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September 2011
30 Sep 2011 Good Returns adds to team
30 Sep 2011 Call for IRD to vet KiwiSaver hardship claims
30 Sep 2011 Kiwibank jiggles its fixed rates
30 Sep 2011 Every silver lining has a cloud
30 Sep 2011 Home approval numbers show ‘strong increases’
29 Sep 2011 FMA promises to park at top of cliff
29 Sep 2011 Alternative Monetary Policy Statement
29 Sep 2011 OCR should remain at 2.5%: Dickens
29 Sep 2011 iPhone rental app proves popular home and away
28 Sep 2011 When the adviser is the insurance
28 Sep 2011 New consultant appointment at Russell Investments
28 Sep 2011 Dividend flavour to new Pie fund
28 Sep 2011 Financial Services Federation appoints new chair, deputy chair
28 Sep 2011 ISO Case Studies - ASSET Sep 2011
28 Sep 2011 KiwiSaver and the c-word
28 Sep 2011 NZF's new backer named
27 Sep 2011 Carroll departs Asteron
27 Sep 2011 Resimac to take majority stake in NZF's securitisation operations
27 Sep 2011 New specials
26 Sep 2011 An Auckland epiphany
26 Sep 2011 Outage ousts FSPR from web
26 Sep 2011 News Round Up: September 26
26 Sep 2011 DIY attitude and cost concerns prompt landlords’ to reject property managers
23 Sep 2011 Financial complaints system has fundamental flaw: FDR
23 Sep 2011 Central Otago Lakes and Auckland most expensive for property
23 Sep 2011 Quake repair work prompts surge in demand for short term tenancies
22 Sep 2011 Forget rates hikes this year
22 Sep 2011 NZF writes off its $5.1m investment in NZF Money, takes $10.7m loss
22 Sep 2011 Weak data, global turmoil put paid to floating rates rising this year
22 Sep 2011 Telecom sweetens offer to retail bondholders
22 Sep 2011 NZF Money's receivership expect significant loan book impairment
22 Sep 2011 FMA's targets identified
22 Sep 2011 Turning complainants to customers
22 Sep 2011 Pero has high praise for low commission model
21 Sep 2011 Measuring the success of regulations
21 Sep 2011 A capital gains tax will drive up rents: Minister
20 Sep 2011 FMA wants overseas crime loophole fixed
20 Sep 2011 It’s not what goes into that counts; it’s what comes out
20 Sep 2011 ..and then it all happened
20 Sep 2011 Within Auckland Franklin is flourishing, Waitakeres woeful
20 Sep 2011 Manch to quit as REAA chief
19 Sep 2011 Interest rates remain flat, although choppy water all around
19 Sep 2011 Joint chairmen appointed at Planet Financial Group
19 Sep 2011 Filling in time
18 Sep 2011 News Round Up: September 19
16 Sep 2011 Birkenhead bucks rent trends
16 Sep 2011 Providers back FMA KiwiSaver focus
16 Sep 2011 Floating rates unlikely to rise this year
16 Sep 2011 Calls for earthquake strengthening costs to be depreciable
15 Sep 2011 Magellan puts a man on the ground in NZ
15 Sep 2011 Bill opens up investor access to local Government bonds
15 Sep 2011 MDRT offers sales tools to advisers
15 Sep 2011 Future interest rate hikes softened
15 Sep 2011 Blue Star MD resigns
15 Sep 2011 Floating rates unlikely to rise this year
15 Sep 2011 [Comment] Telecom offers retail bond investors an inferior deal
15 Sep 2011 RBNZ gives its latest thoughts on OCR
15 Sep 2011 RBNZ leaves cash rate on hold
15 Sep 2011 Adviser feedback prompts TNP pilot
15 Sep 2011 Floating mortgage rates unlikely to rise this year as OCR remains on hold
14 Sep 2011 FMA says 16 finance companies under investigation, six off the hook
14 Sep 2011 SFO, FMA lay a swag of criminal charges against Belgrave directors
14 Sep 2011 Top brokers still see a prominent place for fixed-rate mortgages
14 Sep 2011 There's still a place for fixed rates
14 Sep 2011 FMA outlines Enforcement priorities
13 Sep 2011 Telecom bondholders offered fee to approve de-merger
13 Sep 2011 Parts of Auckland see property values above 2007 peak
13 Sep 2011 Will the Unbeatable campaign return?
13 Sep 2011 MED throws out FMA funding fee proposal
13 Sep 2011 QV August 2011 – the regions
12 Sep 2011 Waiting for the Spring money sale
12 Sep 2011 Interest rates likely to stay on hold
12 Sep 2011 News Round Up: September 12
12 Sep 2011 Sir Bob Jones expands Auckland office portfolio
12 Sep 2011 Bollard likely to keep interest rates on hold this week
11 Sep 2011 Harbour Commentary: Bond markets pricing in a lost decade
11 Sep 2011 It's not ethical for managers to keep getting fees on frozen funds
11 Sep 2011 Bollard likely to keep interest rates on hold this week
09 Sep 2011 Tyndall Monthly Commentary
09 Sep 2011 QFEs get report card from FMA
09 Sep 2011 NZF back in business
08 Sep 2011 North South investors may recover up to another 8.5c in the dollar
08 Sep 2011 Further payouts to North South debenture holders unlikely
08 Sep 2011 What is normal for home loan rates?
08 Sep 2011 Residential building activity near to 20-year low
08 Sep 2011 Investor activity muted nationwide, large variations across regions
07 Sep 2011 Will fixing become normal again?
07 Sep 2011 Blog: Where are the regulators when you need them?
07 Sep 2011 Australian cash rate remains unmoved
07 Sep 2011 Some valuers are scaremongering about panel system: PropertyIQ
06 Sep 2011 Where are the regulators when you need them?
06 Sep 2011 Perpetual adds a new adviser
06 Sep 2011 Advisers with convictions registered
06 Sep 2011 Floating along
05 Sep 2011 News Round Up: September 5
05 Sep 2011 Kiwibank increases one-year rate
05 Sep 2011 Misadventures in Insurance
03 Sep 2011 Property investors losing out on rent
02 Sep 2011 Nathans directors sentenced
02 Sep 2011 8 reasons why state asset sales will struggle
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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