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February 2018
12 Feb 2018 How to run an effective approved provider list in 5 steps
09 Feb 2018 ETF gets big boost
09 Feb 2018 Prison sentence for mortgage fraudster
09 Feb 2018 Trustees Executors shareholders bought out
09 Feb 2018 Vested outsourcing - How outsourcing is meant to be
09 Feb 2018 SuperCity values on the rise
09 Feb 2018 BNZ puts out competitive one-year rate
09 Feb 2018 Market wobble highlights value of advice
08 Feb 2018 Share appoints advisers
08 Feb 2018 Low interest rates set to continue
08 Feb 2018 What the Reserve Bank said today
08 Feb 2018 OCR unchanged: The Reserve Bank has spoken
08 Feb 2018 Adviser numbers could drop 50%: Moore
08 Feb 2018 CFP numbers grow
07 Feb 2018 MPM appoints new sales manager
07 Feb 2018 Magellan buys a fund manager
07 Feb 2018 Westpac shaves one-year rate
07 Feb 2018 Financial Advice NZ clarifies priorities
07 Feb 2018 Markets wobble - what next?
07 Feb 2018 Reassessing Capital rental squeeze
05 Feb 2018 Will the OCR move this week? Check out what economists think
05 Feb 2018 Slow start for Auckland
05 Feb 2018 Hot in Queenstown
05 Feb 2018 Advisers have role to boost confidence
02 Feb 2018 OCR holding pattern to continue
02 Feb 2018 Slow, halting growth path for consents
02 Feb 2018 Getting to Know: Trevor Slater
02 Feb 2018 Migration tide continues to turn
02 Feb 2018 Rethinking retirement assumptions
01 Feb 2018 F&P stops deposits
01 Feb 2018 AMP changes outlook
01 Feb 2018 No go for rent controls
01 Feb 2018 BNZ changes adviser commission model
01 Feb 2018 Cooler days for former hot spots
01 Feb 2018 Time's up for admin fees: Morningstar
01 Feb 2018 BNZ move puts pressure on other banks
January 2018
31 Jan 2018 Rental squeeze to intensify
31 Jan 2018 Investor loans low; AI arrives for a mortgage adviser
31 Jan 2018 OCR increase pushed out
31 Jan 2018 FMA has eye on conflicted conduct
31 Jan 2018 Insurance bosses poorly prepared for change: Naylor
30 Jan 2018 Advisers to get development guidance
30 Jan 2018 New low for investor mortgage share
30 Jan 2018 Client-first rule softened - why?
29 Jan 2018 Making the right call
26 Jan 2018 Sovereign appoints tech boss
26 Jan 2018 Falling affordability the norm
26 Jan 2018 Ups and downs from ASB today
26 Jan 2018 New Zealand values most stretched in world
25 Jan 2018 Auckland property gains halved in two years
25 Jan 2018 The Co-operative Bank trims one-year rates
25 Jan 2018 Advisers told: Don't ignore crypto
24 Jan 2018 Loss making sales on the rise
24 Jan 2018 Options emerge for licence-averse advisers
23 Jan 2018 Guilty plea from mortgage fraudster
23 Jan 2018 What advisers want from Financial Advice NZ
23 Jan 2018 The 10 best ways to compete with the big end of town
23 Jan 2018 Big questions for 2018
23 Jan 2018 [Obituary] Mark Frecklington
23 Jan 2018 Exemption grows under FSLAB
22 Jan 2018 Roboadvice on horizon
22 Jan 2018 Supply answer to affordability problem
22 Jan 2018 The first rate change for the year
22 Jan 2018 Make $$$$ from extra space
22 Jan 2018 'Business as usual' despite correction fears
19 Jan 2018 Getting to Know: Mary Potter
19 Jan 2018 NZ average on disclosure
19 Jan 2018 Insurers: Robo won't replace advisers
19 Jan 2018 Investor confidence slumps
19 Jan 2018 KiwiSaver 'shouldn't be only scheme with perks'
18 Jan 2018 Southern Cross launches gender-inclusive application
18 Jan 2018 New portfolio manager for Pie Funds
18 Jan 2018 House prices pick up, but volumes low
18 Jan 2018 Housing market picks up, but not everywhere
18 Jan 2018 Little relief for buyers - REINZ
18 Jan 2018 Client first 'means responsible investment'
17 Jan 2018 10 Ross investors in liquidator sights
17 Jan 2018 Giving mortgage advisers a voice
17 Jan 2018 Landlords: don’t overlook smoke alarms
17 Jan 2018 No safe harbour for new advisers
16 Jan 2018 Reckless damage by tenants not intentional
16 Jan 2018 2018 'looking good for Asia'
16 Jan 2018 Stock picking and the art of motorcycle maintenance
16 Jan 2018 New lending manager
16 Jan 2018 Perennial position redundant
16 Jan 2018 Advice force changes: Hunters out, farmers in
15 Jan 2018 Shariah funds shine
15 Jan 2018 RESIMAC appoints new lending manager
15 Jan 2018 Non-bank lender changes hands
15 Jan 2018 Year of the yield
15 Jan 2018 Stakeholders urged to submit on bill
12 Jan 2018 Investors die waiting
12 Jan 2018 15 year high for Auckland consents
12 Jan 2018 Reducing pet rental risks
12 Jan 2018 Don't worry, stay invested
11 Jan 2018 FMA scam warning
11 Jan 2018 Insurers collaborate on fintech
11 Jan 2018 Slow growth trend takes hold
11 Jan 2018 Squeeze on financial recruitment
10 Jan 2018 Healthy homes in everyone’s interest - APIA
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[Weekly Wrap] What we know, and don't know, about Labour's retirement policies. Plus a potential surprise
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NZX aims for 5% of KiwiSaver market in three-to-five years
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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