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December 2004
07 Dec 2004 Top price for Waikato farmland
07 Dec 2004 Tough times for rural rest homes
07 Dec 2004 Households got richer last year
07 Dec 2004 Strategic Finance's rating confirmed
07 Dec 2004 FundSource adds two people
06 Dec 2004 Was the right decision reached?
06 Dec 2004 Adviserlink Fundamentals & Processes
06 Dec 2004 Market Review: A look into our crystal ball
06 Dec 2004 Reserve Bank expected to leave rates on hold
03 Dec 2004 Two key people leave fund management firms
03 Dec 2004 Bevin leaves Tower
03 Dec 2004 ING's CDO man leaves
03 Dec 2004 More on Stobo...and something quite different
03 Dec 2004 Life insurance under commission's gaze
03 Dec 2004 BNZ's ads escape censure - just
02 Dec 2004 House prices set for slump
02 Dec 2004 Pitfalls for rental property owners
02 Dec 2004 Softening in prices on way
02 Dec 2004 Capital Properties might sell management rights
02 Dec 2004 Owning home no bed of roses
02 Dec 2004 Timing alone is not enough - Mary Holm
02 Dec 2004 The Risk that Often Isn't Risky
02 Dec 2004 Campervan plan for Aro Valley site
02 Dec 2004 Fears rates could go up
02 Dec 2004 Run-down bach sells for $445,000
02 Dec 2004 National's Superannuation Policy
02 Dec 2004 Stobo urges input into report
01 Dec 2004 AMP new appointments
01 Dec 2004 Resources to strengthen NZ Super Fund governance
01 Dec 2004 ASFONZ and Women In Super combined breakfast
01 Dec 2004 Govt proposes new tax rules for securities
01 Dec 2004 Kiwis like to pay off debts
01 Dec 2004 Capital Properties New Zealand Announcement
01 Dec 2004 Kiwis spending quarter of budget on their housing
01 Dec 2004 LBA confirms expulsion
01 Dec 2004 Are two year rates a good deal?
November 2004
30 Nov 2004 National U-turn: White flag or commonsense?
30 Nov 2004 The news behind the smoke and mirrors
30 Nov 2004 NZiRA / Tower 2004 seminar series
30 Nov 2004 Latest insurance market share figures
30 Nov 2004 Brash flip-flop welcome
30 Nov 2004 Bevin says fees must come down
30 Nov 2004 Nats look to give Retirement Commission more power
29 Nov 2004 Quake cost could top $1m
29 Nov 2004 Sunlight flicker annoys resident
29 Nov 2004 Battle looms over second sinking house
29 Nov 2004 IRD targets top 100 Kiwis on rich list
29 Nov 2004 Auckland spreading faster than expected
29 Nov 2004 Non-conforming loans take off in Oz
29 Nov 2004 Term deposits won't give best returns, investment expert warns
29 Nov 2004 Lim reports on potentially contaminated soils halted
29 Nov 2004 Property portfolio lifts Kiwi profit
29 Nov 2004 Waiwera set to make a splash as hot property
29 Nov 2004 Too many Kiwis captured by their cards
29 Nov 2004 TOWER roadshow
29 Nov 2004 General Finance raises its own funds
29 Nov 2004 News Round Up
28 Nov 2004 Awards and awards
26 Nov 2004 Dunne applauds National’s superannuation change
26 Nov 2004 Dinosaur parties go hand-in-hand into the swamp
26 Nov 2004 Nats to back Cullen's fund
26 Nov 2004 Nats to back Cullen's fund
26 Nov 2004 Non-conforming loans take off in Oz
25 Nov 2004 Nats take a step forward on super: Cullen
25 Nov 2004 Women in Super
25 Nov 2004 Bevin worries about the outlook for adviser regulation
24 Nov 2004 Related party loans to end at Pacific Retail
24 Nov 2004 Record price for Ohope coastal property
24 Nov 2004 NZ residential market awaken from winter slumber
24 Nov 2004 NZ lifestyle properties continue to buck the trend
24 Nov 2004 Quarry go-ahead upsets residents
24 Nov 2004 Aucklanders pay high price to live the high life
24 Nov 2004 ING Property Trust posts $11M profit
24 Nov 2004 Blue Chip announces first dividend
24 Nov 2004 Kiwibank stays aloof from home loans price war
24 Nov 2004 Auckland City Council may do U-turn on tagging potentially poisoned properties
24 Nov 2004 Sinking house doomed from the beginning
24 Nov 2004 Council ponders Oakura road reserve wrangle
24 Nov 2004 $8m new cost for council building work
24 Nov 2004 Tower Building incentives
24 Nov 2004 Homeowner won't budge
24 Nov 2004 TOWER roadshow
24 Nov 2004 Changing market has landlords offering enticements
24 Nov 2004 Kiwi Income Property Trust lifts half year profit
24 Nov 2004 Finding money for study
24 Nov 2004 Urbus shuffles its office portfolio
24 Nov 2004 Kiwi Income snares 19.9% of Capital Properties
24 Nov 2004 Tougher rules for advisers to hit Parliament soon
24 Nov 2004 Non-bank lending gaining traction
23 Nov 2004 Provincial Finance changes lending mix
23 Nov 2004 NZiRA / Tower 2004 seminar series
23 Nov 2004 ASFONZ and Women In Super combined breakfast
23 Nov 2004 Broker asks LBA to reconsider expulsion
22 Nov 2004 House market slowing, says BNZ chief economist
22 Nov 2004 Building consent costs to rise
22 Nov 2004 Adviserlink Fundamentals & Processes
22 Nov 2004 Reaction to Stobo and Adviser regulation
22 Nov 2004 Adviserlink Practice Management
22 Nov 2004 AMP man gets CFA
22 Nov 2004 News Round Up
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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.
2 weeks 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.
3 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