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June 2020
25 Jun 2020 SuperCity yields improving
25 Jun 2020 What’s going on in the rental market
25 Jun 2020 Date set for new regime
25 Jun 2020 OCR reaction: more action to push rates lower?
24 Jun 2020 Financial advice's 'golden opportunity'
24 Jun 2020 Investors chasing yield push the sharemarket higher
24 Jun 2020 QE the preferred tool for lower rates: economists
24 Jun 2020 OCR decision revealed
24 Jun 2020 S&P forecast 10% house price fall
24 Jun 2020 BNZ and Resimac cut rates; OCR decision later
24 Jun 2020 Financial Advice NZ launches Trusted Adviser
23 Jun 2020 Logical appointment at National Capital
23 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as Ebos shareholder sells down; covid jitters remain
23 Jun 2020 Resimac cuts specialist floating rates
23 Jun 2020 Mould complaint doesn’t warrant reduced tenancy term
23 Jun 2020 All clear for AMP Life sale
23 Jun 2020 Reaction to full licensing details; Nelson Building Society rate cuts
23 Jun 2020 Mixed response to full licensing details
23 Jun 2020 NZ Funds adds adviser
22 Jun 2020 No annual returns this year
22 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as fears of a second covid wave rise
22 Jun 2020 OCR Preview Survey: key things to watch; Kiwibank rate cut
22 Jun 2020 OCR Preview Survey: OCR set to remain on hold
22 Jun 2020 Maple-Brown Abbott adds two as ESG focus increases
21 Jun 2020 Changes at Mike Pero Mortgages
20 Jun 2020 Advisers 'firebreaker' for clients, Botica says
19 Jun 2020 NZ shares rise; index moves push Port of Tauranga to record
19 Jun 2020 Select Wealth creates new head
19 Jun 2020 Market outlook: what economists have to say
19 Jun 2020 ASB eases lending policy, cuts rates; Go Home Loans rate cuts
19 Jun 2020 Ways to sell more insurance
19 Jun 2020 Retirement Income Group hits growth milestone
18 Jun 2020 Air NZ's share price brought back to earth; Heightened pandemic fears weigh on the market
18 Jun 2020 ASSET June Disclaimers
18 Jun 2020 Tenancy termination ban lifted
18 Jun 2020 Huge surge in buyer demand
18 Jun 2020 CareSaver appoints new head of client engagement
18 Jun 2020 Advisers join Mortgage Link
18 Jun 2020 QE could push mortgage rates lower; FMA reveals full licensing details
18 Jun 2020 ASB eases lending policy
17 Jun 2020 Licence classes welcomed, more clarity needed on some criteria: Shanks
17 Jun 2020 Market posts its biggest gain since March; A2 and F&P take the lead
17 Jun 2020 ACC to decarbonise it portfolio
17 Jun 2020 QE could push mortgage rates even lower: ASB
17 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Watch out for some market surprises: Gaynor
17 Jun 2020 FAP or Fiction - Five Clues
17 Jun 2020 Southland comes up trumps for investors
17 Jun 2020 FMA finally shows what full licensing looks like
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze; Allow KiwiSaver for investment properties?
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze
16 Jun 2020 'At some point someone needs to be allowed to lose some money'
16 Jun 2020 US Fed stimulus drives global rally; Including NZ
16 Jun 2020 COMMENT: Allow KiwiSaver for investment properties
16 Jun 2020 Positive signs in property market; Re-opening could affect OCR
16 Jun 2020 Considering the trans-Tasman bubble
16 Jun 2020 Beating expectations
16 Jun 2020 Investors offered rural exposure – without the risk
15 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as new virus cases appear in China
15 Jun 2020 Strong comeback could affect OCR outlook
15 Jun 2020 Funeral cover dead and buried
15 Jun 2020 Market feels Covid-19 impact
15 Jun 2020 Cash backs creep up; Kiwibank cuts
15 Jun 2020 Cash backs creep up
14 Jun 2020 Newpark plots new future, tells advisers to make a choice
12 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as Asia joins global sell-off
12 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Full Interview: Sam Tremethick
12 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Clear value proposition is key
12 Jun 2020 Wind up emergency tenancy provisions now - REINZ
12 Jun 2020 Trading NZPIF places
12 Jun 2020 Kiwibank slashes 1% from floating rates; Newpark seeks investment; ICBC cut;
11 Jun 2020 Cold water poured on V-shaped recovery
11 Jun 2020 BNZ to put all staff through courses
11 Jun 2020 Level one: the new normal
11 Jun 2020 Kiwibank cuts 1% from floating rates, rivals cut fixed rates
11 Jun 2020 ANZ launches 2.65% one-year special
11 Jun 2020 Nikko opens platform to advisers
11 Jun 2020 Industry unites in message to select committee
10 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as world waits on the Fed
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 AMP ditches offices
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 Shake-up for Lifetime
10 Jun 2020 nib extends its COVID-19 member support package
09 Jun 2020 Strong kiwi weighs on exporters pushing sharemarket down
09 Jun 2020 [GRTV] FAP or Fiction?
09 Jun 2020 $75m on offer for new developments
09 Jun 2020 Optimism about level one; First Mortgage Trust makes key hires
09 Jun 2020 First Mortgage Trust makes business development hires
09 Jun 2020 Advisers optimistic about alert level one
09 Jun 2020 Adviser sector facing lumpy income, uncertain times – and opportunities
08 Jun 2020 NZX50 back in positive territory on optimism over recovery
08 Jun 2020 OMNIMax and BNZ work together to help BNZ customers get the most out of KiwiSaver
08 Jun 2020 What lockdown meant for landlords’ finances
08 Jun 2020 New record-low rate at 2.55%; What will alert level one mean for landlords?
08 Jun 2020 Non-Bank help for Advisers is here!
08 Jun 2020 CoFI submitters: Slow down
07 Jun 2020 COMMENT: Will level one mean level one for residential landlords?
05 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as kiwi dollar weighs on offshore earners
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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