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February 2000
15 Feb 2000 Tough time ahead for small life companies
15 Feb 2000 New loan for economisers
15 Feb 2000 BT looks East for expansion
14 Feb 2000 Still more increases
14 Feb 2000 News Round Up
14 Feb 2000 Outlook for the 21st Century
13 Feb 2000 Rates on the rise
10 Feb 2000 Quirk joins Guardian Trust
09 Feb 2000 Dorchester devours Direct
09 Feb 2000 Shipley offers long term solution to superannuation
08 Feb 2000 NZ shares will benefit from Labour's plan
08 Feb 2000 Market weak, but still tipped to recover
08 Feb 2000 Politicians answer questions on super
08 Feb 2000 Local shares will benefit from Labour's plans
08 Feb 2000 Labour’s Superannuation Fund to become a major investor in New Zealand
07 Feb 2000 2000 positive for income producing assets
07 Feb 2000 Master trusts: AMP, Tower and Westpac in the lead
07 Feb 2000 Editorial: Tell me more, tell me more
06 Feb 2000 Fund managers' report card
06 Feb 2000 Moving on up
06 Feb 2000 News Round Up
04 Feb 2000 NZ economy: Three key factors drive market
04 Feb 2000 NZ shares: Dividend yields continue to bolster market
04 Feb 2000 International shares: Rising bond yields threaten equities
04 Feb 2000 Fixed interest:
04 Feb 2000 Property: Yields look to firm up this year
04 Feb 2000 Super and Savings: United voice needed in year of change
04 Feb 2000 Tax: What does Dr Cullen have in store for us?
04 Feb 2000 Commission warns managers
02 Feb 2000 Complex anti-avoidance measures likely
01 Feb 2000 Managers controlling their appetite for risk
01 Feb 2000 REINZ urges Reserve Bank to let well alone
01 Feb 2000 Opinion: Current valuation techniques may become irrelevant
January 2000
31 Jan 2000 Still hot on houses
30 Jan 2000 News Round Up
30 Jan 2000 Retirement Commissioner Gains Taskforce Schools Competition
30 Jan 2000 What about pensioners' children and grandchildren?
30 Jan 2000 Alliance pleased to deliver on NZ Super
30 Jan 2000 Pensions to rise as Super wage floor restored
30 Jan 2000 Disestablishment of the Super 2000 Taskforce announced
28 Jan 2000 Pensioners get largest ever increase
28 Jan 2000 Grey Power applauds Government
27 Jan 2000 Financial Planning Conference secures high level speaking panel
27 Jan 2000 Take politics out of superannuation
27 Jan 2000 Government shortsighted over future of superannuation
26 Jan 2000 Online Broking: Differences between services explained
26 Jan 2000 Administration services: A booming business
26 Jan 2000 Mortgage pitched at retired investors
26 Jan 2000 Funds flow poor in December quarter
25 Jan 2000 Only One Solution To Superannuation Spat
24 Jan 2000 Cabinet gives Super 2000 the chop
24 Jan 2000 Higher mortgage rates hit house sales
24 Jan 2000 Super 2000 to get chop
23 Jan 2000 Emerging Markets and Asian Funds darlings of 99
23 Jan 2000 News Round Up
20 Jan 2000 ORC seeks to review its funding arrangements
20 Jan 2000 Employers embrace master trusts
20 Jan 2000 Banks face increasing competition this year
18 Jan 2000 AXA's big plans
16 Jan 2000 Online Broking: Comparing the offers
16 Jan 2000 Opinions divided on OCR increase
16 Jan 2000 News Round Up
14 Jan 2000 Fund managers under scrutiny
12 Jan 2000 One year fixed interest rates universally rise
12 Jan 2000 BT emerges more mainstream
10 Jan 2000 Spicers answer to higher tax rates
09 Jan 2000 Weekly briefs
08 Jan 2000 Research: New Zealand’s high dividend yields – what’s going on?
07 Jan 2000 ORC defends itself
06 Jan 2000 Which star signs are the best savers in the Zodiac?
05 Jan 2000 Weekly briefs
December 1999
24 Dec 1999 Dorchester Pacific buys Invincible
22 Dec 1999 Mixed bag for the big cities
22 Dec 1999 Billion dollar baby
21 Dec 1999 Tax incentives officially on the agenda
21 Dec 1999 Year in Review: Insurance
20 Dec 1999 Super under urgency
20 Dec 1999 Winston Peters' letter to Michael Cullen
19 Dec 1999 Weekly briefs
19 Dec 1999 National house prices improve
16 Dec 1999 Planner Profile: Tony Mount
16 Dec 1999 Forget the oldies...this one's for young investors
16 Dec 1999 FCL cans letter stocks
16 Dec 1999 AMP Banking to gear up in local market
16 Dec 1999 Rothschild and US manager get together
15 Dec 1999 Year in Review: Consumer choice king
15 Dec 1999 Reeves Moses' new owner has aggressive plans for New Zealand
14 Dec 1999 Make room for another player
13 Dec 1999 Is the tide about to turn on residential property investment?
12 Dec 1999 Weekly briefs
12 Dec 1999 Research: Household net worth stagnates
09 Dec 1999 Sovereign sells Reeves Moses to the Australians
09 Dec 1999 Property market not expected to sparkle
08 Dec 1999 Tower exceeds forecasts
08 Dec 1999 AXA New Zealand reports good year
07 Dec 1999 Homeowners still confident
07 Dec 1999 Mixed outlook for regional housing markets
07 Dec 1999 Smoking: a question of lifestyle or health?
07 Dec 1999 NZ Super is like an old-fashioned wobble doll
06 Dec 1999 Here come the banks
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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