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November 2011
25 Nov 2011 Contact sets minimum interest on 30-year bonds at 8%
25 Nov 2011 Star analyst shuns Aussie stocks
24 Nov 2011 Quake death claims reach 100
24 Nov 2011 TSB lifts Sept Qtr profit, grows mortgage book
24 Nov 2011 Regulations benefit boutique managers
24 Nov 2011 Housing market confidence slips over quarter
23 Nov 2011 Globalising forces to impact on NZ advisers
23 Nov 2011 What's your best rate?
22 Nov 2011 Broadlands withdraw from 'dead' debenture market
22 Nov 2011 OnePath's share of new business falls as lapses soar
22 Nov 2011 ASB's mortgage book shrinks for a sixth successive quarter
22 Nov 2011 Blue Star appoints replacement MD
22 Nov 2011 Providers split over election promises
22 Nov 2011 No need to jump to fixed: Westpac
21 Nov 2011 Rates Round Up: Nov 19
21 Nov 2011 News Round Up: Nov 21
21 Nov 2011 Potential - and pitfalls - in mortgagee sales
20 Nov 2011 Politicians and interest rates
20 Nov 2011 New life insurance business grew in Sept quarter
18 Nov 2011 Transpower launches $200m senior bond issue‏
18 Nov 2011 Major clean out at OnePath
18 Nov 2011 FMA warns against KiwiSaver fee double-dipping
18 Nov 2011 Stocks attractive despite government debt woes
17 Nov 2011 No certainty on recoveries for OPI debenture holders
17 Nov 2011 Kiwibank's bold move
17 Nov 2011 Kiwibank goes under 5%
17 Nov 2011 Interest in local government bonds increasing
16 Nov 2011 No salt with the Pepper loan
16 Nov 2011 No fair price for gold, but use it
16 Nov 2011 Ha portfolio sale includes rentals with ‘solid returns’
15 Nov 2011 Fees only one part of default fund debate
15 Nov 2011 Lifetime cuts ties with Mortgage Link
15 Nov 2011 IAG lifts 25 year bond issue to $325m, sets minimum coupon at 7.5%
15 Nov 2011 Share gets a new CEO
15 Nov 2011 Trustees up in arms over auditor disclaimers
15 Nov 2011 Lifetime to sever ties with Mortgage Link
15 Nov 2011 CGT and planners get both barrels from Brash
14 Nov 2011 S&P concerned about Auckland City Council's rising debt
14 Nov 2011 S&P cuts Telecom's rating to "A-" with stable outlook
14 Nov 2011 Risks and rewards (with the quiz)
14 Nov 2011 News Round Up: Nov 14
14 Nov 2011 Bollard warns of economic risks to NZ
14 Nov 2011 Little good news in latest Strategic Finance report
14 Nov 2011 Sorting the star from the slum landlords
11 Nov 2011 Contact increases 30-year bond issue to a maximum $250 million
11 Nov 2011 House prices up $9,000 in October
11 Nov 2011 Is fixed the way to go?
11 Nov 2011 The lure of attractive fixed home loan rates
11 Nov 2011 Sued adviser tripped up by paperwork
11 Nov 2011 REINZ Regional Commentaries – October 2011
10 Nov 2011 Registered but unable to give insurance advice
10 Nov 2011 Cookie-cutter ABS’s uncovered by first FMA monitoring
10 Nov 2011 Investors still active in capital, Hutt Valley, muted elsewhere
10 Nov 2011 Buy the Cashfow forecaster CD
09 Nov 2011 Mark Brighouse role no more rumour
09 Nov 2011 HSBC lowers its fixed rates
09 Nov 2011 KiwiSaver fee focus a ‘red herring’
09 Nov 2011 KiwiSaver increasingly retirement saving vehicle of choice
09 Nov 2011 Property prices up nationwide, parts of Auckland above 2007 peak
09 Nov 2011 QV October 2011 - the regions
09 Nov 2011 Investor confidence in rental property at decade low
08 Nov 2011 No implicit Govt guarantee with public KiwiSaver
08 Nov 2011 Perpetual adds two to its Wellington team
08 Nov 2011 Heartland holds excess cash ahead of government guarantee expiry
08 Nov 2011 FPSB appoints new chair, directors
08 Nov 2011 FMA begins offering advisers post-monitoring feedback
08 Nov 2011 SBS pitches for two year business
07 Nov 2011 New adviser and business owner at Mortgage Link
07 Nov 2011 Infratil launches $50m five-year bonds with 8% coupon
07 Nov 2011 Greens KiwiSaver policy nice idea but...
07 Nov 2011 Now the home loan battle begins
06 Nov 2011 Greens say they can lower KiwiSaver fees 40%
04 Nov 2011 KiwiSaver not too big for sharemarket (yet)
04 Nov 2011 Early appointments at AMP/AXA
04 Nov 2011 Caught out and cut
04 Nov 2011 Regulation poses relevancy challenges for professional bodies
04 Nov 2011 Auckland sales down, listings and prices up
03 Nov 2011 Loftus takes on risk management role
03 Nov 2011 RWC finishes; rate war battle commences
03 Nov 2011 Persistency the key in new OnePath remuneration model
03 Nov 2011 FMA preparing guidance for share recommendations
03 Nov 2011 BNZ arrives
03 Nov 2011 October sales rise but enquiries hit by RWC, holidays and Greek tragedy
02 Nov 2011 Harbour Commentary: Holes in the lifeboat
02 Nov 2011 Contact considers $150m subordinated bond issue
02 Nov 2011 Australian-invested funds underperform
02 Nov 2011 [UPDATED] Changes galore; ANZ National move
02 Nov 2011 Show me the (mentoring) money
01 Nov 2011 New insurance products the business for advisers
01 Nov 2011 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
01 Nov 2011 BOS puts advisers’ in hot seat over frozen funds
01 Nov 2011 AIA: Reconsidering remuneration
01 Nov 2011 Bonds safe(ish) despite debt crises
01 Nov 2011 Property Tutors defended in wake of FMA warning
01 Nov 2011 Asking prices hit new high in October
October 2011
31 Oct 2011 ANF receivers repaid less than half the govt guarantee
31 Oct 2011 Westpac takes on Kiwibank with cuts
31 Oct 2011 Comparing rate cuts
31 Oct 2011 Gems from the Principles of Risk Management
31 Oct 2011 Home consents see ‘large decrease’ in September but trend still rising
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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