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March 2012
27 Mar 2012 Aon selling KiwiSaver through RFAs
27 Mar 2012 Rise, stall then fall predicted for house prices
26 Mar 2012 Aon selling KiwiSaver through RFAs
26 Mar 2012 Rates round-up: March 26
26 Mar 2012 AFAs the winners in fee debate
25 Mar 2012 Did the ISI/FSC miss an opportunity?
23 Mar 2012 [Weekly wrap] Bad news for QROPS providers
23 Mar 2012 SFO investigating NZF Group
23 Mar 2012 More on fixed v floating
22 Mar 2012 Aussie researcher making inroads in NZ
22 Mar 2012 Another adviser joins Perpetual
22 Mar 2012 Consolidation in financial planning market
22 Mar 2012 Auckland suburbs buck nationwide static price trend
21 Mar 2012 Fortress wins with Capital + Merchant; investors lose
21 Mar 2012 Final hurdle crossed
21 Mar 2012 Insurer defends online income protection
21 Mar 2012 Association deal done
21 Mar 2012 Banks rely on Aussie generosity
20 Mar 2012 Former IFA president takes new role
20 Mar 2012 NZF Money's investors likely to receive 25c to 42c in the dollar
20 Mar 2012 Catch-22 for New Zealand QROPS providers
20 Mar 2012 Three points to consider with home loans
20 Mar 2012 We didn't pay $50 per KiwiSaver member: Fisher
19 Mar 2012 To fix, float or take a third option?
19 Mar 2012 What will a 20 minute bank insurance product sale cost you
19 Mar 2012 ISO Case Studies - March 2012
19 Mar 2012 No housing boom looming: English
19 Mar 2012 Rates round-up: March 19
19 Mar 2012 'Complete lack of interest' in prospectuses
19 Mar 2012 Rental crisis hampering Christchurch rebuild
17 Mar 2012 DBH merger plans 'ideologically driven and dangerous'
17 Mar 2012 Joyce defends ‘more efficient' Super Ministry
16 Mar 2012 King calls for talks with Ministers over ‘bombshell’ DBH plans
16 Mar 2012 [Weekly wrap] End of an era
16 Mar 2012 'Complete lack of interest' in prospectuses
16 Mar 2012 Deal done - almost
16 Mar 2012 NZPIF slams ‘Super Ministry' plans
15 Mar 2012 NZMBA vote overwhelmingly in favour of PAA move
15 Mar 2012 Heartland says NZ needs greater control of its finance industry
15 Mar 2012 Still quiet - on one front
15 Mar 2012 Litigation funder 'deluged' with inquiries
15 Mar 2012 DBH to be merged into new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
14 Mar 2012 ISI reborn as Financial Services Council
14 Mar 2012 Positive property news
13 Mar 2012 Prices up but value growth ‘very modest,' says QV
13 Mar 2012 Partners Life grows market share
13 Mar 2012 OnePath Life flattens sales team
13 Mar 2012 D Day looms for NZMBA
13 Mar 2012 February sales hit four-year high
13 Mar 2012 Broker association update
13 Mar 2012 Advice crucial for 'fringe' investments
13 Mar 2012 Mortgagee sales hit record levels
13 Mar 2012 REINZ Regional round-up
12 Mar 2012 Finally, a better answer for life and health sales
12 Mar 2012 TNP's new association makes start
12 Mar 2012 New directors for finance company manager
12 Mar 2012 Rates round-up: March 12
12 Mar 2012 Exciting start to the week
11 Mar 2012 HSBC offers lowest one year rate in a decade
09 Mar 2012 Customers not shaken, or stirred, by churn debate
09 Mar 2012 Only significant changes this week
09 Mar 2012 Rising funding costs aren't hurting NZ banks: RBNZ
09 Mar 2012 [Weekly wrap] Life insurance confusion
09 Mar 2012 Performance fee critic's fees found wanting
08 Mar 2012 New home loan boss at Sovereign Home Loans
08 Mar 2012 Floating mortgage rate rise remote
08 Mar 2012 RBNZ: OCR statement
08 Mar 2012 New business fell in Dec qtr
08 Mar 2012 OCR update and TSB changes
07 Mar 2012 Mortgage approvals growing but nowhere near boom levels
07 Mar 2012 Maybe things are turning around
07 Mar 2012 Mortgage applications top pre-GFC/recession levels
06 Mar 2012 Fund manager talent war heats up
06 Mar 2012 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
06 Mar 2012 Devon-Brook feud over
06 Mar 2012 Sluggish mortgage growth prompts aggressive loosening of lending standards
06 Mar 2012 Loose lending on low volumes
06 Mar 2012 New Zealand fund managers 'world class'
06 Mar 2012 Advisers lukewarm on SOE floats
06 Mar 2012 Another Ha company goes belly up
05 Mar 2012 Blue Star unlikely to meet forecasts, may breach banking covenants
05 Mar 2012 OnePath's new business declines, Sovereign's surges
05 Mar 2012 Rates round-up: March 5
05 Mar 2012 Bollard likely to hold interest rates steady
05 Mar 2012 What will the Governor do this week?
05 Mar 2012 News Round Up: March 5
05 Mar 2012 Building activity picks up from historic low
05 Mar 2012 Auckland sales soar in February but price growth muted
02 Mar 2012 Time to fix: Westpac
02 Mar 2012 Partners Life mean business with new products launch
02 Mar 2012 [Weekly wrap] OnePath to victory
02 Mar 2012 ASB's mortgage book shrinks for a seventh successive quarter
02 Mar 2012 Westpac and ASB's turn
02 Mar 2012 OnePath wins fund manager of the year
01 Mar 2012 Westpac's Dec Qtr profit surges but mortgage lending slows to a trickle
01 Mar 2012 Domestic v global fixed income
01 Mar 2012 Find out how ANZ is doing
01 Mar 2012 KiwiSaver mismatch a 'massive challenge' for advisers
01 Mar 2012 Allied Farmers writes down Hanover assets further
01 Mar 2012 ANZ's mortgage book continues to shrink
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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