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November 2024
22 Nov 2024 Power Plays: Navigating New Zealand’s Electricity Market
22 Nov 2024 Backlash against banks’ home loan processing times
22 Nov 2024 Ethical KiwiSaver provider maximising advisor channel for next growth stage
21 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket rises ahead of interest rate decision
21 Nov 2024 Harbour Investment Outlook: Waiting game
21 Nov 2024 TAP adds compliance support
21 Nov 2024 Daughter takes over founder's role
21 Nov 2024 Climate change is a threatening problem for lenders
21 Nov 2024 Climate change – a threatening problem for lenders
20 Nov 2024 Directionless NZ sharemarket slips 0.6%
20 Nov 2024 From G to V to three
20 Nov 2024 Fidelity's new chair on board with growth ambitions
20 Nov 2024 [OCR Forecast] Economists hedge their OCR bets
20 Nov 2024 New line of credit business offering
20 Nov 2024 Economists hedge their OCR bets
20 Nov 2024 Fresh solution to liability gaps needed
19 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.4% for second day on interest rate cut hopes
19 Nov 2024 Fisher Funds adds RI GM
19 Nov 2024 Mortgages harder to get over the line ; New Zealand Equity Monthly October 2024
19 Nov 2024 Ex Bluestone BDM joins Loan Market
19 Nov 2024 New Zealand Equity Monthly October 2024
19 Nov 2024 Mortgages harder to get over the line
19 Nov 2024 Value of index tracking seen in the numbers, says Kernel
18 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket starts week up 0.6%
18 Nov 2024 Can Games Teach Financial Literacy?
18 Nov 2024 Private credit reshapes NZ lending
18 Nov 2024 Private credit rewriting mortgage and business borrowing
18 Nov 2024 No plain sailing around Castle Point
15 Nov 2024 NZ shares finish flat as Sanford rises
15 Nov 2024 Small mortgage blip for Basecorp in tough year; A big target for LifeDirect
15 Nov 2024 Small mortgage blip for Basecorp in tough year
15 Nov 2024 Failure to plan for data-hungry AI will have consequences
15 Nov 2024 Apex Advice buys life business
14 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.1%, Rocket Lab soars
14 Nov 2024 NZ Super Fund terminates Devon mandate
14 Nov 2024 A big target for newly merged company
14 Nov 2024 Govt takes risk-based approach to deposit guarantee scheme
14 Nov 2024 ASB insists it isn't making excess profits
13 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket continues see-sawing, down 0.5%
13 Nov 2024 Chubb's latest champion
13 Nov 2024 Dosh is making its next move
13 Nov 2024 Dosh to launch a competitive digital home loan
13 Nov 2024 Former Apex boss joins Trust Management
13 Nov 2024 Apartment owners thumped by consistently fast rising insurance
13 Nov 2024 New book: Unlocking group insurance
13 Nov 2024 Insurer gets warning from RBNZ
12 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.5%, Rocket Lab soars in US
12 Nov 2024 nib experiencing extraordinary claims growth
12 Nov 2024 Big Shout Out
12 Nov 2024 KiwiSaver assets grow to $117.6 bill
12 Nov 2024 Expectations for inflation and big OCR cut in full flight; TMM5 is available now
12 Nov 2024 Expectations for inflation and big OCR cut in full flight
11 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket starts week down 0.6%
11 Nov 2024 Fidelity awards top advisers
11 Nov 2024 What’s the solution to life insurance advice risk anxiety?
11 Nov 2024 First home buyers the most likely to use a mortgage adviser; Job insecurity remains big concern for mortgage holders
11 Nov 2024 First home buyers the most likely to use a mortgage adviser
08 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket ends week up nearly 1.7%
08 Nov 2024 Advisers not happy with ASB
08 Nov 2024 Job insecurity remains big concern for mortgage holders
08 Nov 2024 KiwiSaver members mature enough to ignore market volatility
07 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket down 0.5% as investors contemplate Trump 2.0
07 Nov 2024 New customers locked out of ASB’s pre-approvals
07 Nov 2024 Fidelity lays out bold new growth plans
06 Nov 2024 NZX goes down as early signals point to Donald Trump victory
06 Nov 2024 Acquisition opens up market for NZ Mortgages
05 Nov 2024 Calm before the storm: NZ sharemarket up 0.5%
05 Nov 2024 Banks asses what stressors could destroy capital buffers; Kiwibank lifted its home loans business; Advisers wrote 63% of Westpac's new mortgages
05 Nov 2024 Percentage of mortgages originated by advisers lifts sharply
05 Nov 2024 Banks asses what stressors could destroy capital buffers
05 Nov 2024 Advisers wrote 63% of Westpac's new mortgages in latest year
04 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket up slightly ahead of ‘wait-and-see' US election
04 Nov 2024 Mortgage advisers account for 53.8% of Westpac's mortgages
04 Nov 2024 LifeDirect Expands; Competition about to heat up
04 Nov 2024 LifeDirect Expands to Offer Nationwide Mortgage Service
04 Nov 2024 Competition between investors and first home buyers about to heat up
03 Nov 2024 Pie adds new filling to its KiwiSaver reciepe
03 Nov 2024 Makao adds third consultant
01 Nov 2024 NZ sharemarket down over 1.5% for the week
01 Nov 2024 Rise in households struggling with mortgage repayments; RBNZ: house prices still near top of sustainable levels
01 Nov 2024 Rise in households struggling with mortgage repayments
October 2024
31 Oct 2024 NZ sharemarket down ahead of big US election
31 Oct 2024 From MAC to board
31 Oct 2024 RBNZ: house prices still near top of sustainable levels
31 Oct 2024 From MAC to board
31 Oct 2024 More newbies at FMT
30 Oct 2024 NZ sharemarket down 0.6% on Spark's disappointing update
30 Oct 2024 Finding skilled talent still a challenge for FMA
30 Oct 2024 Prospa expands its offerings in New Zealand
30 Oct 2024 How much knowledge of medical conditions are life advisers expected to have?
30 Oct 2024 Coach dances into sales role at AIA
30 Oct 2024 Prospa expands its offerings
29 Oct 2024 NZ sharemarket up nearly 1% after long weekend as Serko surges
29 Oct 2024 Pathfinder team mourns death of portfolio manager
29 Oct 2024 Booster Foundation takes off
29 Oct 2024 Insync: Market concentration a myth
28 Oct 2024 Active or Passive? How about the best of both worlds
26 Oct 2024 Stakeholders’ satisfaction with FMA takes a tumble
25 Oct 2024 Robust trading update from Tauranga Port perks up market
25 Oct 2024 IRD likely to catch up with those not declaring FIF income
Latest News
Advisers hope AI widens market
Advisers hope AI widens market
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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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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