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October 2020
01 Oct 2020 Reserve Bank relaunches Insurance Act review
01 Oct 2020 ASB cuts four and five year fixed rates; Values on the rise again
01 Oct 2020 NZFSG merges with Kepa
01 Oct 2020 Values on the rise again - CoreLogic
01 Oct 2020 Generate make $15 million impact investment to Salvation Army
01 Oct 2020 Low listings boosting prices
September 2020
30 Sep 2020 Castle Point wins blue chip account
30 Sep 2020 A2's decline cancels property gains on NZX today
30 Sep 2020 Resilient consent numbers surprise
30 Sep 2020 Non-bank lending soars
30 Sep 2020 Non-bank lending soars
30 Sep 2020 Wairarapa on the move
30 Sep 2020 Liz Koh: Model portfolios “inevitable”
29 Sep 2020 Dairy decline pulls market lower; A2 leads the way
29 Sep 2020 Growing calls to overhaul Responsible Lending Code
29 Sep 2020 Growing calls to overhaul Responsible Lending Code
29 Sep 2020 Pāua Wealth Management look to make a splash with new appointment
29 Sep 2020 Adapting to commercial’s new normal
29 Sep 2020 FMA Supervision Insight Report: The good, the bad and the ugly
28 Sep 2020 Shares flat as utilities soar while A2 plunges
28 Sep 2020 AIA policy encourages Kiwis to ‘share the love’
28 Sep 2020 MMC re-brand future focused
28 Sep 2020 Healthy Homes standards: to back or to scrap?
28 Sep 2020 Australia scraps responsible lending laws — advisers react
28 Sep 2020 Advisers hopeful about Aussie lending changes
26 Sep 2020 It’s time to level up and address the needs of the modern investor
26 Sep 2020 TAP launches adviser academy to 'raise the bar for professionalism'
25 Sep 2020 Shares bounce on big banks boost
25 Sep 2020 [GRTV] Depressing imbalances in IP market: Hutchinson
25 Sep 2020 Australia scraps responsible lending laws
25 Sep 2020 Southland is tops for investors
25 Sep 2020 August lending record; Kiwibank pays $5 million to customers
25 Sep 2020 Cullen reflects on KiwiSaver, Super Fund and capital gains
25 Sep 2020 FMA: No excuses for shoddy conduct
24 Sep 2020 Kiwi falls on economic concern
24 Sep 2020 August record for mortgage lending
24 Sep 2020 Mortgage Express hires Christchurch adviser
24 Sep 2020 What the Reserve Bank's latest move means for housing
24 Sep 2020 Kiwibank to pay customers $5.2 million over home loan failings
24 Sep 2020 Cheap funding for banks imminent
24 Sep 2020 Movac fund secures Kiwi Invest backing
23 Sep 2020 Pushpay leads stock market higher
23 Sep 2020 Asteron mints new Head of Life role
23 Sep 2020 RBNZ bank funding programme imminent: reaction
23 Sep 2020 OCR decision revealed
23 Sep 2020 New renters' guide for tenants
23 Sep 2020 Kiwibank sees lending rise; OCR decision later
23 Sep 2020 Day of reckoning could be messy: Zollner
23 Sep 2020 Kiwibank sees lending rise: KPMG
22 Sep 2020 NZ shares buck global sell-off
22 Sep 2020 Growth halts for Capital rents
22 Sep 2020 Greer steps down as Loan Market CEO; ICBC rate cut
22 Sep 2020 Greer steps down as Loan Market NZ CEO
22 Sep 2020 Time is running out for 2000 unregistered advisers
21 Sep 2020 Profit taking pulls shares down
21 Sep 2020 Call for rent caps after freeze ends
21 Sep 2020 Reserve Bank to talk up negative OCR: preview survey
21 Sep 2020 RBNZ to talk up negative OCR: preview survey
21 Sep 2020 Insurance Act Review forges on
21 Sep 2020 Ratings agency welcomes climate risk reporting
19 Sep 2020 ESG themes from company reporting season
18 Sep 2020 Strong kiwi weighs down shares
18 Sep 2020 High demand keeps pushing prices up
18 Sep 2020 Heartland reverse mortgage book grows by 10%
17 Sep 2020 FMA details Covid-19 response
17 Sep 2020 Global markets dip as US Fed disappoints
17 Sep 2020 Kiwibank about to enter the adviser market
17 Sep 2020 Specialist lender appoints new CFO
17 Sep 2020 Kiwibank just over a month away from entering adviser market
17 Sep 2020 Heartland reverse mortgage book grows 10%
17 Sep 2020 Mortgage Express hires new Otago adviser
17 Sep 2020 Stewart Financial Group to pay $2k over abandoned ERA bid
16 Sep 2020 Less gloomy outlook boosts kiwi; NZ shares rise
16 Sep 2020 Former AMP Capital man joins Salt
16 Sep 2020 Southern Cross posts surplus after returning $50m to members
16 Sep 2020 The pros and cons of ‘standard’ in compliance
16 Sep 2020 Resimac in $300m mortgage offering
16 Sep 2020 Resimac in $300m mortgage offering
16 Sep 2020 COMMENT: Never a right time to invest – why buyers need to act now
16 Sep 2020 Nikko reveals new strategy for income investors
15 Sep 2020 Adviser complaints increase, IFSO says
15 Sep 2020 Sharemarket misses regional rally; NZX offline - again
15 Sep 2020 New Zealand to require financial sector to report on climate risk
15 Sep 2020 Asteron Life: One fifth of SMEs don’t know where to find an adviser
15 Sep 2020 Cigna announces multi-benefit discount on new policies
15 Sep 2020 Ex-partner’s behaviour not a tenancy breach
15 Sep 2020 Are branch customers getting preferential treatment?
15 Sep 2020 Responsible investors ahead of the game
15 Sep 2020 Are branch customers getting preferential treatment?
15 Sep 2020 Reporting season and forecasting a waste of time
15 Sep 2020 Kiwi Invest reveal new asset allocation strategist
14 Sep 2020 NZ shares rise as THL bolsters sentiment
14 Sep 2020 Online innovation brings huge strides forward in digital adviser technology
14 Sep 2020 Expect house prices to keep rising - Westpac
14 Sep 2020 Turnaround times: how do the banks compare?
14 Sep 2020 Turnaround times: how do the banks compare?
14 Sep 2020 [GRTV] Boyle on KiwiSaver changes
14 Sep 2020 MMC successfully reach for the cloud
14 Sep 2020 Eat My Lunch founder joins Simplicity
12 Sep 2020 What the heck is a consumer data right?
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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