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October 2008
06 Oct 2008 Auckland home sales pick up with Spring
06 Oct 2008 ANZO chief to head green council
06 Oct 2008 Market Review: October 2008 Commentary
06 Oct 2008 News Round Up
06 Oct 2008 High-risk borrowers running into problems
03 Oct 2008 Weekly Wrap: Settle down for the drama
03 Oct 2008 Building code red tape cut
03 Oct 2008 Sovereign axes lo-doc lending
03 Oct 2008 World opens up for Tyndall
02 Oct 2008 Bollard likely to slash rates later this month
02 Oct 2008 Calls for health insurance revamp irks provider
02 Oct 2008 Beginning of the end for fixed rates?
02 Oct 2008 Beginning of the end for fixed rates?
02 Oct 2008 David Forman boss leaves for greener pastures
02 Oct 2008 Calls for health insurance revamp irks provider
02 Oct 2008 [DVD] Building Real Estate Wealth in Changing Property Markets
01 Oct 2008 Dominion censured, fined for overdue report
01 Oct 2008 Asteron pulls the plug
01 Oct 2008 Keep up the good work, Finsia tells government
September 2008
30 Sep 2008 Non-bank lenders withdrawing rates due to US markets
30 Sep 2008 Non-bank lenders withdrawing rates due to US markets
30 Sep 2008 Fix for a year, rates heading lower
30 Sep 2008 Building approvals fall to 22-year low
30 Sep 2008 Health insurance needs a revamp
30 Sep 2008 Money dribbles in for OPI investors
29 Sep 2008 Geneva spurns attempt to oust directors
29 Sep 2008 New tenancy checking service launched
29 Sep 2008 Planet appoints national manager
29 Sep 2008 News Round Up
26 Sep 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Now for some FAB fun
26 Sep 2008 IRG buys assets of Ellerie Cornwall
26 Sep 2008 The business of property investing
26 Sep 2008 New face at AXA
26 Sep 2008 Stobo lays out manifesto for savings revolution
25 Sep 2008 Kiwibank cuts two-year rate below 8%
25 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
25 Sep 2008 RTA amendments on hold yet again
25 Sep 2008 Kiwibank cuts two-year rate below 8%
24 Sep 2008 Longer term mortgages off the menu now
24 Sep 2008 FAB signed off by Parliament
24 Sep 2008 Call me pink, I certainly ain't feeling blue
24 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
24 Sep 2008 Lombard considers de-listing
24 Sep 2008 FAB signed off by Parliament
24 Sep 2008 Sheppard seeks sacking of Geneva directors
24 Sep 2008 Opinion: As old as the hills
23 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
23 Sep 2008 Possible compensation for landlords over P
23 Sep 2008 Sheppard seeks sacking of Geneva directors
23 Sep 2008 Apps keep flowing at AIG: Pierce
23 Sep 2008 Investors being softened up for bad news
23 Sep 2008 Strategic Finance censured, fined over sale disclosure
22 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
22 Sep 2008 Strategic Finance censured, fined over sale disclosure
22 Sep 2008 Dorchester suspends interest payments on new plan
22 Sep 2008 News Round Up
22 Sep 2008 Trail commissions being withheld
19 Sep 2008 What economists miss
19 Sep 2008 Weekly Wrap: Bail-outs here, there and everywhere
19 Sep 2008 Dorchester delays annual meeting on repayment plan
19 Sep 2008 Keep fixing short and sweet
19 Sep 2008 Keep fixing short and sweet
19 Sep 2008 Broker still opposed to selling KiwiSaver
18 Sep 2008 Krippner leaving AMP Capital
18 Sep 2008 Hanover's shareholders to inject $96 million into business
18 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
18 Sep 2008 Hanover's shareholders to inject $96 million into business
18 Sep 2008 Rating updates for AMP and Suncorp
18 Sep 2008 Pinnacle at the peak
18 Sep 2008 AIG gets bail money
18 Sep 2008 Tug of war
18 Sep 2008 [Book] Create Wealth
17 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
17 Sep 2008 AIG gets bail money
17 Sep 2008 Southern Cross appoints three
17 Sep 2008 Market falls produce buying opportunities
17 Sep 2008 Sovereign tops adviser survey
16 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
16 Sep 2008 AIG in crisis control
16 Sep 2008 Curtin enquiry arse covering
16 Sep 2008 Business as usual in NZ: Pierce
15 Sep 2008 More mortgages now qualify for KiwiSaver
15 Sep 2008 News Round Up
12 Sep 2008 Weekly Wrap: Tick tock, tick tock...
12 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
12 Sep 2008 KiwiSaver bolt-ons not holding, GA report shows
12 Sep 2008 Industry bodies say FAB is ok
12 Sep 2008 Tribunal forced to rehear case
11 Sep 2008 Equitable keeps its S&P rating
11 Sep 2008 IFA Roadshow
11 Sep 2008 ASFONZ / Women in Super Breakfast
11 Sep 2008 Strategic halts interest, dividend payments
11 Sep 2008 PAA Roadshow 2008
11 Sep 2008 MPS announcement
11 Sep 2008 Bollard cuts rates more than expected
11 Sep 2008 OCR cut to 7.5%
11 Sep 2008 OCR reduced to 5%
11 Sep 2008 Lombard looking for future
11 Sep 2008 Property Investors Show Resilience in Slump: Survey
11 Sep 2008 OCR reduced to 7.5%
Latest News
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
3 min read
Trust in AI’s decision making not keeping pace with adoption
Trust in AI’s decision making not keeping pace with adoption
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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