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January 2012
31 Jan 2012 Too hard to read
31 Jan 2012 Ginger Group CEO departs
31 Jan 2012 Rates round-up: January 31
31 Jan 2012 Housing consent numbers hit record low
30 Jan 2012 Bollard casts off from bank
30 Jan 2012 Bollard casts off from bank
30 Jan 2012 News Round Up January 30
28 Jan 2012 Not all rates down
27 Jan 2012 [Weekly Wrap] The great debate on fees
27 Jan 2012 Govt not interested in affordable house prices
27 Jan 2012 ASB cuts 1 to 5 year fixed home loan rates
27 Jan 2012 Real estate chiefs slam affordability claims
27 Jan 2012 Forster questions role of lawyers in finders' tussle
26 Jan 2012 ASB cuts 1 to 5 year fixed home loan rates
26 Jan 2012 Fisher Funds' Huljich purchase price revealed
26 Jan 2012 Asteron appoints new MD
26 Jan 2012 Leadership changes at The Co-operative Bank
26 Jan 2012 Bollard holds OCR steady as US Fed prompts currency jump
26 Jan 2012 What Bollard said
26 Jan 2012 Fund managers told to take good with bad
26 Jan 2012 Down they come
25 Jan 2012 Cut your commission to compete, says Sovereign
25 Jan 2012 Another bank cuts rates
25 Jan 2012 REAA promises more legal action, agents in gun too
24 Jan 2012 Ex-CEO named in South Canterbury SFO case
24 Jan 2012 [UPDATED] Perky housing market may force rate hike
24 Jan 2012 Performance fees - who needs them?
24 Jan 2012 Blue Chip directors, auditors hit with $40m claim
23 Jan 2012 IFA announces new board member
23 Jan 2012 Bollard likely to keep interest rates steady
23 Jan 2012 Where to for the OCR?
23 Jan 2012 Rates round-up: January 23
23 Jan 2012 Bollard likely to keep interest rates steady
23 Jan 2012 No affordable housing in NZ: Survey
20 Jan 2012 Fidelity Life's rating reaffirmed
20 Jan 2012 ANZ National cut rates
19 Jan 2012 ANZ warns of $14b KiwiSaver timebomb
19 Jan 2012 Fund manager performance fees under fire
19 Jan 2012 Fixed rates bottomed: Westpac
18 Jan 2012 Newpark to chase farmers
18 Jan 2012 What to make of the Kiwibank deal
18 Jan 2012 [Breaking News] Kiwibank to buy Gareth Morgan Investments
18 Jan 2012 Kiwibank buys Gareth Morgan Investments
18 Jan 2012 Advisers drafted to fight war on terror
18 Jan 2012 Don't expect any OCR increases soon
18 Jan 2012 Strong December with sales up 20%
18 Jan 2012 REINZ Regional Commentaries - December 2011
17 Jan 2012 New online venture offers cheaper Sovereign and OnePath cover
17 Jan 2012 BNZ sees little change in OCR this year
17 Jan 2012 Euro woes no cause for panic (yet)
16 Jan 2012 Obituary: Cyril Chaplin
16 Jan 2012 SCF accused keep names suppressed
16 Jan 2012 Heartland director sells shares
16 Jan 2012 Downgrade the big news
16 Jan 2012 Rates round-up: January 16
16 Jan 2012 News Round Up: January 16
13 Jan 2012 NZ keeps credit rating despite debt mountain
13 Jan 2012 Selling through employers
13 Jan 2012 NZ credit a top performer
12 Jan 2012 Kiwibank goes long
12 Jan 2012 Kiwibank starts year aggressively
12 Jan 2012 Auckland home to least affordable property
11 Jan 2012 New Zealand's biggest fund loses $1.4b
11 Jan 2012 Selling through employers
11 Jan 2012 Sovereign appoints new corporate BDM
11 Jan 2012 First change for the year
11 Jan 2012 Housing consents ‘close to recent historically low levels'
11 Jan 2012 Auckland prices up, December sales at five year high
10 Jan 2012 Property values up but sales remain low
10 Jan 2012 QV January 2012 - the regions
09 Jan 2012 NZX ETFs down, derivatives up
09 Jan 2012 Perpetual takes top adviser
09 Jan 2012 NZ Credit: A top performer in 2011
09 Jan 2012 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
09 Jan 2012 The first for 2012
09 Jan 2012 News Round Up: January 9
09 Jan 2012 2011 ends with marked fall in new listings
07 Jan 2012 Gannon talks leads, not leaks
03 Jan 2012 Business insurance focus for 2012
03 Jan 2012 Associations take differing views on PI cover
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
6 days 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?
2 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.
2 weeks ago P Urbani