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May 2012
23 May 2012 It's HSBC, BNZ and Co-op bank's turn
23 May 2012 Minister tells industry FMA fees will be comfortable
22 May 2012 Churn is different to replacement: Partners says
22 May 2012 Further evidence OCR won't rise soon as inflation expectations fall
22 May 2012 Further evidence OCR won't rise soon as inflation expectations fall
22 May 2012 BNZ to redeem $350m of bonds early, offer other investments
22 May 2012 Tyndall hooks up with Goldman Sachs
22 May 2012 More specials
22 May 2012 Low interest rates help term deposits take a tumble
22 May 2012 Love affair with property rekindled
21 May 2012 Auckland house price rise gap narrows on rest of country
21 May 2012 Fisher confirms departure of international managers
21 May 2012 NZF Group: receivers won't let it pay interest on capital notes
21 May 2012 News Round Up: May 21
21 May 2012 Advisers losing favour with KiwiSaver investors
21 May 2012 Rates round-up: May 21
21 May 2012 More home loan rate cuts to come
21 May 2012 Winter the time to list
20 May 2012 ANZ National Bank go lower
18 May 2012 TNP sales school sees 91% industry ‘stickability’
18 May 2012 Rich rewards for borrowers
18 May 2012 Roest jailed for six and a half years
18 May 2012 New funds firm established
18 May 2012 Rates battle moves to new field
18 May 2012 Big fish plans to swallow little fish
17 May 2012 [Weekly wrap] Looking for consolidation
17 May 2012 Kiwibank matches most of the market
17 May 2012 Asteron increases commission
17 May 2012 Why floating rates remain unmoved
17 May 2012 New life insurance business dropped in March Qtr
17 May 2012 Partners Life gains market share for 4th successive quarter
16 May 2012 Why aren't the banks cutting their floating mortgage rates?
16 May 2012 Income investment turned upside down
16 May 2012 Smaller players get in on the action
16 May 2012 Forget about us property investors tell Govt
16 May 2012 Auckland rent premiums march ahead in April
15 May 2012 Sovereign appoints two new board members
15 May 2012 OPI's receivers struggling to collect on parent's guarantee
15 May 2012 The emerging v submerging economies
15 May 2012 More banks slash home loan rates
15 May 2012 House price hopes on the up, spreading from Auckland and Christchurch
14 May 2012 ASB joins rate cutters
14 May 2012 Why are you so bad at recruiting?
14 May 2012 News Round Up: May 14
14 May 2012 Rates round-up: May 14
14 May 2012 When it rains it pours
13 May 2012 BNZ tickles interest in fixed rates
11 May 2012 [Weekly wrap] Diminishing prospects
11 May 2012 ANZ National sharpens rate for Chch borrowers
11 May 2012 End this ridiculous war on selling
11 May 2012 Health insurance shortfall a bigger issue than retirement savings
11 May 2012 Another research option for advisers
11 May 2012 BNZ says it's winning
11 May 2012 IFA slams ‘nanny state’ attitude to advisers
11 May 2012 No ‘boom' but investor activity on the up, survey reveals
10 May 2012 Don't tinker with super: AMP
10 May 2012 Property prices continue steady rise in April, says QV
10 May 2012 BNZ says it's winning market share in deposits and mortgages
10 May 2012 Advisers snared in door-to-door sales crackdown
10 May 2012 Lenders are waking up
10 May 2012 Prices and sales slip in April
10 May 2012 REINZ April 2012 regional review
09 May 2012 ANZ slashes its one-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.25%
09 May 2012 KiwiSaver providers wary of more regulations
09 May 2012 ISO Scheme Case Studies
09 May 2012 Reserve Bank guesses at reasons for dramatic slowdown of credit growth
09 May 2012 Beware talk of the ‘paradigm shift’
09 May 2012 We have rate cuts
09 May 2012 No house price bubble on horizon, says Reserve Bank
08 May 2012 SBS cuts longer term home loan rates
08 May 2012 Riley's new home
08 May 2012 Dividend obsession hampers NZ stock market
07 May 2012 Riley's new home
07 May 2012 Insurers and adviser bodies criticised for lack of new adviser support
07 May 2012 Rates round-up: May 7
07 May 2012 ANZ streamlines its mortgage application process
07 May 2012 ANZ National streamlines its mortgage application process
07 May 2012 Frustrating wait for QROPS providers
06 May 2012 AIA: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
04 May 2012 SCF receivers repay govt a further $125m
04 May 2012 [Weekly wrap] Currency, cheap advice and SOEs
04 May 2012 KiwiSaver safe from Budget scalpel
04 May 2012 Where is Pero's boss?
04 May 2012 What's happening at Mike Pero Mortgages?
03 May 2012 Advisers not sold on SOE miracle
03 May 2012 Westpac mortage portfolio grew 1% to $35.4b in six months ended March
03 May 2012 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
03 May 2012 $10 a year not enough for good advice
03 May 2012 ANZ's new approach to lending
03 May 2012 Auckland sales slip almost 40% in April
02 May 2012 AFA rejections few and far between
02 May 2012 The latest on credit growth
01 May 2012 Renters can buy to solve problem
01 May 2012 Health insurance coverage drops to 2005 levels
01 May 2012 Currency game risky for advisers
01 May 2012 "Chronic shortage" pushes Auckland house prices to new high
April 2012
30 Apr 2012 Credit growth ticks up, floating rate mortgages rise in March
30 Apr 2012 Westpac changes its mind
30 Apr 2012 NZF Group's assets remain frozen
30 Apr 2012 News Round Up: April 30
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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