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April 2016
29 Apr 2016 Unfounded fears put people off KiwiSaver
28 Apr 2016 Agreement clears way for managers' international expansion
28 Apr 2016 PAA outlines plans to authorise all advisers
28 Apr 2016 PledgeMe approved for lending
28 Apr 2016 Outer Auckland leads rent growth
28 Apr 2016 PAA sorry for launch invitation
28 Apr 2016 OCR hold right call – for now
28 Apr 2016 OCR Held - Here's what was said
28 Apr 2016 OCR held: What the Reserve Bank said
28 Apr 2016 Soft commission under scrutiny
28 Apr 2016 Workplace Savings board members step down
28 Apr 2016 Healthy job market for advisers, recruiter says
28 Apr 2016 Rise in investor lending reflects strong market
28 Apr 2016 OCR hold right call – for now
27 Apr 2016 Devil in land tax detail
27 Apr 2016 IMF to assess New Zealand
27 Apr 2016 Flipping tax talk misleading
27 Apr 2016 Westpac commission review - what does that mean for brokers here?
27 Apr 2016 Better disclosure needed - but how?
27 Apr 2016 Westpac launches commission review
27 Apr 2016 Thumbs up for roboadvice rules
26 Apr 2016 Battle lines clearly drawn
26 Apr 2016 Land tax not the way to go
26 Apr 2016 KiwiSaver withdrawals suggested to pay for advice
26 Apr 2016 Insurance shake up
26 Apr 2016 OCR guessing game - what economists think
26 Apr 2016 Banks keen to hold on to QFE model
25 Apr 2016 Spicers, AdviceFirst to merge
25 Apr 2016 Building blocks
22 Apr 2016 Sovereign launches rewards for healthy living
22 Apr 2016 Odds against OCR cut
22 Apr 2016 Mortgage Express expands team
22 Apr 2016 Testing makes sense
22 Apr 2016 New technology to streamline property deals
22 Apr 2016 Are you confronting clients' biases?
21 Apr 2016 Bright moves on from Global Pacific
21 Apr 2016 Is the migration flow turning?
21 Apr 2016 NZ Super fund and Milford cut ties
21 Apr 2016 Streamlining property transactions
21 Apr 2016 Static rents tough for landlords
21 Apr 2016 Capitalising on the capital
21 Apr 2016 Fewer than 1000 complete level 5
21 Apr 2016 Law Society backs greater powers for professional associations
20 Apr 2016 Conservative funds take lead
20 Apr 2016 New insulation standards finalised
20 Apr 2016 More restrictions on the way?
20 Apr 2016 Associations' stance questioned
19 Apr 2016 Southern Cross targets younger market
19 Apr 2016 Capital price prospects
19 Apr 2016 Are more housing market curbs on the agenda?
19 Apr 2016 NZSF sells investments
19 Apr 2016 FPSB seeks directors
19 Apr 2016 Are more housing market curbs on the agenda?
19 Apr 2016 Later rather than sooner for OCR cut
19 Apr 2016 Transition RFAs to higher standard: PAA
19 Apr 2016 UDC purchase will require big capital base
19 Apr 2016 CPI shows signs of levelling out
18 Apr 2016 CPI shows signs of levelling out
18 Apr 2016 SuperCity offerings for investors
18 Apr 2016 Seven deadly sins of the policy document
18 Apr 2016 More changes at AMP Capital
18 Apr 2016 Giving inflation a chance
18 Apr 2016 TSB takes lead in two-year space
18 Apr 2016 MPs skip KiwiSaver
15 Apr 2016 Stephens: Reserve Bank probably considering other tools
15 Apr 2016 Share appoints growth manager
15 Apr 2016 Jumping into the deep end
15 Apr 2016 RBNZ lock-ups scrapped following leak
15 Apr 2016 AIA introduces new commission option
14 Apr 2016 Standard definitions might not be silver bullet
14 Apr 2016 Former RFA pledges to stop advising
14 Apr 2016 New structure brings finance grunt to Taurus
14 Apr 2016 RBNZ confirms OCR leak
14 Apr 2016 Battleground Auckland
14 Apr 2016 Two thirds of MPs are investors
14 Apr 2016 OCR - will it stay or will it go?
14 Apr 2016 Morningstar researcher departs
14 Apr 2016 Time for new way to value equities?
13 Apr 2016 Out of the doldrums, into the fire
13 Apr 2016 Insurance rules get review
13 Apr 2016 Predicting the RBNZ's next OCR announcement a head scratcher
13 Apr 2016 Sellers' confidence soaring high
13 Apr 2016 Property market reignites
13 Apr 2016 Companies dodging regulation a headache for FMA
13 Apr 2016 IDS to offer complaint service
12 Apr 2016 Synergy BDM to pick up international lessons
12 Apr 2016 SuperCity tracking up - again
12 Apr 2016 The rise of renters
12 Apr 2016 Advisers must save clients from themselves
12 Apr 2016 KiwiSaver key to insurance future
12 Apr 2016 Squirrel raises $3.5 million to help with expansion
12 Apr 2016 Planet considers organisations' future
11 Apr 2016 Chorus offers bonds with minimum 4.1% rate
11 Apr 2016 KiwiSaver treated like a bank account, not investment
11 Apr 2016 New shareholders may help Kiwibank
11 Apr 2016 Advisers misusing wholesale definition
11 Apr 2016 Heartland gives Harmoney extra backing
11 Apr 2016 A fund manager fee conundrum
11 Apr 2016 Rental market on the rise
09 Apr 2016 Share sale may help Kiwibank get back market share
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[Weekly Wrap] What we know, and don't know, about Labour's retirement policies. Plus a potential surprise
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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