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June 2008
11 Jun 2008 REINZ residential highlights – May 2008
11 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
11 Jun 2008 Women in Super AGM 2008
11 Jun 2008 Finally some good news for borrowers
11 Jun 2008 AMP veterans go in restructure
11 Jun 2008 Marac confident of improved profit
10 Jun 2008 PGG Wrightson says its reinvestment rates high
10 Jun 2008 The 2008 Fisher Funds Investment Roadshow
10 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
10 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
10 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
10 Jun 2008 Record number of pre-approvals
10 Jun 2008 Mike McCarty dies
10 Jun 2008 Tower slashes premiums
10 Jun 2008 Toolbox: QV Insider
09 Jun 2008 Marac looks to make a bond offer
09 Jun 2008 Tower slashes premiums
09 Jun 2008 ASSET - Doing the distribution reshuffle
09 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
09 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
09 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
09 Jun 2008 Market Review: June 2008 commentary
09 Jun 2008 Market Review: June 2008 London commentary
09 Jun 2008 ING Roadshow 2008
09 Jun 2008 ASB: Conservative but not under the crunch
09 Jun 2008 Trustees Executors appoint Wellington manager
09 Jun 2008 News Round Up
09 Jun 2008 QV regional highlights
09 Jun 2008 House prices down and expected to keep falling
06 Jun 2008 ING chief quits
06 Jun 2008 Petricevic gets a big bill
06 Jun 2008 How ‘bout those commissions
06 Jun 2008 Mortgage Express and the great PLAN
06 Jun 2008 Vestar sold - with strings attached
05 Jun 2008 Rate cuts predicted, but beware
05 Jun 2008 Auckland property volumes down but prices up
05 Jun 2008 Flurry of rates
05 Jun 2008 Home loan report: Flurry of rates
05 Jun 2008 MPS announcement
05 Jun 2008 Bollard sparks huge falls in wholesale rates and currency
05 Jun 2008 OCR unchanged, but coming down sooner than expected
05 Jun 2008 Costs of regulation explained
05 Jun 2008 Opinion: Insurance brokers can hold their heads up high
05 Jun 2008 New senior equity analyst for BT
05 Jun 2008 OCR unchanged, but coming down sooner than expected
04 Jun 2008 One last attempt at cracking franking credits issue
04 Jun 2008 Book: NZ Real Estate Investors' Secrets 2nd Edition
03 Jun 2008 Investors put money back into Geneva
03 Jun 2008 Cost of making life policies PIE compliant
03 Jun 2008 Planet expands board members by three
03 Jun 2008 News Round Up
03 Jun 2008 June issue - available now
02 Jun 2008 Bollard not quite ready to cut rates, economists say
02 Jun 2008 Dunedin: Mecca of the South
May 2008
30 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Good news for the PIE recipe
30 May 2008 Bill introduced to modernise unit titles law
30 May 2008 Far-flung assets being flicked
30 May 2008 Income protection insurance traps
30 May 2008 Greater protection under new RTA bill
30 May 2008 Asset quality now big issue for fin coys
29 May 2008 Home loan report: Budget stalls rate relief
29 May 2008 Women in Super networking session
29 May 2008 Home loan report: Budget stalls rate relief
29 May 2008 Bronwyn Shanks takes up GM role
29 May 2008 G4 to launch FAANZ club
28 May 2008 IFA colleges now SIGs
28 May 2008 C+M investors looking at getting 10% back
28 May 2008 Shared equity pilot getting mixed reactions
28 May 2008 Belgrave down
28 May 2008 New owners for Wizard?
28 May 2008 Proposed new rules for life companies unveiled
28 May 2008 Proposed new rules for life companies unveiled
27 May 2008 IFA appoints new director
27 May 2008 Minister blesses cash PIEs
26 May 2008 Asteron appoints professional development mgr
26 May 2008 News Round Up
24 May 2008 Home loan market changes
23 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Bill for adviser regulation presented
23 May 2008 Thanks for the bill, but what's it for?
23 May 2008 AIG launches needs analysis tool
23 May 2008 Bill for adviser regulation presented
23 May 2008 Mercer grows NZ investment team
22 May 2008 Tower's health business in good shape
22 May 2008 Budget 2008
22 May 2008 New Zealand Fixed Income Forum 2008
22 May 2008 Commission to pursue criminal charges against fin coys
21 May 2008 Food, Fuel and Fallen Angels
21 May 2008 A warning about too much cash
21 May 2008 Floating up, fixing down
21 May 2008 Opinion: Fear and loathing of life insurance
21 May 2008 Mint loses Ford
20 May 2008 Conflicting views on interest rate movements
20 May 2008 Three more years: OPI investors wait and hope
19 May 2008 SCF's bond issue gets rating
19 May 2008 Vendor in trouble over false advertising
19 May 2008 Goldridge appoints Joe Byrne to its board
19 May 2008 News Round Up
16 May 2008 [Weekly Wrap] Pass the parcel
16 May 2008 McMorran wins presidential race
16 May 2008 Final funding for Pegasus secured
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