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August 2008
20 Aug 2008 Home loan report: Tweaking continues
20 Aug 2008 Strategic has loss of $15.5m on bad debts
20 Aug 2008 Employers backing away from super aid, study finds
20 Aug 2008 Property Development & Investment 2008
20 Aug 2008 Housing market optimism picks up
20 Aug 2008 Grosvenor takes icing off fund
20 Aug 2008 Opinion: The advantages of being second class
19 Aug 2008 PIS Annual Conference
19 Aug 2008 Adviser groups come together as one
18 Aug 2008 Clean Tech Investment Symposium
18 Aug 2008 New CIO at BT
18 Aug 2008 Banks may be softening anti-broker stance
18 Aug 2008 News Round Up
15 Aug 2008 Yvonne Davie to head up research house
15 Aug 2008 You make up your mind what is happening
15 Aug 2008 Weekly Wrap: Industry transmogrification
15 Aug 2008 No upturn ahead
15 Aug 2008 Allco Hit, Strategic bidders reach preliminary agreement
15 Aug 2008 Research: Stepped vs level – there's more than one right answer
15 Aug 2008 Broadbase narrows to three
15 Aug 2008 Economists unanimous on rate cut
14 Aug 2008 ASFONZ Education – Advanced Investing
14 Aug 2008 More cuts need to lift confidence: Macquarie
14 Aug 2008 Home loan report: On the home straight for cuts?
14 Aug 2008 Home loan report: On the home straight for cuts?
13 Aug 2008 Mortgage brokers start selling KiwiSaver
13 Aug 2008 Breakfast with the Economists 2008
13 Aug 2008 ASFONZ Education – Best Practice Governance
13 Aug 2008 Govt supports Commissioner of Financial Advisers
13 Aug 2008 Fundit focuses on brokers
13 Aug 2008 ING complaints queuing up at Banking Ombudsman
12 Aug 2008 ISO overhaul urged in five-year review
12 Aug 2008 Property market recovers in July: REINZ
12 Aug 2008 Residential Highlights – July 2008
12 Aug 2008 Breakfast with the Economists 2008
12 Aug 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Investing
12 Aug 2008 Advisory groups growing
12 Aug 2008 Book: A Greener House
11 Aug 2008 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Trusteeship
11 Aug 2008 What's happening to house prices in your region?
11 Aug 2008 Property values continue to decline: QV
10 Aug 2008 Mortgage brokers likely to escape tougher regulation
10 Aug 2008 News Round Up
08 Aug 2008 KNOCKOUT: Creating coupons from equities
08 Aug 2008 Should the rules around property change?
08 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
08 Aug 2008 Luke warm response to new proposal
07 Aug 2008 Strategic suspends redemptions
07 Aug 2008 Finance firm failures claim new victim: Axis quits ratings
07 Aug 2008 Change of plans but are we there yet?
07 Aug 2008 Market Review: August 2008 Commentary
07 Aug 2008 A partial recovery ahead?
07 Aug 2008 AXA insurance sales up 15%
07 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
07 Aug 2008 More tiers for advisers as committee redefines bill
07 Aug 2008 Select Committee second report
07 Aug 2008 Brook directors step down
07 Aug 2008 Home loan report: Fragile market
07 Aug 2008 Tranzact recruits one more for the advice roundtable
07 Aug 2008 The NZ Mortgage Mag – Up for grabs
06 Aug 2008 Home loan report: Fragile market
06 Aug 2008 Auckland house prices fell in July
06 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
06 Aug 2008 Opinion: Did your first love scar you for life?
06 Aug 2008 Accuro appoints former AXA manager as CEO
06 Aug 2008 Lost Aussie super could add $5bn to KiwiSaver
05 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
05 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
05 Aug 2008 Book: Forecasting for Real Estate Wealth
04 Aug 2008 Tower's Blue Box sent packing
04 Aug 2008 Hanover updates advisers on progress
04 Aug 2008 AXA halts wholesale withdrawals from $229m MBS fund
04 Aug 2008 AXA halts wholesale withdrawals from $229m MBS fund
04 Aug 2008 New adviser at Westpac
04 Aug 2008 St Laurence Roadshow 2008
04 Aug 2008 Sales climbed, prices slipped
04 Aug 2008 August issue - available now
04 Aug 2008 News Round Up
04 Aug 2008 Toolbox: Xero for property investors
01 Aug 2008 Weekly Wrap: Winter of discontent continues
01 Aug 2008 Surviving the downturn
01 Aug 2008 Agents bill heads towards law
01 Aug 2008 AMP puts property fund in the freezer
01 Aug 2008 Rising rents affecting owner occupation
01 Aug 2008 Fund flow weak
01 Aug 2008 Dyer's new circumstances at ACC
01 Aug 2008 AMP puts property fund in the freezer
July 2008
31 Jul 2008 CBS comfortably riding out recession
31 Jul 2008 ING Life pays first Herceptin claim
31 Jul 2008 Do not over-regulate advisers: Power
31 Jul 2008 Home loan report: Rate cut provides lid
30 Jul 2008 Tower appoints KiwiSaver bdm
30 Jul 2008 Bollard defends inflation targeting as economy shrinks
30 Jul 2008 Rate cut provides lid
30 Jul 2008 Women in Super industry mid-winter lunch
30 Jul 2008 New website a one stop shop or waste of time?
30 Jul 2008 ANZ National bad loans rise, but book strong
30 Jul 2008 Gould closes deal on Vestar's better half
29 Jul 2008 Trustee closes mortgage fund
29 Jul 2008 We've seen it all before...but it still hurts
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Koura reports another loss
Koura reports another loss
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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
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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