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February 2011
17 Feb 2011 Litmus test for South Canterbury as key business up for sale
17 Feb 2011 AXA culls advisers
16 Feb 2011 Insurance protects AXA's finances
16 Feb 2011 Fidelity Life Options Kiwi named top performing KiwiSaver fund
16 Feb 2011 A little inconvenience for Tower
16 Feb 2011 OnePath says its committed to advisers
16 Feb 2011 What happens to GPG's capital notes?
15 Feb 2011 Rabobank leaves competition behind in terms up to a year
15 Feb 2011 Former ACC property manager pleads guilty to corruption charges
14 Feb 2011 Allied Kiwi Adviser of the Year Awards
14 Feb 2011 Devon Funds Management appoints analyst
14 Feb 2011 Allied Farmers won't comment on Hanover accusations
14 Feb 2011 Fidelity keenly interested in GPG's 35% Tower stake
14 Feb 2011 Insurance treated as a commodity
14 Feb 2011 Market now expects October OCR hike
14 Feb 2011 Mike Pero launches real estate company
14 Feb 2011 Tower out of the loop on GPG's sale plans
11 Feb 2011 Non-bank deposit taking tussle
11 Feb 2011 How coincidental
11 Feb 2011 Hanover takes aim at Allied
11 Feb 2011 Quick guide to the licensing process
11 Feb 2011 House sales hit a new low in January; prices slide
11 Feb 2011 What's happening with house prices in your region
10 Feb 2011 Hanover takes aim at Allied
10 Feb 2011 ASB loses market share in deposits, loans; asset quality worsens
10 Feb 2011 NZMBA to help members grow business in 2011
10 Feb 2011 More new appointments at Partners Life
10 Feb 2011 Mike Pero Mortgages welcomes new broker
10 Feb 2011 Mike Pero Mortgages welcomes new broker
10 Feb 2011 Global shares the place to be: AMP Capital
09 Feb 2011 TNP Home Loans growing membership
09 Feb 2011 TNP Home Loans to grow membership
09 Feb 2011 Newpark spots the gaps with leads
09 Feb 2011 Simon Allen to chair Financial Markets Authority
09 Feb 2011 L’Almont resigns from Mortgage Express after 12 years
09 Feb 2011 Disclosure like choosing a builder
09 Feb 2011 AMP and Fidelity increase premiums
08 Feb 2011 Strong end to 2010 for KiwiSaver
08 Feb 2011 L’Almont resigns from Mortgage Express after 12 years
08 Feb 2011 IFA looks to Asia for inspiration
08 Feb 2011 Property values still down but stabilising - QV
08 Feb 2011 Auckland rents rise above the doom and gloom
07 Feb 2011 Rates Update: F&P responds to PGG with sharp rate hikes
07 Feb 2011 The economy's getting its breath back
07 Feb 2011 Term deposits retain top spot as most popular investment class
07 Feb 2011 KiwiSaver overtakes managed funds and shares
07 Feb 2011 News Round Up: February 6
07 Feb 2011 Morningstar KiwiSaver Performance Survey
07 Feb 2011 Deposit news briefs: February 7
07 Feb 2011 Rental property rated second best investment for returns
04 Feb 2011 NZF may have new partner in weeks
04 Feb 2011 BNZ's new head of wealth
04 Feb 2011 More borrowers float than ever before
04 Feb 2011 More experts back Sept rate rise
04 Feb 2011 BNZ pushes back OCR increase prediction
04 Feb 2011 Should PGG Wrightson sell its finance company?
04 Feb 2011 The fund that came in from the cold
04 Feb 2011 Housing pressures change the face of rental market
03 Feb 2011 Southern Cross Finance to refund borrowers up to $700,000
03 Feb 2011 Kiwibank one-year rate special "extremely successful"
03 Feb 2011 Mike Pero gives Huljich the heave-ho
03 Feb 2011 Brent McGregor joins Allied Kiwi
03 Feb 2011 What’s Not Covered?
03 Feb 2011 Six into one doesn’t add up
03 Feb 2011 Property shortage hurts sales, helps landlords - Barfoot & Thompson
02 Feb 2011 Fidelity Life gets rated
02 Feb 2011 KiwiSaver compulsion not recommended ‘at this time’ - SWG
02 Feb 2011 RaboDirect lone active bank in quiet term market
01 Feb 2011 September OCR increase more likely
01 Feb 2011 One down (almost), two to go at ISI
01 Feb 2011 Westpac has new head of wealth management
01 Feb 2011 Tax changes ‘essential' to remove investment property bias - SWG
January 2011
31 Jan 2011 Caution remains the watchword for property - ANZ
28 Jan 2011 A bit of reality about perceptions
28 Jan 2011 Advisers risk going out of business
27 Jan 2011 OCR on hold till growth and inflation increase
27 Jan 2011 Housing market unlikely to be able to withstand rate rises
27 Jan 2011 Bollard keeps interest rates on hold
27 Jan 2011 OCR unchanged at 3%
27 Jan 2011 Increase in retirement age inevitable: ISI
27 Jan 2011 Bollard keeps interest rates on hold
27 Jan 2011 OCR unchanged at 3%
26 Jan 2011 Newpark gets a new GM
26 Jan 2011 Finance companies adopt new rules
26 Jan 2011 Fidelity Life reduces KiwiSaver adviser force by 90%
26 Jan 2011 Partners Life applauds Klap appointment
25 Jan 2011 Milton's recipe to stop foreign takeovers
25 Jan 2011 Wellington's rental pain is Auckland's gain
24 Jan 2011 OCR preview
24 Jan 2011 News Round Up: January 23
24 Jan 2011 Rates Update: FE offers special 1yr rate
24 Jan 2011 Auckland and Tauranga top New York for unaffordable houses
23 Jan 2011 Borrowers can relax as rate rise unlikely
21 Jan 2011 Financial advisory sector expected to shrink 20%
21 Jan 2011 Now's a good time to buy a house
20 Jan 2011 RBNZ confirms 10% limit on covered bond issuance
20 Jan 2011 Perpetual Trust appoints receivers to Finance and Leasing
20 Jan 2011 Kiwibank tests the market
20 Jan 2011 IFA in partnership with NZ Funds
20 Jan 2011 QFE applications need more work
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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.
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