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June 2025
25 Jun 2025 Less pressure, more choice: the market’s turning
25 Jun 2025 Never a better time in four years for first home buyers
25 Jun 2025 NZHL strengthens leadership with GM appointment
25 Jun 2025 Clients are expecting advisers to use AI
25 Jun 2025 Generate makes another PE investment
25 Jun 2025 Kiwi advisers hit massive conference in US
24 Jun 2025 Fletcher’s down 3.6% as NZX excluded from ceasefire rally
24 Jun 2025 Devon’s parent company gets a new owner
24 Jun 2025 Asteron won’t hike premiums despite better benefits
24 Jun 2025 Service levels and transfer of workloads
23 Jun 2025 NZX down 0.3% as world waits for Iranian response
23 Jun 2025 Borrowers collective interest rate bill expected to fall by $3 bill: ASB plays catch-up
23 Jun 2025 NZ mortgage payments to drop by $3b in the next year: Macquarie
23 Jun 2025 ASB creates new CIO
22 Jun 2025 QuayStreet to be unplumbed from Craigs
21 Jun 2025 Your TMM Weekend Read: Bank pullback opportunity for advisers
21 Jun 2025 Advisers well positioned to fill SME lending gap left by banks
20 Jun 2025 GDP beats forecasts, but NZ sharemarket dips
19 Jun 2025 OCR on ice? Higher GDP has economists rethinking
19 Jun 2025 Calls for hold on OCR strengthen as GDP comes in higher than expected
19 Jun 2025 Should FAPs be accepting signature-less policy processing
19 Jun 2025 Fin Ed is Good Ed
18 Jun 2025 Geopolitical tensions keep NZ sharemarket steady, oil prices rise
18 Jun 2025 KiwiSaver is the future of financial advice: Bascand
18 Jun 2025 NZFSG teams up with Cotality
18 Jun 2025 RBNZ’s headache just got worse
18 Jun 2025 Rising inflation adding to RBNZ’s headache
18 Jun 2025 Partners Life announces premium increase
18 Jun 2025 nib Parent Boost
17 Jun 2025 NZX 50 down 0.4% as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies
17 Jun 2025 [Opinion] Can you recommend a replacement policy if that is likely to result in new special term exclusions?
17 Jun 2025 Tech’s coming - but so is the need for human advice
17 Jun 2025 Professional mortgage advice central as wave of fintechs expected
16 Jun 2025 Tourism Holdings jumps 57.5% on buyout offer, lifts NZX 50
16 Jun 2025 Mike Pero gets new general manager
16 Jun 2025 MPM finally gets new GM
13 Jun 2025 NZ sharemarket ends lower and oil prices spike after Israel strike on Iran
13 Jun 2025 nib nabs new CEO from Southern Cross
13 Jun 2025 Townhouse values mixed - but stand-alone homes are winning
13 Jun 2025 Townhouse values hit and miss as buyers prefer stand-alone houses
13 Jun 2025 Trump is making the rest of the world great again: Antipodes
13 Jun 2025 Harbour Investment Outlook: Markets rebound amid trade uncertainty
12 Jun 2025 NZ shares flat as global tensions rise over potential Iran strike by Israel
12 Jun 2025 NZ’s economy: steady growth, shaky foundations
12 Jun 2025 Growth here, there, not quite everywhere
12 Jun 2025 Investors need to check experience of private equity managers
11 Jun 2025 NZ sharemarket lifts as Fletcher Building shares rally on news of buyer inquiries
11 Jun 2025 KiwiSaver provider Aurora Capital adds to investment team
11 Jun 2025 General security agreements under the spotlight
11 Jun 2025 ‘Excessive’ security agreements by banks need investigating – lobby group
11 Jun 2025 Financial Advice NZ appoints new chairman
10 Jun 2025 NZX 50 index gains 0.2%; SkyCity loses spot on the 20
10 Jun 2025 Staying in May
10 Jun 2025 Indi’s bold bet: KiwiSaver-funded mortgages with no bank baggage
10 Jun 2025 KiwiSaver scheme funding new cheap floating rate start up
10 Jun 2025 Generate funds new home loan business
09 Jun 2025 Index reshuffle lifts Briscoe Group as Australian holiday subdues NZX trading
09 Jun 2025 Kiwibank lent more on mortgages in year ended March than Westpac
09 Jun 2025 Mortgage momentum: Kiwibank pulls ahead of Westpac
09 Jun 2025 Wait and see: should the OCR cut come later?
09 Jun 2025 Call for expected next OCR cut to be delayed
07 Jun 2025 Familiar names take top ethical investing awards
06 Jun 2025 NZ stocks end flat amid Fletcher-SkyCity legal woes
06 Jun 2025 More homeowners are fixing for two or three years
06 Jun 2025 Longer term mortgages edging up
06 Jun 2025 Fisher Funds set to be biggest KiwiSaver PE player
05 Jun 2025 InvestNow adds another low-cost Foundation fund
05 Jun 2025 Property companies help boost NZ sharemarket
05 Jun 2025 FMA says CoFI essential; New addition at Finsure: NZFSG rolls out new tool
05 Jun 2025 NZFSG upgrades its CRM
05 Jun 2025 FMA tells commerce minister CoFI is essential
04 Jun 2025 NZ sharemarket rises strongly on power company gains
04 Jun 2025 Finsure increases NZ staff
04 Jun 2025 Mortgage relief in sight? Arrears ease but pressure persists
04 Jun 2025 Mortgage arrears falling but hardships up
04 Jun 2025 Harbour spins out private credit portfolio as a stand-alone fund
03 Jun 2025 Ebos block trade rattles index; NZX 50 drops 0.7%
03 Jun 2025 Australian ETF giant cracks $50 bill FUM
03 Jun 2025 Booster Savvy returns $1 million to customers
03 Jun 2025 First-home buyer outlook looking brighter
03 Jun 2025 First home buyers getting more bang for their buck
02 Jun 2025 Harbour ponders drivers of ESG pull back
May 2025
30 May 2025 Lower bond yields lift NZ sharemarket
30 May 2025 RBNZ expects 4.5% house price growth in 2025
30 May 2025 Trust Investments partners with FundRock
30 May 2025 Russell Investments appoints Head of Investments
30 May 2025 One-year wonders: why short terms remain hot
30 May 2025 Short term mortgage fix still an appealing decision
29 May 2025 NZ sharemarket falls as major Ebos Group shareholder sells $1b stake
29 May 2025 Little effect on housing market
29 May 2025 The best time to invest in commercial property
29 May 2025 No big moves in the housing market - yet
29 May 2025 The clock’s ticking on nearly half of NZ mortgages
29 May 2025 RBNZ expects 45% of mortgages to reprice in the June and September quarters
28 May 2025 Sharemarket drops 1.75% as Fisher & Paykel forecast weaker
28 May 2025 Avanti Finance anoints new national sales manager
28 May 2025 RBNZ signals just two further OCR cuts this cycle
28 May 2025 RBNZ signals just two further OCR cuts this cycle
28 May 2025 [BREAKING] OCR lowered to 3.25%
28 May 2025 [BREAKING] OCR lowered to 3.25%
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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?
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