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August 2011
10 Aug 2011 What a difference a week makes
10 Aug 2011 Auckland July rents down on June, still above year earlier
09 Aug 2011 Changes at research house
09 Aug 2011 Kiwibank joins in the cuts
09 Aug 2011 Fidelity bonds face interest suspension and possible liquidation
09 Aug 2011 Combating mental health claims
09 Aug 2011 No one following ASB - yet
09 Aug 2011 RaboDirect moves into planner space
09 Aug 2011 Playing ball with the IRD during RWC
08 Aug 2011 ASB reverses last week's increases
08 Aug 2011 S&P Downgrade: True to their word
08 Aug 2011 Heartland considers corporate bond issue
08 Aug 2011 Economist argues against early OCR increase
08 Aug 2011 Nationwide property values steady, slide continues in Wellington
08 Aug 2011 QV July 2011 Report – the regions
07 Aug 2011 News Round Up: August 8
07 Aug 2011 The truth about managing retirement income
05 Aug 2011 Anticipating more changes
05 Aug 2011 Mel's Farewell Blog
05 Aug 2011 Closer PAA/NZMBA ties welcomed
05 Aug 2011 Frankly my dear, property investors don’t give a damn
05 Aug 2011 July’s new listings down 15% on year
04 Aug 2011 Government considers KiwiSaver auto-enrolment
04 Aug 2011 It's not a rates story today
04 Aug 2011 A Blue Star no vote likely to result in receivership: CEO
04 Aug 2011 PAA and NZMBA get together
04 Aug 2011 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland listings at decade low
03 Aug 2011 Home loan rates start rising
03 Aug 2011 ASB family increase rates
03 Aug 2011 Sovereign offers advisers’ cross-selling bonus
03 Aug 2011 Home loan rates start to rise
02 Aug 2011 Blue Star bosses bow to bond holder anger
02 Aug 2011 Calls for more responsible investment practices
02 Aug 2011 Heartland provides profit forecast
02 Aug 2011 Westpac moves rates up
01 Aug 2011 Rating agency runs ruler over TOWER
01 Aug 2011 Total bank loans fall in March Qtr but household lending rises: KPMG
01 Aug 2011 South Canterbury Finance receivers sell FSL stake
01 Aug 2011 Where to go when the banks say no
01 Aug 2011 AIA:”The Ratings Game”
01 Aug 2011 AIA sees growth across the board
01 Aug 2011 Reaffirmation, not re-launch, for Sovereign
01 Aug 2011 News Round Up: August 1
01 Aug 2011 The NZ Mortgage Mag
01 Aug 2011 Devonport sees two-bedroom rents up 26% on year
July 2011
29 Jul 2011 Z Energy calls off further bond issue
29 Jul 2011 AMP Capital appoints Verhaart for new NZ role
29 Jul 2011 One tiny increase signs of more to come
29 Jul 2011 Two adviser bodies, two funding proposals for FAA
29 Jul 2011 Southern Cross appoints new National Sales Manager for Advisers
29 Jul 2011 Cyclical recovery underway in housing market
29 Jul 2011 Leaky homes assistance available
28 Jul 2011 Not coming up Trumps
28 Jul 2011 Shoe Shop Compliance
28 Jul 2011 Bollard takes a bob-each-way to OCR review
28 Jul 2011 Peterson elected to PAA board
28 Jul 2011 OnePath closing troubled mortgage fund
28 Jul 2011 Blue Star bondholders hopping mad at raw deal
28 Jul 2011 RBNZ signals rates hikes coming
28 Jul 2011 OCR on hold but...
28 Jul 2011 OnePath closes $179m superannuation fund
28 Jul 2011 The economists view on the OCR decision
28 Jul 2011 Bollard takes a bob-each-way to OCR review
27 Jul 2011 Former National Finance director convicted after SFO investigation
27 Jul 2011 More on NZF
27 Jul 2011 NZ emerging from economic winter: Russell
27 Jul 2011 Fisher & Paykel Finance may issue bonds
27 Jul 2011 OnePath Life gets new GM
26 Jul 2011 Allied Farmers collects $2.45m from Bridgecorp's receiver
26 Jul 2011 NZF home loan deal still on: Thornton
26 Jul 2011 Morningstar appoints head of Asia-Pacific fund research
26 Jul 2011 Hewitson leaves FMA
26 Jul 2011 Stubbs sees adviser shortfall, hails KiwiSaver success
26 Jul 2011 Life insurance simple wealth management product: HSBC
25 Jul 2011 NBDTs face new Government legislation
25 Jul 2011 Rents at two-and-a-half year high, but OCR set to rise
24 Jul 2011 [Updated] What will happen to interest rates?
24 Jul 2011 News Round Up: July 25
24 Jul 2011 Debate over timing of the next OCR hike hots up
23 Jul 2011 FMA announces key appointments
22 Jul 2011 Tyndall Commentary: What Europe needs to do
22 Jul 2011 NZF Money heads into receivership owing about $18m
22 Jul 2011 NZF Money heads into receivership owing about $18m
22 Jul 2011 Lessons from the Armitage Church case
22 Jul 2011 OnePath and ASB lead the KiwiSaver pack
22 Jul 2011 Russell appoints NZ MD
22 Jul 2011 NZF facing the prospect of default
21 Jul 2011 NZF withdraws prospectus after loan problem, FMA concerns
21 Jul 2011 Perimeter enforcement underway
21 Jul 2011 Thinking about next week
21 Jul 2011 Cheaper FMA/FAA fee option most popular
21 Jul 2011 Investors treading water in housing market
20 Jul 2011 Heartland increases capital raising to $58 million
20 Jul 2011 NZ Funds Management ownership changes
19 Jul 2011 Z Energy mulls another bond issue
19 Jul 2011 Pressure on rate rise building
19 Jul 2011 Berry outlines how to squeeze the juice out of the fee model
18 Jul 2011 Bridgecorp investors to receive first meagre payout next month
18 Jul 2011 KiwiSaver membership tops 1.75m
18 Jul 2011 Blue Star's bondholders face a nasty choice
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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