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July 2008
03 Jul 2008 Increase in private landlords
03 Jul 2008 Surprise! Funding costs rise again
03 Jul 2008 ASB Gp Inv appoints new head
03 Jul 2008 Surprise! Funding costs rise again
03 Jul 2008 Brook cashed up for grim times
02 Jul 2008 NZ vs OZ: What's better?
02 Jul 2008 Market Review: July 2008 commentary
02 Jul 2008 Market Review: July 2008 London commentary
02 Jul 2008 Opinion: What counts? Head or heart?
02 Jul 2008 FIF confusion reigns
01 Jul 2008 All in one mortgage protection cover launched
01 Jul 2008 Financial literacy strategy launched
01 Jul 2008 Service offering to ease admin burden
01 Jul 2008 Geneva appoints new directors
June 2008
30 Jun 2008 News Round Up
27 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
27 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
27 Jun 2008 Weekly Wrap: What a week
27 Jun 2008 Retreating residential rents
27 Jun 2008 Kiwibank's mortgage book not as risky as it looks
27 Jun 2008 8 reasons why you should use independent product analysis
27 Jun 2008 Don't miss the KiwiSaver boat
27 Jun 2008 Strategic Finance MBO on cards
27 Jun 2008 ASB Group appoints portfolio managers
27 Jun 2008 Toolbox: Easy as tax
27 Jun 2008 One of the biggest challenges facing property investors
26 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
26 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
26 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
26 Jun 2008 Secrets to attracting more affluent clients
26 Jun 2008 Rate changes slowing to a trickle
26 Jun 2008 Home loan report: Slow trickle
26 Jun 2008 TOWER rolls out low-cost group health scheme
26 Jun 2008 Adviser legislation poised to go into extra time
25 Jun 2008 Dorchester pulls finance company pin too
25 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
25 Jun 2008 UDC Finance rating affirmed
25 Jun 2008 St Laurence quits lending, withdraws prospectus
25 Jun 2008 ASB Group adds investment strategist
25 Jun 2008 Maybe ratings do mean something after all?
24 Jun 2008 OPI sues Octaviar for $270m
24 Jun 2008 ING appoints new CEO
24 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
24 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
24 Jun 2008 ING appoints new CEO
24 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
24 Jun 2008 Bank reports show different mortgage risk appetites
24 Jun 2008 Huljich cuts funds as KiwiSaver push intensifies
23 Jun 2008 Strategic undertakes intensive year end review
23 Jun 2008 Bridgecorp directors to be prosecuted
23 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
23 Jun 2008 AIG Life Roadshow 2008
23 Jun 2008 Sentinel staffer joins UDC
23 Jun 2008 News Round Up
23 Jun 2008 Unexpected fall in rents
20 Jun 2008 RTA rewrite a long time coming but is it foolproof?
20 Jun 2008 ING Life's new product
20 Jun 2008 The NZ Mortgage Mag – Sink or Swim
20 Jun 2008 Don’t put Dominion in the Doomed box
20 Jun 2008 Another fin coy bond offer
20 Jun 2008 KiwiSaver starting to change attitudes
20 Jun 2008 Thomson Jones appoints Pip Paterson
19 Jun 2008 Financial & Investment Advisers Forum 2008
19 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
19 Jun 2008 Platforms still need to collect fees on sick investments: Aegis
18 Jun 2008 Westpac to sell World Bank bonds
18 Jun 2008 Good home loan news mixed with caution
18 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
18 Jun 2008 Home Ownership Trust launched
18 Jun 2008 New investment strategist at Arcus
18 Jun 2008 Vestar Rotorua office abandoned
17 Jun 2008 Dominion Finance seeks moratorium
17 Jun 2008 Hanover new BDM
17 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
17 Jun 2008 SCF Secured Bond issue closes oversubscribed
17 Jun 2008 Rate falls becoming pronounced
17 Jun 2008 Rules relax as trans-Tasman 'trust' takes hold
17 Jun 2008 Opinion: The impact of Taxation
16 Jun 2008 Commercial returns out in front
16 Jun 2008 Geneva reports $7.88m loss
16 Jun 2008 New BDM for PIS
16 Jun 2008 News Round Up
13 Jun 2008 Leveraging technology for better client service
13 Jun 2008 Industry needs to be ready for a stall – or a rush
13 Jun 2008 Call for changes to investment tax rates
13 Jun 2008 Appello Services appoints GM client relations
12 Jun 2008 P-labs flourish in managed rental properties
12 Jun 2008 Immigration doesn't affect property prices
12 Jun 2008 Financial & Investment Advisers Forum 2008
12 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
12 Jun 2008 Looking at the bigger picture
12 Jun 2008 Responsible investing gains new momentum
12 Jun 2008 EUFA's guest inspires minister
12 Jun 2008 Big rate falls forecast
12 Jun 2008 Mexican stand-off in housing market
12 Jun 2008 Mexican stand-off in housing market
11 Jun 2008 Marac's first-ranking debenture stock rated
11 Jun 2008 Morningstar Investment Conference 2008
11 Jun 2008 ING Life enhances its already great product line!
11 Jun 2008 Property market holds up in May: REINZ
Latest News
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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Trust in AI’s decision making not keeping pace with adoption
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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