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April 2019
24 Apr 2019 AIA and Sovereign close online product
24 Apr 2019 Revealed: Auckland hotspots
24 Apr 2019 With CGT gone, housing market expected to pick up
24 Apr 2019 Investor complains about waived fee
23 Apr 2019 Super Fund gets responsibility nod
23 Apr 2019 NZX50 tops 10,000, growing 284% in past decade
23 Apr 2019 Capital requirements a risk to growth: ANZ
23 Apr 2019 Innocent non-disclosure still a problem: IFSO
23 Apr 2019 Part 2: FSLAB & FADC and what it means for us RFAs
23 Apr 2019 Yield inversion not necessarily omen of recession
18 Apr 2019 [The Wrap] Singing to a New Zealand tune
18 Apr 2019 Sharemarket records 1.8% gain in a week
18 Apr 2019 New flames to fan housing market
18 Apr 2019 Trustees Executors appoints new Head of Wealth Business
18 Apr 2019 Advisers: Govt made right call on capital gains tax
17 Apr 2019 Knock, knock, knocking on the magical 10,000 mark
17 Apr 2019 Ditching CGT a win for common sense
17 Apr 2019 CGT reprieve
17 Apr 2019 KiwiSaver insight
17 Apr 2019 Industry shakeout good for mortgage advisers
17 Apr 2019 Swap keys, save sale costs
17 Apr 2019 Financial Advice NZ: Aim for 3000
16 Apr 2019 Exporters drive sharemarket higher
16 Apr 2019 Super City rental market star
16 Apr 2019 [GRTV] Mint's Rebecca Thomas in studio
16 Apr 2019 I hope you can help me fundraise $20,000 to help mend broken hearts
16 Apr 2019 Low mortgage rates vs CGT
16 Apr 2019 Something a little different today
16 Apr 2019 Risk Parity – Models and Myths
16 Apr 2019 Industry shakeout good for advisers
16 Apr 2019 'If you expect advisers to work for peanuts...'
15 Apr 2019 Investor confidence buoyed on US coy earnings; NZX rises
15 Apr 2019 Rising from the ashes
15 Apr 2019 House sales volumes fall and finance is blamed
15 Apr 2019 nib finds ways to target advisers, post Fidelity deal
15 Apr 2019 Insurers call for replacement business rules in code
15 Apr 2019 Code submissions revealed: Industry wanted change
12 Apr 2019 [The Wrap] A crystal ball look at the new world of advice
12 Apr 2019 NZ shares rise; retirement stocks Metlife, Summerset extend recovery
12 Apr 2019 Downward migration trend halts
12 Apr 2019 Cigna plans OnePath changes
12 Apr 2019 Super Fund, AMP exclude weapons
12 Apr 2019 ANZ loses court bid over Ross files
12 Apr 2019 Auckland sales at lowest since 2008
12 Apr 2019 ANZ goes green with healthy home discount
12 Apr 2019 BNZ finds partner for shared ownership scheme
12 Apr 2019 Financial Advice NZ seeks backers for missing piece of the puzzle
11 Apr 2019 NZ shares snap six-day decline as retirement stocks claw back losses
11 Apr 2019 Resimac takes on banks with big cuts
11 Apr 2019 Hawes' scheme launches more funds
11 Apr 2019 Southern Cross launches AI assistant
11 Apr 2019 Capital gains battle heats up
11 Apr 2019 Changing world, changing property market
11 Apr 2019 FADC case shows RFAs face big challenges under new laws
11 Apr 2019 ESG version of S&P 500 launched
11 Apr 2019 FSLAB gets final tick
10 Apr 2019 Yield stocks loose their lustre
10 Apr 2019 NZ banks could face $21bn capital shortfall
10 Apr 2019 Chief investment officer appointed
10 Apr 2019 Cigna expands into South Island
10 Apr 2019 Booster launches new automated budget building tool
10 Apr 2019 NZ banks could face $21bn capital shortfall
10 Apr 2019 Faafoi: Code 'no surprises'
09 Apr 2019 Retirement stocks under pressure on housing fears
09 Apr 2019 The market for adviser businesses
09 Apr 2019 Insurers' requirement to assess suitability may change adviser landscape
09 Apr 2019 Market Outlook: Records broken
09 Apr 2019 Mortgage rate dance continues; As does the BDM shuffle
09 Apr 2019 Westpac, ANZ, TSB ramp up offers
09 Apr 2019 Falling interest rates change investing landscape
08 Apr 2019 Slowing property market weighs on sharemarket
08 Apr 2019 Capital gains battle heats up
08 Apr 2019 Westpac latest to predict May OCR cut
08 Apr 2019 Mortgage Link appoints new BDM
08 Apr 2019 Policy king hit
08 Apr 2019 Rich Lister backs Stubb's KiwiSaver scheme
05 Apr 2019 NZ shares fall; weak Summerset sales weigh on retirement stocks
05 Apr 2019 General Finance seeing strong interest from UDC investors
05 Apr 2019 General Finance seeing strong interest from UDC investors
05 Apr 2019 AIA donates $100,000 for mental health
05 Apr 2019 Capital rules to have minor impact on interest rates: RBNZ
05 Apr 2019 Here's what MPs said about advisers; Avanti recruits from Link; BNZ cuts
05 Apr 2019 Yields creeping upwards
05 Apr 2019 Avanti targets adviser channel with BDM hire
05 Apr 2019 Green light for new financial advice regime
05 Apr 2019 MPs laud roboadvice, client-first push in FSLAB
05 Apr 2019 Clients still need help with basics: IFSO
04 Apr 2019 Defensive stocks end stellar run
04 Apr 2019 Green light for new financial advice regime
04 Apr 2019 Price war heats up with ASB move
04 Apr 2019 Price war heats up with ASB move
04 Apr 2019 Auckland a “buyers market”
04 Apr 2019 COMMENT: Tax deductibility of rental property upgrades
04 Apr 2019 FSLAB set to pass
03 Apr 2019 Telco boss unexpectedly hangs up and market falls
03 Apr 2019 Realism needed in Auckland market
03 Apr 2019 No excuses now...
03 Apr 2019 FSLAB enters the final straight
03 Apr 2019 Brakes on value growth
03 Apr 2019 Advisers to be offered more help constructing portfolios
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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