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March 2015
31 Mar 2015 Gross' departure hits PIMCO
31 Mar 2015 Cortesi: Many want association merger
31 Mar 2015 Partners Life enhancements
31 Mar 2015 Decline in residential building consents
31 Mar 2015 Investors think Auckland property is overvalued
30 Mar 2015 New business model needed: FSC
30 Mar 2015 Westpac prepares to offer Airpoints with home loans
30 Mar 2015 Westpac cuts and prepares for takeoff
30 Mar 2015 ETFs tipped to help asset allocation
27 Mar 2015 Getting to know...Clayton Coplestone
27 Mar 2015 Property prices impact on S&P’s assessment of NZ banking sector
27 Mar 2015 Property prices impact on S&P’s assessment of NZ banking sector
27 Mar 2015 NZX launches options
26 Mar 2015 Website list removed
26 Mar 2015 Watch out for the newly promoted income protection client
26 Mar 2015 What is the value of CPD?
25 Mar 2015 Four and five year rate cuts
25 Mar 2015 FMA takes AML action
25 Mar 2015 Warning for landlords in huge Harcourts fine
24 Mar 2015 Nikko granted MIS licence
24 Mar 2015 No choice but to get a DIMs licence: Regan
23 Mar 2015 Level 5 course changes: Cost increases
23 Mar 2015 Trauma problematic, Fidelity boss says
23 Mar 2015 Westpac reduces specials
22 Mar 2015 Partners chief actuary retires
20 Mar 2015 Regional Review - West Auckland
20 Mar 2015 Getting to Know...Anthony Edmonds
20 Mar 2015 BNZ GlobalPlus loses airpoints
20 Mar 2015 Salt not maxed out
20 Mar 2015 Auckland’s landlord friendly market situation to continue
19 Mar 2015 BNZ's home loan airpoints scheme grounded
19 Mar 2015 AMP hands equities to Salt
19 Mar 2015 Good times for landlords
19 Mar 2015 Unfair terms rules kick in
19 Mar 2015 Small providers offered DIMS wing
19 Mar 2015 Bankruptcy case may prompt stocktake
19 Mar 2015 Rental market favours landlords
18 Mar 2015 Kepa appoints National Business Development manager
18 Mar 2015 RESIMAC reduces rates
18 Mar 2015 Sovereign: More support for advisers
18 Mar 2015 How small is a small DIMS business?
17 Mar 2015 FMA's Campbell moves on
17 Mar 2015 Responsible lending code revealed
17 Mar 2015 Crowded KiwiSaver market sparks concern
16 Mar 2015 Elevation Fund lowered
16 Mar 2015 Hassan welcomes new director
16 Mar 2015 Quiet start to week, in more ways than one
16 Mar 2015 AML duplication causes concern
13 Mar 2015 Classic end for BNZ
13 Mar 2015 Getting to know...Fred Dodds
13 Mar 2015 What to worry about
13 Mar 2015 Tell MBIE what you think of regulation
12 Mar 2015 Asteron maintains rating
12 Mar 2015 OCR unchanged – but housing market remains hot topic
12 Mar 2015 FMA issues AML warning
12 Mar 2015 What the Reserve Bank said
12 Mar 2015 And the Governor has spoken
12 Mar 2015 Smaller players need to stand out
12 Mar 2015 Programme fosters new advice talent
12 Mar 2015 Pension costs may not be unsustainable: Report
12 Mar 2015 Open letter from John Lenihan and Jane Greensmith
12 Mar 2015 Coromandel holiday home rentals could be “taxed”
11 Mar 2015 Trustees Executors gets new platform
11 Mar 2015 A change in the fixed interest soundtrack
11 Mar 2015 SBS takes stake in financial planning and KiwiSaver business
11 Mar 2015 Sovereign boss gets gong
11 Mar 2015 One little change today
11 Mar 2015 Clients place most value on meeting goals: IOOF
11 Mar 2015 Is increased housing density the answer to Auckland’s supply issue?
10 Mar 2015 Research houses agree on something - a winner
10 Mar 2015 Lowest rate on market aims to win borrowers’ hearts
10 Mar 2015 Complaint about 'ambush marketing'
10 Mar 2015 Claim lawyers, accountants getting unfair deal
10 Mar 2015 New low set by a bank
09 Mar 2015 No surprises expected in OCR this week, but plenty to look for
09 Mar 2015 Bank lending up, but profits down
09 Mar 2015 FMA outlines supervision approach
09 Mar 2015 Clients complain about adviser fees
08 Mar 2015 KiwiSaver gender gap widens
06 Mar 2015 AML warning
06 Mar 2015 BNZ moves three-year rate
06 Mar 2015 Advisers in dark about AML
06 Mar 2015 Call to reveal industry statistics
05 Mar 2015 Reserve Bank targets investors
05 Mar 2015 Reserve Bank comes up with new definition for property investors
05 Mar 2015 There is such a thing as a good performance fee
05 Mar 2015 One bank's having an identity crisis
05 Mar 2015 Industry leader calls for one class of adviser
05 Mar 2015 RBNZ targets investors
05 Mar 2015 Supply pressures drive building boom
04 Mar 2015 More Kiwis have income protection
04 Mar 2015 AMP hands out awards
04 Mar 2015 The ECB’s Gamble
04 Mar 2015 The truth about house prices
04 Mar 2015 Review terms get cautious welcome
04 Mar 2015 Good response to changes: AIA
04 Mar 2015 Newpark hires training manager
04 Mar 2015 Listings ramp up: Barfoot
03 Mar 2015 Game on for financial advisers
03 Mar 2015 FAA review begins
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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