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January 2008
31 Jan 2008 C+M debenture holders given bad news
31 Jan 2008 Brook's bearish view
31 Jan 2008 Hanover reports cash reserves of $80 mill
31 Jan 2008 Equitable appoints new CEO
30 Jan 2008 Bonds removed from negative credit watch
30 Jan 2008 Book: The Truth About Positive Cashflow Property
29 Jan 2008 An election for property investors
29 Jan 2008 NZers happy with their retirement planning: survey
29 Jan 2008 Bank TD rates fall
29 Jan 2008 Ringfencing property losses on agenda again
28 Jan 2008 Slow progress for mortgage auction site
28 Jan 2008 News Round Up
25 Jan 2008 Rescue plan frustrated
25 Jan 2008 Just the facts please
25 Jan 2008 Another KiwiSaver fee calculator
25 Jan 2008 ING loses top executive
25 Jan 2008 Employers now want KiwiSaver to be compulsory
24 Jan 2008 Bollard leaves interest rates unchanged
24 Jan 2008 OCR announcement
24 Jan 2008 The Official Cash Rate (OCR) will remain unchanged at 8.25%.
24 Jan 2008 Bank five-year rates fall
24 Jan 2008 Organise and litigate: EUFA tells investors
24 Jan 2008 Reading the OCR tea leaves
24 Jan 2008 OCR remains unchanged at 8.25%.
23 Jan 2008 ASB appoints Senior bdm
23 Jan 2008 Fed slashes rate
23 Jan 2008 Harcourts takes over management of Bluechip properties
22 Jan 2008 Doesn't property look safe
22 Jan 2008 Another eventful day for MFS Australia
21 Jan 2008 EUFA Roadshow
21 Jan 2008 Book: Trusts A Kiwi Sham?
21 Jan 2008 News Round Up
21 Jan 2008 Banks only ones to change rates
20 Jan 2008 Rate rise unlikely this week
20 Jan 2008 Not a lot of good news for borrowers
18 Jan 2008 Ombudsman introduces conciliation
18 Jan 2008 Balanced ethical fund launched
18 Jan 2008 ING expands investment team
17 Jan 2008 MFS dumps name, director and calls for trading halt
16 Jan 2008 Rent yields at highest level since Feb
16 Jan 2008 Property market drop might not only be down to holidays
16 Jan 2008 REINZ Residential Highlights – December 2007
16 Jan 2008 KiwiSaver numbers pass 380,000 in first six months
16 Jan 2008 NZX puts FinanceWatch on ice
16 Jan 2008 NZX puts FinanceWatch on ice
15 Jan 2008 Dramatic changes to home loan rates
15 Jan 2008 Bond payment suspended
15 Jan 2008 Fidelity establishes risk manager role
14 Jan 2008 Book: All You Need To Know ABout Buying & Selling Your Home
14 Jan 2008 Short-term rate changes
14 Jan 2008 News Round Up
14 Jan 2008 QV commentary shows Wellington on top
14 Jan 2008 Property values cool further
11 Jan 2008 NZ Super takes alternative view of alternatives
10 Jan 2008 BNZ mortgage market share actually fell
10 Jan 2008 KiwiSaver to kill off state savings schemes
09 Jan 2008 BNZ's mortgage market share surges
09 Jan 2008 MFS extends options to buy NZ assets
08 Jan 2008 MFS reassures investors
08 Jan 2008 Significant slowdown in Auckland housing market
07 Jan 2008 Auckland house prices rise 12% in 2007
07 Jan 2008 Book: Young & Singles Guide to Property Investment
07 Jan 2008 AIG appoints again
07 Jan 2008 New look January issue – available now
07 Jan 2008 News Round Up
07 Jan 2008 Govt regulating brokers
04 Jan 2008 Wellington: Simply Steady
03 Jan 2008 New head of financial sector for AIG
01 Jan 2008 Trading in 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.
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