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September 2019
10 Sep 2019 Sargon signs clients
10 Sep 2019 The willful ignorance of a miopic point of view
10 Sep 2019 Reset policies will prompt price rises - Westpac
10 Sep 2019 Banks face headwinds; Select Home Loans proves popular
10 Sep 2019 NZ banks face headwinds
10 Sep 2019 Advice rules created 'two-tier' market, working group says
09 Sep 2019 Shares snap six-day gain; A2 falls
09 Sep 2019 Change tax regime for KiwiSaver, share trading - capital markets review
09 Sep 2019 White-label loan product takes off; Property investor cops $400k fine
09 Sep 2019 Bluestone's white-label loans take off with NZFSG
09 Sep 2019 Ronovationz faces $400k fine for price fixing
09 Sep 2019 nib enters ASX 100
07 Sep 2019 Financial Advice NZ backs Money Week
06 Sep 2019 NZX50 climbs 4.1% in week; yield demand reigns
06 Sep 2019 What Aucklanders value in property
06 Sep 2019 ANZ makes major change to its OCR forecast
06 Sep 2019 Anti-commission advocate appointed to FMA board
06 Sep 2019 Expect three more OCR cuts – ANZ
06 Sep 2019 AIA appoints new board member
06 Sep 2019 [The Wrap] Let's not follow what's happening in Australia
06 Sep 2019 RBNZ says don't believe what banks say about capital
05 Sep 2019 Findex takes on New Zealand wealth market
05 Sep 2019 Low deposits won’t lead to mortgage free for all
05 Sep 2019 Shares march higher as low rates keep yield attractive
05 Sep 2019 Partners Life axes volume-based incentives
05 Sep 2019 COMMENT: How much is too much
05 Sep 2019 Kloogh no longer a financial adviser
04 Sep 2019 Sharemarket cracks another milestone; Vista, Pushpay recover
04 Sep 2019 Rent-to-buy scheme key to KiwiBuild II
04 Sep 2019 Govt makes KiwiBuild loans easier, drops 100,000 homes target
04 Sep 2019 Govt makes KiwiBuild loans easier, drops 100,000 homes target
04 Sep 2019 IFSO backs adviser in misselling claim
04 Sep 2019 Fidelity Life appoints adviser professional development support
04 Sep 2019 Negative bank rates – yeah right!
04 Sep 2019 Decline in value growth slows
03 Sep 2019 NZ shares outperform Asia; Contact, Meridian in demand
03 Sep 2019 No momentum in Auckland sales
03 Sep 2019 Hints of market resurgence
03 Sep 2019 Taking the carbon out of KiwiSaver
03 Sep 2019 Kloogh companies liquidated
02 Sep 2019 [The Wrap] Regulation is a time for advisers to be bold and reinvent themselves
02 Sep 2019 NZ shares gain; yield stocks Contact, Meridian still in favour
02 Sep 2019 Which KiwiSaver funds will weather the currency war?
02 Sep 2019 Super Fund gets RI rating
02 Sep 2019 Kepa appoints compliance consultant
02 Sep 2019 HSBC sets new low rate
02 Sep 2019 HSBC sets a new low benchmark
02 Sep 2019 Pie Funds reopens soft-closed funds
02 Sep 2019 Mortgage servicing rate cuts
August 2019
30 Aug 2019 Vista recovers in heavy day of trading
30 Aug 2019 Spreads between lenders widens
30 Aug 2019 Mike Pero appoints three advisers
30 Aug 2019 Long term fixed rates dip below 4%
30 Aug 2019 More work needs to be done on policy ownership
30 Aug 2019 Gisborne grows up
30 Aug 2019 InvestNow opens platform to advisers
30 Aug 2019 [Obituary] Mike Loftus
30 Aug 2019 Commercial property focus for new non-bank lender
29 Aug 2019 Forsyth Barr acquires advice firm
29 Aug 2019 Investors savage Vista after it misses earnings target
29 Aug 2019 Kiwibank's shareholders green-light capital-hungry growth plans
29 Aug 2019 Build-to-rent momentum grows
29 Aug 2019 Prospa increases loan size
29 Aug 2019 Prospa NZ outstrips Australia
29 Aug 2019 Ambitious Australian trustee firm makes kiwi push
28 Aug 2019 AIA says Vitality is flying as another insurer tries to shoot it down
28 Aug 2019 NZ shares rise; F&P Healthcare jumps on modest earnings upgrade
28 Aug 2019 [OPINION] We are not alone with Monetary Policy: Orr
28 Aug 2019 Slashing OCR has worked, economist says
28 Aug 2019 COMMENT: The dangers of neglecting code compliance certificates
28 Aug 2019 Partners: Nominated beneficiaries too much of a grey area
28 Aug 2019 Financial advisers want KiwiSaver to get SMarT
27 Aug 2019 NZ shares recover; demand for yield boosts Meridian, Spark
27 Aug 2019 ANZ sets new low; Are property investors back?
27 Aug 2019 The staggered rise of big city rents
27 Aug 2019 BNZ's wealth shakeup
26 Aug 2019 Trump's trade tweets drive NZ shares lower; Freightways caution weighs
26 Aug 2019 Are property investors returning to the market?
26 Aug 2019 Working out the value of your business
26 Aug 2019 AIA appoints leader for IFA channel
26 Aug 2019 Housing market confidence growing
26 Aug 2019 Astute finally confirms Campbell's departure; SBS cuts rates
26 Aug 2019 Old school digital advice failed advisers, but there are new options emerging
26 Aug 2019 AIA Vitality Fittest City report: Let’s get moving
26 Aug 2019 Campbell leaves Astute Financial
25 Aug 2019 Faafoi says some commissions will be banned
24 Aug 2019 Hobson gets back onboard NZX platform
23 Aug 2019 [The Wrap] Introducing the new type of financial adviser (Not)
23 Aug 2019 Yield stocks sold off; Skellerup drops
23 Aug 2019 Fred Dodds acknowledged for his services to financial advisers
23 Aug 2019 Kiwibank's annual profit eases as fee income drops
23 Aug 2019 Relationship break-up not cause to end tenancy, tribunal says
23 Aug 2019 Top mortgage advisers named; HSBC moves rates
23 Aug 2019 Three leading ladies awarded
23 Aug 2019 Financial Advice NZ adds members, focuses on getting voice heard
22 Aug 2019 NZ shares gain as Ebos, Air NZ earnings meet expectations
22 Aug 2019 Anderson launches new fund options
21 Aug 2019 Big Wednesday: A2 squeezed over margins; Fletcher and Spark shine
21 Aug 2019 New policy to address “failing” cities
21 Aug 2019 Low rates boost NZ’s housing affordability
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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