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April 2025
01 Apr 2025 Medical premiums and the public system
01 Apr 2025 ETF guardrails open up possibilities
01 Apr 2025 RBNZ does a u-turn on bank capital requirements
March 2025
31 Mar 2025 Good news for homeowners (finally)
31 Mar 2025 Pathfinder gets new shareholder
31 Mar 2025 Interest rates expected to plateau soon
30 Mar 2025 [The Wrap] CoFI starts as the regulator faces pressure
29 Mar 2025 5 ways MDRT Annual Meeting attendance demonstrates your value as a financial adviser
28 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket up over 1.4% for week, down 6.2% for the year
28 Mar 2025 Time the only true test for outcomes-focused regulation
28 Mar 2025 Why Westpac CEO was grilled by MPs this week
28 Mar 2025 Chubb's new CFO
28 Mar 2025 Why was Westpac slow in passing on OCR cut?
28 Mar 2025 3 takeaways from a recent FSCL case
27 Mar 2025 Ryman up 11% in two days
27 Mar 2025 Mosaic continues to expand
27 Mar 2025 KiwiSaver or KiwiTaxer? The changes high on adviser wishlists
27 Mar 2025 Another month, another wave of lender switchers
27 Mar 2025 Mortgage borrowers switching to new lenders continues at a steady pace
26 Mar 2025 Head of Deposit Taking
26 Mar 2025 Big day: NZX up 1.23%
26 Mar 2025 Out Now: ASSET - Financial Forecasts
26 Mar 2025 “Unacceptable and anti-competitive”: Banks under fire for slow turnarounds
26 Mar 2025 Aggregators putting the pressure on - NZFSG
25 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket up 0.4% amid US market surge
25 Mar 2025 Time to Push Back: Why Advisers Should Demand More from Banks
25 Mar 2025 Aggregators should be pushing back on banks
25 Mar 2025 Fidelity has kept its rating in its latest annual review
25 Mar 2025 FMA sheds further light on end results focus
24 Mar 2025 Buoyant dairy sector adds cream to flat market
24 Mar 2025 Snowball turns focus to investor behaviour
24 Mar 2025 Recovery or Recession? Conflicting Signals in NZ's Economy
24 Mar 2025 Differing messages on the economy
24 Mar 2025 Passive Investing is Impassive on Valuation
21 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket ends week down 1.2%
21 Mar 2025 TA Associates deal to buy Craigs stake clears hurdles
21 Mar 2025 Countdown to CoFI: Public awareness campaign set to launch
21 Mar 2025 Cashbacks Take Centre Stage in NZ Mortgage Wars
21 Mar 2025 Cashbacks rather an interest rates the fight for banks
21 Mar 2025 Four decades of 6-7% yearly house price growth ending
20 Mar 2025 Turnaround times for mortgage applications spin out again
19 Mar 2025 Six falls in seven days not a good look
19 Mar 2025 Alarming acceptance of liar loans
19 Mar 2025 Bonds bright spot for active managers in 24
19 Mar 2025 Non-Pharmac-funded drug insurance comes with limits
18 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket hit lowest point in nine months
18 Mar 2025 Heartland rates changes reflect major move
18 Mar 2025 FMA files charges against former adviser
18 Mar 2025 Pinnacle doubles its NZ presence
18 Mar 2025 KiwiSaver gender gap widest in middle-age
18 Mar 2025 Harbour Outlook: An inflection point to come for earnings?
17 Mar 2025 Spark's continuing slide helps drive NZ sharemarket down 0.8%, over 7% for the year
17 Mar 2025 Obituary: Don Stewart
15 Mar 2025 [The Wrap] Just when you thought there would be less there's more.
15 Mar 2025 Sheep Sheds and Credit Spreads
14 Mar 2025 UniMed makes leadership changes
14 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket up 0.4% after a2 Milk surg
14 Mar 2025 Kiwibank says cost of adviser business is marginal
14 Mar 2025 Passive ETFs need active consideration
13 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket steady after Ryman completes capital raise
13 Mar 2025 How Heartland wants to help people buy a retirement village unit
13 Mar 2025 Heartland launches a bridging loan to finance retirement village purchases
13 Mar 2025 Women retiring with less but what will close the gender savings gap?
12 Mar 2025 Results don't trump uncertainty as NZ sharemarket tumbles 1.3%
12 Mar 2025 Regulations push out approvals from 1hr to 7 days; Report
12 Mar 2025 The reason why health insurance premiums are soaring
12 Mar 2025 Avanti Finance expands property team
12 Mar 2025 Don’t let big name ETF labels distract - Morningstar
12 Mar 2025 A loan which could be approved in 60 mins now takes 7 days thanks to regulations
11 Mar 2025 US turmoil pulls NZ sharemarket 0.8% lower
11 Mar 2025 Turbocharge your brand
11 Mar 2025 Borrowers sticking with short-term rates - even as fixed rates drop
11 Mar 2025 Mortgages on short-term rates surged again at the beginning of the year
10 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket starts week up 0.9% after late surge
10 Mar 2025 Opportunity knocks - the case for further asset sales.
10 Mar 2025 Booster gets new CEO
10 Mar 2025 Public health treatment going private – good news?
10 Mar 2025 Mortgage advice gone wrong? FSCL urges advisers to keep accurate records
10 Mar 2025 Advisers told not to overpromise
10 Mar 2025 KiwiSaver advice great opportunity: Bascand
10 Mar 2025 Countdown to CoFI: FMA works to complete licensing
07 Mar 2025 International winds of uncertainty blow over NZ sharemarket
07 Mar 2025 [The Wrap] The Oscars of funds management gets heckled
07 Mar 2025 Mortgage advisers battle commerce commission over new rules
07 Mar 2025 Familiar name rises to the top again
07 Mar 2025 Mortgage advisers punch-up with ComCom takes a new twist
06 Mar 2025 Making sense of Orr's resignation
06 Mar 2025 Commercial real estate in 2025: primed for recovery
06 Mar 2025 NZFSG joins up with specialist insurer
06 Mar 2025 NZ Super tips funds into private investor
06 Mar 2025 Longer-term mortgage rates near cycle lows
05 Mar 2025 Financial markets hate tariffs: NZX 50 down 0.5%
05 Mar 2025 Adrian Orr departs RBNZ still congratulating himself
05 Mar 2025 Orr resigns
05 Mar 2025 Small business lender goes prime
05 Mar 2025 InvestNow builds on its foundation
05 Mar 2025 Kiwibank, ASB lift mortgage market share, ANZ, Westpac lag
05 Mar 2025 No lid on KiwiSaver fees as balances grow
04 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket down 0.6% on eve of US tariffs
04 Mar 2025 Claims rises outstrip premium increases
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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?
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.
3 weeks ago P Urbani