancing poses problems
Latest News
[Weekly Wrap] What we know, and don't know, about Labour's retirement policies. Plus a potential surprise
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
6 days 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?
2 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.
2 weeks ago P Urbani