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April 2011
05 Apr 2011 Newpark to providers – follow my lead
05 Apr 2011 ANZ National go for a six
05 Apr 2011 After April Fools Day, the smart numbers
04 Apr 2011 WOOF! Unaffordablie housing alert
04 Apr 2011 SCF likely to cost an extra $331 mill
04 Apr 2011 4 April: New deadlines for Christchurch advisers
04 Apr 2011 PROPERTY out
04 Apr 2011 Cold water poured on overheating market claims
03 Apr 2011 News Round Up: April 4
02 Apr 2011 Perpetual Adviser Tribute
01 Apr 2011 Fisher & Paykel Finance gets ratings news from S&P
01 Apr 2011 Dorchester Property Trust trading above budget
01 Apr 2011 AIA: What’s in a brand?
01 Apr 2011 Advisers needed to sell KiwiSaver
01 Apr 2011 Fisher Funds lands Huljich KiwiSaver
01 Apr 2011 New life company looking for adviser partners
01 Apr 2011 Ex Mortgage Express boss on God's work
01 Apr 2011 New listings up in March, though still down on year earlier
March 2011
31 Mar 2011 Geneva staves off recievership
31 Mar 2011 HSBC's mortgage book growth stalls
31 Mar 2011 NZF rate change
31 Mar 2011 Farewell to Angus Dale-Jones
31 Mar 2011 A perfect circle
31 Mar 2011 Financial advice sector ‘medium to high risk’ for money laundering
31 Mar 2011 Government launches inquiry into housing affordability
30 Mar 2011 Sovereign appoints new Adviser Distribution general manager
30 Mar 2011 Advisers get extension, but some don't want one
30 Mar 2011 RBNZ considers LVR restrictions
30 Mar 2011 Housing consents hit two-year low
29 Mar 2011 Quiet quiet quiet
29 Mar 2011 Employers sees benefits in health plans
29 Mar 2011 Final countdown - Tips and reminders
29 Mar 2011 Latest AFA numbers
29 Mar 2011 Christchurch offers potential for property investment boom - maybe
28 Mar 2011 Wesfarmers expands NZ insurance operations
28 Mar 2011 George Gould steps down from BSH board
28 Mar 2011 News Round Up: March 28
28 Mar 2011 Allied Farmers may write down $23m loan; wants McKenna bankrupted
28 Mar 2011 New advisers at Mortgage Link
25 Mar 2011 ASB does the 18month drop
25 Mar 2011 Cabinet approves adviser regulations, mulls Canterbury extension
25 Mar 2011 Tidy up from the top down
24 Mar 2011 Possible class action against collapsed finance companies
24 Mar 2011 See who is the slowest
24 Mar 2011 UDC Finance draws record inflows in Dec quarter
24 Mar 2011 Avoid feeling foolish on April 1
24 Mar 2011 Looking for the best insurance coy online
23 Mar 2011 A cup of sweet tea and a blanket
23 Mar 2011 Mortgage holders question banks on rate cuts
23 Mar 2011 Mortgage holders question banks on rate cuts
23 Mar 2011 BNZ warns OCR may kick up quickly
23 Mar 2011 Compliance minus the complication
23 Mar 2011 The Morningstar view on KiwiSaver reporting
23 Mar 2011 Newpark appoints a LDM
23 Mar 2011 Tax changes to ‘rebalance' economy away from housing
23 Mar 2011 Signs of improvement squashed by disasters home and away
22 Mar 2011 ISI appoints new chief executive
22 Mar 2011 Nearly all floating rates are down
22 Mar 2011 Will Ha have the last laugh?
21 Mar 2011 Once in a generation Securities Law changes proposed
21 Mar 2011 Butler joins another board
21 Mar 2011 AMP life sales sluggish in Q4
21 Mar 2011 Why are banks so slow?
21 Mar 2011 S&P cuts Geneva's rating
21 Mar 2011 Aon takes over Herbert Insurance
21 Mar 2011 News Round Up: March 21
18 Mar 2011 Visits, FMA and the AML
18 Mar 2011 AMP and Kiwibank make changes
18 Mar 2011 December life insurance sales flatline
17 Mar 2011 QFE will help write business: Sovereign
17 Mar 2011 IFA conference relocates to Wellington
17 Mar 2011 Kiwibank ends special, lowers 1yr rate
17 Mar 2011 Botherway's bank job
17 Mar 2011 Westpac's plays different game
17 Mar 2011 ANZ Wealth sets targets for FUM
16 Mar 2011 Botherway back on funds management path
16 Mar 2011 People dominate news
16 Mar 2011 NZF director resigns
16 Mar 2011 New tricks for the watchdog too
15 Mar 2011 Chapman returns to run ASB
15 Mar 2011 Westpac takes lead
15 Mar 2011 Morningstar survey a nightmare for managed funds
15 Mar 2011 Home detention for former ACC property manager after SFO corruption charges
14 Mar 2011 Oxford Finance announces new funding arrangements
14 Mar 2011 ASB's mortage book shrinks for a third successive quarter
14 Mar 2011 Rates Update: ANZ lowers rates for second time in two weeks
14 Mar 2011 Slow start
14 Mar 2011 Financial triage
14 Mar 2011 News Round Up: March 14
14 Mar 2011 REINZ regional commentaries - February 2011
14 Mar 2011 House prices, sales volumes and time to sell all up in February
11 Mar 2011 Geneva seeks debt-for-equity swap to stave off receivership
11 Mar 2011 Allied Kiwi helps out Christchurch advisers
11 Mar 2011 What happens when the Sec Com comes knocking
11 Mar 2011 Allied Nationwide book for sale
11 Mar 2011 The world after licensing
10 Mar 2011 OCR back to its record low
10 Mar 2011 Median for short-term bank rates below 6%
10 Mar 2011 Bollard boosts confidence; floating rates slashed
10 Mar 2011 Major banks cut floating rates by 50 basis points
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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