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August 2005
05 Aug 2005 How the mighty have fallen (or should it be how times have changed?)
05 Aug 2005 Fidelity Life opens underwriting centre in Wellington
04 Aug 2005 Financial Intermediaries Taskforce Report Welcomed
04 Aug 2005 Task Force opts for Co-Regulation
04 Aug 2005 Task Force Recommends Changes for Financial Advisers and Marketers
04 Aug 2005 July produces strong result for Auckland property market
04 Aug 2005 Australian managers look overseas for returns
04 Aug 2005 United woos grey vote
04 Aug 2005 Liberty goes for simplicity
03 Aug 2005 Superannuation not a sleeper issue this election
03 Aug 2005 BT and Westpac close retail funds
02 Aug 2005 New COO appointment at Southern Cross Healthcare
02 Aug 2005 Auckland market has turned, says Crokers
02 Aug 2005 Where to for rates
02 Aug 2005 Russell appoints new marketing and comms manager
02 Aug 2005 Aussies may copy us
01 Aug 2005 Market review: The runaway (sharemarket) freight train
01 Aug 2005 Home affordability continues to decline
01 Aug 2005 Task Force delay not necessarily bad
01 Aug 2005 News Round Up
July 2005
31 Jul 2005 Sovereign changes commissions on home loans
31 Jul 2005 Let battle for chattels begin
31 Jul 2005 Don't be too sure that stocks are a long-term winner
31 Jul 2005 Buying that house gets even tougher
31 Jul 2005 Housing crisis hits Tauranga, say welfare groups
31 Jul 2005 Sale of Sultan's NZ homes believed to have fetched $35 million
31 Jul 2005 Investors going for income and stability, not growth
31 Jul 2005 Static OCR welcomed by Real Estate Institute
31 Jul 2005 Cash rate left unchanged
31 Jul 2005 Scam warning over rent-to-own homes
31 Jul 2005 Property market set to decline, says Cullen
31 Jul 2005 150 Bay of Plenty houses still off-limits
31 Jul 2005 Council's leaky staircase wall to be repaired
31 Jul 2005 Calan raises payout
31 Jul 2005 Property for Industry prospers
31 Jul 2005 American allowed to buy more coastal land
31 Jul 2005 Offices convert to flats
30 Jul 2005 Who'd want to be an adviser in China
29 Jul 2005 Decline in residential building continues
29 Jul 2005 Public Trust to build home loan business
29 Jul 2005 Disquiet over Task Force delay
28 Jul 2005 ING Life Adviser Conference
28 Jul 2005 Retail funds under management reach $20 billion
28 Jul 2005 Bollard holds rates, but still talks tough
28 Jul 2005 Official cash rate left unchanged
28 Jul 2005 Adviser regulation years away now
28 Jul 2005 Watt retires as manager of Henderson fund
27 Jul 2005 Adviserlink Fundamentals of Personal Risk Management
27 Jul 2005 Property confidence dips but still highest
27 Jul 2005 Quick loan decision promised
27 Jul 2005 Superannuation issue largely sidelined
26 Jul 2005 Govt rules out special treatment for Maori
26 Jul 2005 Australian Credit Forum
26 Jul 2005 Cullen confirms 'status quo' on property
26 Jul 2005 Cullen confirms 'status quo' on property
26 Jul 2005 Money Managers appeals to rate driven market
26 Jul 2005 Tax rules put funds in invidious position
26 Jul 2005 Sharebroker moves into funds
26 Jul 2005 ASBGI appoints comms specialist
25 Jul 2005 Adviserlink Fundamentals of Investments
25 Jul 2005 Quotable Value's website
25 Jul 2005 Investors more cautious about future returns
25 Jul 2005 No rate rise expected this week
24 Jul 2005 News Round Up
22 Jul 2005 Update on the Task Force
22 Jul 2005 Key would scrap KiwiSaver
22 Jul 2005 Mortgage terms that often makes borrowers blood pressure rise
22 Jul 2005 Key would scrap KiwiSaver
21 Jul 2005 Matthew Walker leaves Arcus
21 Jul 2005 Putting a price on tax changes
21 Jul 2005 Adviserlink Fundamentals & Processes
21 Jul 2005 The ASFONZ Forum 2005
21 Jul 2005 Orange Insurance to have a twist
20 Jul 2005 Prices sag as house sales slow
20 Jul 2005 Penalties a taxing ordeal
20 Jul 2005 UK house price inflation at 10-year low
20 Jul 2005 Lifestyle property prices up
20 Jul 2005 Rate war takes a new tack
20 Jul 2005 Queenstown real estate outstrips Auckland prices
20 Jul 2005 Design, not the timber, leads to leaky buildings, says expert
20 Jul 2005 US investor may lose NZ farm
20 Jul 2005 House prices up 3.3pc in June, says REINZ
20 Jul 2005 Developers look to cash in on Blenheim expansion
20 Jul 2005 Business and recreation park launched in Wellington
20 Jul 2005 Leases assured for next 10 years
20 Jul 2005 Objections to boarding house
20 Jul 2005 Timber rot may be no big issue for Waikato
20 Jul 2005 Summit gets a big view
20 Jul 2005 New Cairns Lockie loan attracts interest
19 Jul 2005 Sharemarket bounce helps managed funds
19 Jul 2005 Rotorua Property Investors Association Public Meeting
19 Jul 2005 Landlord Horror Stories
19 Jul 2005 New Cairns Lockie loan attracts interest
19 Jul 2005 Govt scheme kills fund
19 Jul 2005 Govt scheme kills fund
18 Jul 2005 Lifestyle property prices up
18 Jul 2005 Former TOWER man Paul Bevin resurfaces
18 Jul 2005 The quiet sacking of a manager
18 Jul 2005 News Round Up
18 Jul 2005 Aventine appoints South Island manager
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
2 weeks 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?
4 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.
4 weeks ago P Urbani