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May 2019
03 May 2019 Kiwis confident about economy
03 May 2019 Tardy repairs earn $2000 fine
03 May 2019 Will the OCR be cut next week; How brokers helped BNZ
03 May 2019 Missed the boat? Not yet
03 May 2019 Morningstar: Fortunes turn for KiwiSaver funds
03 May 2019 Another law review proposes more changes for insurance advisers
02 May 2019 Z pumps market higher; Trade Me departs
02 May 2019 ASB: KiwiSaver bounces back
02 May 2019 AMP's NZ cash flows turn negative
02 May 2019 OCR Preview Survey: Economists predict cut
02 May 2019 BNZ banks on brokers
02 May 2019 Gone: foreign buyers leave market
02 May 2019 Mortgage advisers write more business for ANZ
02 May 2019 Market uncertainty thumps Auckland sales
02 May 2019 41% of ANZ's loans come from advisers
02 May 2019 FPSB seeks directors
02 May 2019 Gateway to returns
02 May 2019 NZ 'missed the boat' on decumulation
02 May 2019 Govt told to keep out of adviser pay
01 May 2019 Little bit of negative news takes shine of sharemarket
01 May 2019 SuperCity back to “old normal”
01 May 2019 ANZ half-year profit falls
01 May 2019 Revealed: The cost of the Code; ANZ profit falls
01 May 2019 Build your business with a trusted brand
01 May 2019 Regional value stars in slow market
01 May 2019 Revealed: How much it cost to develop the Code
01 May 2019 FSC welcomes Govt consultation
April 2019
30 Apr 2019 April another month of solid gains for sharemarket
30 Apr 2019 ASB turns to AI for data processing
30 Apr 2019 Health Funds: Strike action reinforces value of insurance
30 Apr 2019 Investor lending weak in March
30 Apr 2019 NZ Funds: No robo yet
30 Apr 2019 Too little action for too long: AFA
30 Apr 2019 IAG boosts premiums to reflect risks
29 Apr 2019 NZX rises during a quiet trading day
29 Apr 2019 Investor lending weak in March
29 Apr 2019 Mortgage advisers react to Govt's commission plans
29 Apr 2019 Advisers braced for government's financial safeguards
29 Apr 2019 High demand makes for rent rises
29 Apr 2019 Quay Street adds to team
29 Apr 2019 Rules set to get a lot tougher for many advisers
29 Apr 2019 NZX adds to ETFs menu
27 Apr 2019 [The Wrap] How about a Code of Conduct for Institutions? What a novel idea
27 Apr 2019 COMMENT: Why Takapuna is worth a look
27 Apr 2019 Advisers' incentives in Govt sights
26 Apr 2019 NZX50 drops below 10,000 as blue-chips fall off the pace
26 Apr 2019 Finding the Next Xero
26 Apr 2019 The many different kinds of financial adviser
26 Apr 2019 Price wars to support property market
25 Apr 2019 Māori-owned investment and financial advisory firm aims for $1 bill mark
25 Apr 2019 [GRTV] Fear of doing Level 5 wrong reason to bail from advice industry
24 Apr 2019 NZ shares follow Wall St higher in light trading; Meridian, F&P, A2 rise
24 Apr 2019 Price wars to support property market: CoreLogic
24 Apr 2019 AIA and Sovereign close online product
24 Apr 2019 Revealed: Auckland hotspots
24 Apr 2019 With CGT gone, housing market expected to pick up
24 Apr 2019 Investor complains about waived fee
23 Apr 2019 Super Fund gets responsibility nod
23 Apr 2019 NZX50 tops 10,000, growing 284% in past decade
23 Apr 2019 Capital requirements a risk to growth: ANZ
23 Apr 2019 Innocent non-disclosure still a problem: IFSO
23 Apr 2019 Part 2: FSLAB & FADC and what it means for us RFAs
23 Apr 2019 Yield inversion not necessarily omen of recession
18 Apr 2019 [The Wrap] Singing to a New Zealand tune
18 Apr 2019 Sharemarket records 1.8% gain in a week
18 Apr 2019 New flames to fan housing market
18 Apr 2019 Trustees Executors appoints new Head of Wealth Business
18 Apr 2019 Advisers: Govt made right call on capital gains tax
17 Apr 2019 Knock, knock, knocking on the magical 10,000 mark
17 Apr 2019 Ditching CGT a win for common sense
17 Apr 2019 CGT reprieve
17 Apr 2019 KiwiSaver insight
17 Apr 2019 Industry shakeout good for mortgage advisers
17 Apr 2019 Swap keys, save sale costs
17 Apr 2019 Financial Advice NZ: Aim for 3000
16 Apr 2019 Exporters drive sharemarket higher
16 Apr 2019 Super City rental market star
16 Apr 2019 [GRTV] Mint's Rebecca Thomas in studio
16 Apr 2019 I hope you can help me fundraise $20,000 to help mend broken hearts
16 Apr 2019 Low mortgage rates vs CGT
16 Apr 2019 Something a little different today
16 Apr 2019 Risk Parity – Models and Myths
16 Apr 2019 Industry shakeout good for advisers
16 Apr 2019 'If you expect advisers to work for peanuts...'
15 Apr 2019 Investor confidence buoyed on US coy earnings; NZX rises
15 Apr 2019 Rising from the ashes
15 Apr 2019 House sales volumes fall and finance is blamed
15 Apr 2019 nib finds ways to target advisers, post Fidelity deal
15 Apr 2019 Insurers call for replacement business rules in code
15 Apr 2019 Code submissions revealed: Industry wanted change
12 Apr 2019 [The Wrap] A crystal ball look at the new world of advice
12 Apr 2019 NZ shares rise; retirement stocks Metlife, Summerset extend recovery
12 Apr 2019 Downward migration trend halts
12 Apr 2019 Cigna plans OnePath changes
12 Apr 2019 Super Fund, AMP exclude weapons
12 Apr 2019 ANZ loses court bid over Ross files
12 Apr 2019 Auckland sales at lowest since 2008
12 Apr 2019 ANZ goes green with healthy home discount
12 Apr 2019 BNZ finds partner for shared ownership scheme
12 Apr 2019 Financial Advice NZ seeks backers for missing piece of the puzzle
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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.
2 weeks 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