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November 2017
27 Nov 2017 New minister gets into client first debate
27 Nov 2017 Digital threat to mortgage advisers
24 Nov 2017 Court of Appeal for price fixing charges
24 Nov 2017 Super City rents up, supply down
24 Nov 2017 [Obituary] Prominent insurance adviser remembered
24 Nov 2017 Staunch opposition to DTI proposal
24 Nov 2017 AML warning for broker firm
24 Nov 2017 New people at the People Group
24 Nov 2017 Westpac takes the cap off; Kiwibank cuts
24 Nov 2017 NZX pushing on with scale in its ETFs
24 Nov 2017 Bank credit rationing a myth: Healy
23 Nov 2017 Large mortgage and insurance adviser group changes hands
23 Nov 2017 Ethics matter in fintech era: CFA
23 Nov 2017 Cullen to lead Tax Working Group
22 Nov 2017 Stop filling out forms for clients: IFSO
22 Nov 2017 PAA: Meeting failure could hold up Financial Advice NZ
21 Nov 2017 Priorities and ideals
21 Nov 2017 FMA pushes net returns over fees debate
21 Nov 2017 A survival guide for financial adviser licensing
21 Nov 2017 Consilium adds advice firms
20 Nov 2017 ANZ sells sharetrading business to FNZC
20 Nov 2017 Castle Point appoints head of operations
20 Nov 2017 Five years of nib; award winning funds; and Fidelity's $100m injection
20 Nov 2017 Active managers go passive
20 Nov 2017 Rental case reversal good news for industry
19 Nov 2017 South Island tribe looks to add KiwiSaver scheme
17 Nov 2017 New board at FSC
17 Nov 2017 Roboadvice green light 'better late than never'
16 Nov 2017 ANZ KiwiSaver gets top awards...again
16 Nov 2017 What to do with $100 million
16 Nov 2017 Next stop: Innovation
16 Nov 2017 Fiducian offers something a bit different
16 Nov 2017 Why India and Tech funds count
16 Nov 2017 Auckland adviser joins Plus4 Insurance Group
16 Nov 2017 FMA focus on financial advice
16 Nov 2017 Massive RV increase for Auckland
15 Nov 2017 Report, not court action, for Goldman Sachs
15 Nov 2017 ANZ cuts two rates
15 Nov 2017 Economic outlook still positive: ASB
15 Nov 2017 National median reaches record high
14 Nov 2017 New look; BNZ rolls out electronic lodgement
14 Nov 2017 What next for KiwiSaver
14 Nov 2017 October results a mixed bag
13 Nov 2017 BNZ first bank to market with online lodgement tool
13 Nov 2017 Advisers could do better by women: AMP
10 Nov 2017 The Wrap: Has FSC launched a pre-emptive strike on the new adviser association?
10 Nov 2017 ANZ keeping OnePath
10 Nov 2017 FMA: Financial services changing fast
09 Nov 2017 Sunny MPS surprises some
09 Nov 2017 LVR restrictions to be reviewed
09 Nov 2017 RBNZ OCR announcement
09 Nov 2017 What the Governor said today
09 Nov 2017 Fear and the financial plan
09 Nov 2017 Quality mark questions
09 Nov 2017 Sunny MPS a surprise for some
09 Nov 2017 Price expectations heading downward
08 Nov 2017 Email address update for Vodafone users
08 Nov 2017 Westpac says advisers important, but...
08 Nov 2017 Partners Life appoints additional independent director
08 Nov 2017 TSB's Kevin Murphy joins the bank CEO exodus
08 Nov 2017 All eyes are on the Reserve Bank and interest rates
08 Nov 2017 Look to Asia for yield
08 Nov 2017 Reserve Bank changes 'not radical'
08 Nov 2017 Warmer weather heats up housing market
07 Nov 2017 When price and value diverge
07 Nov 2017 Sovereign boost commissions; nib offers a new model
07 Nov 2017 What next for KiwiSaver
07 Nov 2017 Time to get rates back to normal
07 Nov 2017 nib marks five years
07 Nov 2017 Target on advisers outside associations
06 Nov 2017 Time for Normalisation?
06 Nov 2017 New government hasn’t panicked market
03 Nov 2017 Avanti head of ops up for big award
03 Nov 2017 The Wrap: Minister acknowledges small firms
03 Nov 2017 Advisers save BNZ's market share
03 Nov 2017 Getting to Know: Janet Natta
03 Nov 2017 What's going to happen with the OCR next week?
03 Nov 2017 OCR stable . . . for now
03 Nov 2017 Market wobbles 'signify need for active management'
02 Nov 2017 RESIMAC offering to refund first month of loan P&I
02 Nov 2017 BNZ boss does a job swap
02 Nov 2017 First month P&I free offer launched
02 Nov 2017 Investors search for income
02 Nov 2017 Auckland values start to slide
01 Nov 2017 Mortgage advisers key players in credit union’s success
01 Nov 2017 Responsible investing missing the mark: White paper
01 Nov 2017 Fidelity Life looks to accelerate growth with new capital
01 Nov 2017 Sargon Capital hiring
01 Nov 2017 Pie Funds launches 'alternative' option
October 2017
31 Oct 2017 Fidelity Life gets $100 million injection
31 Oct 2017 KiwiSaver fees: Paying for performance
31 Oct 2017 Fisher Funds: Industry should pull together
31 Oct 2017 [WEBINAR] Intelligent underwriting tool for Advisers
31 Oct 2017 Faafoi: I'll listen to concerns
31 Oct 2017 New investors and property speculators likely to suffer under new rules
31 Oct 2017 Healthy Homes Guarantee bill to be fast tracked
30 Oct 2017 Have your say on Fintech
30 Oct 2017 Leverage up your KiwiSaver fund
30 Oct 2017 Equities versus Bonds?
30 Oct 2017 Going for growth
Latest News
Koura reports another loss
Koura reports another loss
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Can AI pick the best KiwiSaver provider?
Can AI pick the best KiwiSaver provider?
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[Weekly Wrap] What we know, and don't know, about Labour's retirement policies. Plus a potential surprise
[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
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