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February 2008
26 Feb 2008 Special Book event
26 Feb 2008 Fisher loses Couillault
26 Feb 2008 BNZ mortgage market shares steady in Dec quarter
26 Feb 2008 Strategic Finance not for sale
26 Feb 2008 ANZ National Bank increase market share
25 Feb 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Trusteeship
25 Feb 2008 ASFONZ Industry Lunch
25 Feb 2008 News Round Up
25 Feb 2008 Perpetual appoints two new advisers
25 Feb 2008 Book: Lost Property - 20th Anniversary Edition
23 Feb 2008 It's not advisers who need regulating
22 Feb 2008 Business owners report low KiwiSaver uptake
22 Feb 2008 Cover Notes
22 Feb 2008 Commission coming to check advisers
22 Feb 2008 Lombard won't necessarily know of difficulties
22 Feb 2008 Blue Chip liquidators "delighted" with Bryers offer
21 Feb 2008 Interest bill for house doubled
21 Feb 2008 EUFA Roadshow
21 Feb 2008 Interest bill for house doubled
21 Feb 2008 Guardian Trust appoints business mgr Whangarei
21 Feb 2008 Minister open-minded to Adviser bill changes
21 Feb 2008 Housing market is swinging in buyers' favour: survey
21 Feb 2008 North Canterbury property in demand
20 Feb 2008 Advisers beware
20 Feb 2008 Pressure building on Blue Chip
19 Feb 2008 GS JBWere appoint head of asset management
19 Feb 2008 Walker funds survive under new roof
18 Feb 2008 Numeria Finance investors get estimate of returns
18 Feb 2008 Joneses' liquidation put down to cash shortage
18 Feb 2008 The PAA Roadshow
18 Feb 2008 News Round Up
18 Feb 2008 Investor confidence down
17 Feb 2008 The Joneses gone by lunchtime
16 Feb 2008 [The Landlord asks...] Is there a place for Blue Chips?
15 Feb 2008 Is there a place for Blue Chips?
15 Feb 2008 Weekly Wrap: Chipping away at investor confidence
15 Feb 2008 Down and out? Maybe not...
15 Feb 2008 Hanover responds
15 Feb 2008 Fisher loses director
15 Feb 2008 Strategic reports increased interim profit
15 Feb 2008 Finance company to refund 1200 customers
15 Feb 2008 KISS principle still rules
15 Feb 2008 Absolute investors await final sentence
14 Feb 2008 ASFONZ Education – Advanced Investing
14 Feb 2008 Geneva still on creditwatch
14 Feb 2008 ISI seeks Commission approval for APB
13 Feb 2008 REINZ reveals poor January performance
13 Feb 2008 REINZ Residential commentary – January 2008
13 Feb 2008 ASFONZ Education – Best Practice Governance
13 Feb 2008 BT to focus on retail market
13 Feb 2008 ASB appoints area mgr North Island
12 Feb 2008 Quayside rate set
12 Feb 2008 Affordable housing initiatives good for investors
12 Feb 2008 Volatility abounds
12 Feb 2008 Home loan report: Volatility abounds
12 Feb 2008 St Laurence to raise up to $24.4m
12 Feb 2008 Stay focused on the long term
12 Feb 2008 [Opinion] View From a Finance Company
12 Feb 2008 ASSET - See-through advice
12 Feb 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Investing
12 Feb 2008 Govt plans to pump up housing market
12 Feb 2008 MFS looks to orderly wind up
12 Feb 2008 Book: Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Guide
11 Feb 2008 MFS - what a mess
11 Feb 2008 Riding the Global Credit Crunch and Commodities Boom
11 Feb 2008 Market Review: February 2008 commentary
11 Feb 2008 News Round-Up
11 Feb 2008 Russell's Australasian man move to US HO
11 Feb 2008 Property prices could go backwards: QV
11 Feb 2008 QV commentary shows Wellington still on top
10 Feb 2008 Housing market screeching to halt
10 Feb 2008 Financing property deals getting harder
10 Feb 2008 Auckland house sales take a big hit
08 Feb 2008 Weekly Wrap: Are you ready for new laws?
08 Feb 2008 First finance company to emerge from receivership
08 Feb 2008 Macquarie buys all of Brook
08 Feb 2008 Inspection photos may breach tenants’ privacy
08 Feb 2008 Administrators to mop up Absolute mess
08 Feb 2008 Cow cockies go coastal
07 Feb 2008 KiwiSaver breaks through 400,000 barrier
07 Feb 2008 APIA calls ‘communications’ meeting
07 Feb 2008 Who do risk advisers work for?
05 Feb 2008 Central Auckland: Humming in the hub
05 Feb 2008 KiwiSaver calculator all sorted - yeah right!
05 Feb 2008 Investors pushing locals out of Murupara
05 Feb 2008 Scarlett joins AXA
05 Feb 2008 ING, PIS to offer new homes for compliance-weary advisers
04 Feb 2008 Council to issue up to $200 mill in bonds
04 Feb 2008 Fin Coys up, banks down
04 Feb 2008 News Round Up
04 Feb 2008 Mortgage rates fall, but for how long?
04 Feb 2008 Mortgage rates fall, but for how long?
02 Feb 2008 MFS confirms payments not made
01 Feb 2008 Weekly Wrap: A focus on finance companies
01 Feb 2008 NZers happy with their retirement planning: survey
01 Feb 2008 Gauges looking like a Grimm fairy tale
01 Feb 2008 Pinnacle Life boosts 'instant' life cover
01 Feb 2008 What's happening at MFS?
01 Feb 2008 A glimmer of hope for borrowers
01 Feb 2008 MFS shares suspended in NZ
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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