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August 2015
05 Aug 2015 Analyst goes independent
05 Aug 2015 Wrap platforms should stick to their knitting: Coplestone
04 Aug 2015 Complectus buys Foundation Corporate Trust
04 Aug 2015 Auckland drags up NZ house prices
04 Aug 2015 International equities exposure offered with no fees
04 Aug 2015 Commission, replacement not an issue, summit hears
04 Aug 2015 Alliance offers back-office support
03 Aug 2015 Our summary on a complex world
03 Aug 2015 Moffatt leaves FMA
03 Aug 2015 Super Fund sticks with growth assets
03 Aug 2015 Chinese buyers not big part of market: Data
03 Aug 2015 Mortgage rates inch lower
03 Aug 2015 Advisers represent less than half of insurance market
03 Aug 2015 Attitudes to advice cost must change
01 Aug 2015 NZAM fully licenced
July 2015
31 Jul 2015 Harbour good students
31 Jul 2015 The truth about investors
31 Jul 2015 Record house price expectations
31 Jul 2015 FMA takes action against Milford trader
31 Jul 2015 HSBC does it again
31 Jul 2015 Now BNZ and Westpac have been beaten
31 Jul 2015 162 offer FAA feedback
30 Jul 2015 Building consents up - but not enough
30 Jul 2015 ANZ calls for action on women's savings
30 Jul 2015 Massey calls for Act overhaul
30 Jul 2015 Silver ratings for AMP KiwiSaver
29 Jul 2015 Lawyer appointed to bank board
29 Jul 2015 High frequency trading has a toxic effect on equities market
29 Jul 2015 More OCR cuts are on the way - RBNZ
29 Jul 2015 RFAs backing call for one law for all
29 Jul 2015 Investor demand set to slow in Auckland
28 Jul 2015 FMA drops Capital + Merchant action
28 Jul 2015 Beware: Green Gardens Finance
28 Jul 2015 What's the best rate you have ever had?
28 Jul 2015 KiwiSaver members told: Don't get spooked
28 Jul 2015 Barnes' firm launches roboadvice offer
28 Jul 2015 Cheap policies capture younger clients: HFANZ
27 Jul 2015 Where will jobs be in 2025?
27 Jul 2015 How to renovate on a shoe-string
27 Jul 2015 Apartments are Auckland’s future
27 Jul 2015 Robo-advice – The regulator’s choice?
27 Jul 2015 BNZ goes way down
27 Jul 2015 Pathfinder banks on property
27 Jul 2015 FSC: All advisers should be equal
24 Jul 2015 FSC launches commission investigation
24 Jul 2015 IOOF changes won't cross Tasman
23 Jul 2015 Auckland rents up 7.6% in last year
23 Jul 2015 No surprises in Reserve Bank's move
23 Jul 2015 OCR cut to 3%
23 Jul 2015 OCR cut to 3%
23 Jul 2015 Why the Reserve Bank cut the OCR today
23 Jul 2015 Falling dollar drives returns
23 Jul 2015 Advisers doing no-commission deals
22 Jul 2015 Submissions call for big law changes
22 Jul 2015 Housing market price divergence to slow
21 Jul 2015 The Co-operative Bank makes pre-emptive cuts
21 Jul 2015 Salt adds graduate
21 Jul 2015 AFAs give Nikko a retail boost
21 Jul 2015 Milford fund downgraded
21 Jul 2015 Banks hit LVR brakes
21 Jul 2015 High migration continues
20 Jul 2015 Can you feel the rate cut coming?
20 Jul 2015 [Opinion] Risk commission future not all gloom and doom
20 Jul 2015 Client loyalty may be on the wane
20 Jul 2015 Sweet Smell of Good Buys in Rotorua
19 Jul 2015 Payout hinges on investigations
17 Jul 2015 OCR cut on the cards this week
17 Jul 2015 Robinson gets six years' jail
17 Jul 2015 Churn debate: Reduce conflicts
17 Jul 2015 Westpac doffs its capped rates
17 Jul 2015 Are you digitally connected?
16 Jul 2015 Former AIA executive joins mortgage business
16 Jul 2015 Four eighty nine the new norm
16 Jul 2015 KiwiSaver incentives help advisers
16 Jul 2015 Top 10 Apps for smart landlords
15 Jul 2015 Out of whack Auckland prices lead to data split
15 Jul 2015 The Co-operative Bank makes next move
15 Jul 2015 Review should consider how to attract advisers
15 Jul 2015 Trail commission rules blamed for churn
15 Jul 2015 Options discussed to improve KiwiSaver
15 Jul 2015 Abandoned tenancy process on the fast track
14 Jul 2015 NZ Super Fund hands out mandate
14 Jul 2015 More cuts
14 Jul 2015 Fidelity boosts claims team
14 Jul 2015 Call to require all advisers to live by Code
13 Jul 2015 Are buyers starting to look out of Auckland?
13 Jul 2015 Portugese investment not misguided: Orr
13 Jul 2015 Defensive stocks overpriced
13 Jul 2015 Tax experts speak out
13 Jul 2015 Unreliable data won’t help foreign buyer issue
10 Jul 2015 Cold houses - hot issue
10 Jul 2015 Adviser firms need to evolve for the future: Page
10 Jul 2015 Long-timer moves on from NZ Super Fund
10 Jul 2015 Mixed response to new tenancy law
09 Jul 2015 Gong for Kiwi Wealth
09 Jul 2015 Second independent director Minted
09 Jul 2015 New law means insulation, smoke alarms required in rentals
09 Jul 2015 QFE models needed former regulator says
09 Jul 2015 The RBNZ easing cycle begins
09 Jul 2015 Is Auckland’s supply problem being addressed?
Latest News
[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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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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Banks lose KiwiSaver share
Banks lose KiwiSaver share
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
6 days 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?
2 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.
2 weeks ago P Urbani