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February 2004
08 Feb 2004 Teaching kids about money
07 Feb 2004 Interest Rise Good News for Landlords?
07 Feb 2004 RBA may wait to raise rates
07 Feb 2004 Island Real Estate Prices Soar
07 Feb 2004 Auckland house price fall attributed to holidays
07 Feb 2004 2004 MDRT Experience
06 Feb 2004 Fronting up on finance companies
05 Feb 2004 Weekly rate update
05 Feb 2004 Stock Guru, Craigs hits Chch, Urbus bulks up
05 Feb 2004 Long-gone neighbours smelly rubbish a bit on the nose
05 Feb 2004 Rates change snares extra 10,000 in council net
05 Feb 2004 Housing prices ready to cool as immigration slows
04 Feb 2004 Report dishes out housing advice
04 Feb 2004 Quiet before the storm?
04 Feb 2004 Homes more affordable in Northland
04 Feb 2004 Westpac and ANZ come out top in first bank mortgage test
04 Feb 2004 Two floats to break lean spell on NZ sharemarket
04 Feb 2004 Still no end to Taranaki house-building bonanza
04 Feb 2004 Confidence soars to new high
04 Feb 2004 High income tenants fail to alarm
04 Feb 2004 House bubble not big enough to burst - yet
04 Feb 2004 Govt plan to tax investors 4pc on their losses
04 Feb 2004 City fails to meet housing needs
04 Feb 2004 There's no place like home
04 Feb 2004 Landlords hit rental walls
04 Feb 2004 Where To Invest In 2004?
04 Feb 2004 Landlords 'dipping into own pockets'
04 Feb 2004 Rates rebel attacks ARC over database
04 Feb 2004 Economy: Stronger NZ Dollar Threatens Growth In 2004
04 Feb 2004 NZ Equities
04 Feb 2004 International Shares
04 Feb 2004 Fixed Interest: Bond returns likely to mirror 03
04 Feb 2004 Tax issues outlook for 2004: a watershed year?
04 Feb 2004 Industry
04 Feb 2004 Financial Planning
04 Feb 2004 Insurance: The gathering pace of change
04 Feb 2004 Market Review: The end of the golden weather?
04 Feb 2004 Quiet before the storm?
04 Feb 2004 AMP's picks for 2004
03 Feb 2004 OCR rise likely to raise mortgage rates
03 Feb 2004 Arrow Life still in its quiver
03 Feb 2004 Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
03 Feb 2004 TOWER GAM Global Gateway Fund - Int'l Equities with a difference
03 Feb 2004 More Macquarie sharebrokers
03 Feb 2004 Fisher on her new fund
03 Feb 2004 Fidelity Life Fresh Start ’04 Road Show
02 Feb 2004 Nats looking at flexible retirement age
02 Feb 2004 House bubble not big enough to burst - yet
02 Feb 2004 Investors feeling very confident
02 Feb 2004 Fidelity Life Fresh Start ’04 Road Show
January 2004
30 Jan 2004 Positive net funds flow persists through December quarter
30 Jan 2004 Perry switches platforms
29 Jan 2004 Where to invest in 2004?
29 Jan 2004 Fisher Funds to launch listed investment coy
29 Jan 2004 OCR rise likely to raise mortgage rates
29 Jan 2004 OCR rise likely to raise mortgage rates
29 Jan 2004 OCR increased to 5.25%
29 Jan 2004 Managed funds back in favour
29 Jan 2004 Fidelity Life Fresh Start ’04 Road Show
29 Jan 2004 Fidelity Life Fresh Start ’04 Road Show
28 Jan 2004 UK learns retirement policy lessons from NZ
28 Jan 2004 Fisher and Dresdner win super fund mandates
27 Jan 2004 Further Asteron appointments
27 Jan 2004 The RAMS are loose
27 Jan 2004 Kiwibank raises floating rate 20 basis points
27 Jan 2004 ISI calls for government action in wake of PRG report
27 Jan 2004 Investment expectations now driving property market
27 Jan 2004 Fidelity Life Fresh Start ’04 Road Show
26 Jan 2004 News Round Up
26 Jan 2004 Totting up the costs of rental property - Mary Holm
26 Jan 2004 220-unit development rejected
26 Jan 2004 Building sector short of staff
26 Jan 2004 Rents fail to keep pace with house prices
26 Jan 2004 Is the property boom a house of cards?
26 Jan 2004 Housing shows statistical glitch
26 Jan 2004 Three bedrooms, native wood, $20,000 . . . buy of the decade?
26 Jan 2004 Property problems: Wording of lease the key to brothel tenancy
26 Jan 2004 Plot price doubles as sections withdrawn
26 Jan 2004 Housing cycle on a plateau
26 Jan 2004 NZers Teeter On Tip Of Debt Mtn.
26 Jan 2004 Couple allegedly invested just a quarter of money
26 Jan 2004 Full buildings, new tower buoy sector
26 Jan 2004 Insurers Scrutinise Flood-Prone Areas
26 Jan 2004 Property Boom Shows Signs Of Easing
26 Jan 2004 Landlords packing in beds for students
26 Jan 2004 Million-dollar sale tipped
26 Jan 2004 Rentals hard to come by
26 Jan 2004 Asteron to enter mortgage market
26 Jan 2004 Tasman may face rates hike
26 Jan 2004 Mortgage Link become broker controlled
23 Jan 2004 Sovereign boys back in town
22 Jan 2004 Asteron's new management team
22 Jan 2004 TOWER's QuickStart 2004
22 Jan 2004 Housing cycle on a plateau
22 Jan 2004 Major makeover proposed for Life Insurance Act
21 Jan 2004 TOWER's QuickStart 2004
21 Jan 2004 Another new asset management firm
20 Jan 2004 Market timing: Implications for investors Down Under
20 Jan 2004 Gribben to head up AMP alternative asset business
20 Jan 2004 Bridgecorp rated
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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