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February 2020
11 Feb 2020 Climate change and investment
10 Feb 2020 New Zealand shares fall as investors go on “buyers strike”
10 Feb 2020 Headwinds for the commercial market
10 Feb 2020 NZFSG/Loan Market hires customer experience head
10 Feb 2020 ASB reveals its position on FAPs
10 Feb 2020 ASB reveals its position on FAPs
10 Feb 2020 The struggle to be better at telling the story of insurance
08 Feb 2020 New landscape for trusts
07 Feb 2020 NZ shares rise as investors catch up with Australian gains
07 Feb 2020 COMMENT: Checking in on insulation
07 Feb 2020 Second fund rolled out by value manager
07 Feb 2020 OCR preview survey: what do economists think?
07 Feb 2020 OCR Preview Survey: economists say OCR will stay on hold
07 Feb 2020 AML to get reviewed this year
07 Feb 2020 FMA to weed out green washing
07 Feb 2020 Low interest rate environment creates adviser opportunity
06 Feb 2020 Advisers: Key to bridging the wills gap
05 Feb 2020 After a few downers NZ shares get an upper
05 Feb 2020 ANZ gets tough on data security
05 Feb 2020 ANZ gets tough on data security
05 Feb 2020 Steady demand makes for rising values
05 Feb 2020 UK pension deal struck
05 Feb 2020 FMA won't be 'outgunned' despite broader remit
04 Feb 2020 Older Kiwis hold on to insurance
04 Feb 2020 Coronavirus weighing on exporters; NZ shares fall
04 Feb 2020 Familiar face returns to Underwriter role at Partners
04 Feb 2020 New growth cycle for Auckland
04 Feb 2020 ANZ raises key mortgage rates
04 Feb 2020 ANZ raises key mortgage rates
04 Feb 2020 Don't use KiwiSaver for investment property - yet
04 Feb 2020 No room for complacency in 2020
03 Feb 2020 New Zealand shares fall as mainland Chinese markets reopen
03 Feb 2020 It's time we got out and told the good story about insurance
03 Feb 2020 Will the Reserve Bank change course?; national listing shortage continues
03 Feb 2020 Will the Reserve Bank change course?
03 Feb 2020 Could a shift in the listings shortage be coming?
03 Feb 2020 Cigna and OnePath now one
03 Feb 2020 Immigrants have differing view of income protection
03 Feb 2020 Insurers argue cutting commissions will lead to poor customer outcomes
01 Feb 2020 Mercer appoints board chair
01 Feb 2020 Southern Cross: No negative impact from commission change
January 2020
31 Jan 2020 [The Wrap] Thanks for the gift Peter
31 Jan 2020 Upbeat ending for sharemarket this week; F&P Healthcare gets strong lead from rivals
31 Jan 2020 Wannabe trust and fund administration company in receivership
31 Jan 2020 SuperCity rents moving up - slowly
31 Jan 2020 Come and learn about new lending opportunities
31 Jan 2020 New Plymouth possibilities
31 Jan 2020 Govt should subsidise advice: Financial Advice NZ
30 Jan 2020 Shares flat-line as coronavirus concerns reemerge
30 Jan 2020 Could the coronavirus hit the housing market?
30 Jan 2020 Mortgage lending strong in December
30 Jan 2020 COMMENT: The truth about flexible workspaces
30 Jan 2020 FMA needs more money
30 Jan 2020 Wealthpoint questions efficiency of authorised bodies
29 Jan 2020 NZ shares narrowly miss regional rally
29 Jan 2020 Mortgage lending strong in December
29 Jan 2020 Australian giant in Augusta takeover bid
29 Jan 2020 How to grow your client base
29 Jan 2020 Plus4 adds another adviser
29 Jan 2020 Confidence in rental returns at new low
29 Jan 2020 Markets predict OCR to remain at 1%
29 Jan 2020 Commissioner: Pension age shouldn't increase
28 Jan 2020 Coronavirus hits tourism stocks again
28 Jan 2020 Six new faces at Mike Pero Mortgages
28 Jan 2020 Why house price growth will continue
28 Jan 2020 Why house price growth will continue
28 Jan 2020 Why house price growth will continue
27 Jan 2020 Conduct bill will mean changes for advisers: MBIE
27 Jan 2020 Former mayor joins KiwiSaver scheme
27 Jan 2020 InvestNow considers build-your-own KiwiSaver scheme
27 Jan 2020 Looking outside the box
26 Jan 2020 Gold prices soar on back of tensions
25 Jan 2020 [The Wrap] Financial advice: mainly male drinkers ... really?
24 Jan 2020 Coronavirus ripples through markets driving shares down; utilities down
24 Jan 2020 BNZ targets investor market
24 Jan 2020 Getting heating right
24 Jan 2020 Kiwibank-BNZ takeover talk heats up; BNZ aims for investor market
24 Jan 2020 Kiwibank-BNZ takeover talk grows
24 Jan 2020 Weaker markets may make fees harder sell
23 Jan 2020 NZ shares edge higher as Chinese virus fears weigh
23 Jan 2020 Scrutiny sows 'seeds of doubt'
23 Jan 2020 Demand for rentals running hot
23 Jan 2020 FMA commissions active report
23 Jan 2020 How much have house prices grown in your region?; New hires at Pepper and Loan Market
23 Jan 2020 Two new hires at Loan Market
23 Jan 2020 Downside risks reduced
23 Jan 2020 A decade of property price growth
22 Jan 2020 NZX50 hits record as Asia recovers from virus fears
22 Jan 2020 Upping the ante on price growth
22 Jan 2020 Pepper hires new BDM
22 Jan 2020 Reserve Bank critical of life insurance
22 Jan 2020 Income protection sustainable or just more noise?
22 Jan 2020 Newpark sets up support team
22 Jan 2020 Newpark sets up support team
22 Jan 2020 Trade Me sells LifeDirect to adviser
22 Jan 2020 Govt moves to fix pension 'unfairness'
22 Jan 2020 NZ equity returns for the next decade?
21 Jan 2020 Resilient NZ market an attractive harbour for nervous investors
21 Jan 2020 BlackRock coal move part of bigger shift
21 Jan 2020 Threat to assault ends problem tenancy
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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.
2 weeks 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.
3 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