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May 2012

28 May 2012Are you a broker?
24 May 2012Pausing for breath
24 May 2012ASB Bank's mortgage book growths for first in 8 quarters
23 May 2012BNZ's March Qtr new mortgage growth slowest in two years
23 May 2012It's HSBC, BNZ and Co-op bank's turn
23 May 2012Minister tells industry FMA fees will be comfortable
22 May 2012Churn is different to replacement: Partners says
22 May 2012Further evidence OCR won't rise soon as inflation expectations fall
22 May 2012Further evidence OCR won't rise soon as inflation expectations fall
22 May 2012BNZ to redeem $350m of bonds early, offer other investments
22 May 2012Tyndall hooks up with Goldman Sachs
22 May 2012More specials
22 May 2012Low interest rates help term deposits take a tumble
21 May 2012Fisher confirms departure of international managers
21 May 2012NZF Group: receivers won't let it pay interest on capital notes
21 May 2012News Round Up: May 21
21 May 2012Advisers losing favour with KiwiSaver investors
21 May 2012Rates round-up: May 21
21 May 2012More home loan rate cuts to come
20 May 2012ANZ National Bank go lower
18 May 2012TNP sales school sees 91% industry ‘stickability’
18 May 2012Roest jailed for six and a half years
18 May 2012New funds firm established
18 May 2012Rates battle moves to new field
18 May 2012Big fish plans to swallow little fish
17 May 2012[Weekly wrap] Looking for consolidation
17 May 2012Kiwibank matches most of the market
17 May 2012Asteron increases commission
17 May 2012Why floating rates remain unmoved
17 May 2012New life insurance business dropped in March Qtr
17 May 2012Partners Life gains market share for 4th successive quarter
16 May 2012Why aren't the banks cutting their floating mortgage rates?
16 May 2012Income investment turned upside down
16 May 2012Smaller players get in on the action
15 May 2012Sovereign appoints two new board members
15 May 2012OPI's receivers struggling to collect on parent's guarantee
15 May 2012The emerging v submerging economies
15 May 2012More banks slash home loan rates
14 May 2012ASB joins rate cutters
14 May 2012Why are you so bad at recruiting?
14 May 2012News Round Up: May 14
14 May 2012Rates round-up: May 14
14 May 2012When it rains it pours
13 May 2012BNZ tickles interest in fixed rates
11 May 2012[Weekly wrap] Diminishing prospects
11 May 2012ANZ National sharpens rate for Chch borrowers
11 May 2012End this ridiculous war on selling
11 May 2012Health insurance shortfall a bigger issue than retirement savings
11 May 2012Trainee Financial Adviser
11 May 2012Another research option for advisers
11 May 2012BNZ says it's winning
11 May 2012IFA slams ‘nanny state’ attitude to advisers
10 May 2012Don't tinker with super: AMP
10 May 2012BNZ says it's winning market share in deposits and mortgages
10 May 2012Advisers snared in door-to-door sales crackdown
10 May 2012Lenders are waking up
9 May 2012ANZ slashes its one-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.25%
9 May 2012KiwiSaver providers wary of more regulations
9 May 2012ISO Scheme Case Studies
9 May 2012Reserve Bank guesses at reasons for dramatic slowdown of credit growth
9 May 2012Beware talk of the ‘paradigm shift’
9 May 2012We have rate cuts
8 May 2012SBS cuts longer term home loan rates
8 May 2012Executive Manager Claims and Underwriting
8 May 2012Riley's new home
8 May 2012Dividend obsession hampers NZ stock market
7 May 2012Riley's new home
7 May 2012Insurers and adviser bodies criticised for lack of new adviser support
7 May 2012Rates round-up: May 7
7 May 2012ANZ streamlines its mortgage application process
7 May 2012ANZ National streamlines its mortgage application process
7 May 2012Frustrating wait for QROPS providers
6 May 2012AIA: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
4 May 2012SCF receivers repay govt a further $125m
4 May 2012[Weekly wrap] Currency, cheap advice and SOEs
4 May 2012KiwiSaver safe from Budget scalpel
4 May 2012Where is Pero's boss?
4 May 2012What's happening at Mike Pero Mortgages?
3 May 2012Advisers not sold on SOE miracle
3 May 2012Westpac mortage portfolio grew 1% to $35.4b in six months ended March
3 May 2012Tyndall Monthly Commentary
3 May 2012$10 a year not enough for good advice
3 May 2012ANZ's new approach to lending
2 May 2012AFA rejections few and far between
2 May 2012The latest on credit growth
1 May 2012Health insurance coverage drops to 2005 levels
1 May 2012Currency game risky for advisers

April 2012

30 Apr 2012Credit growth ticks up, floating rate mortgages rise in March
30 Apr 2012MDRT Minute: Better Appointments with Better Scripting
30 Apr 2012Westpac changes its mind
30 Apr 2012NZF Group's assets remain frozen
30 Apr 2012News Round Up: April 30
30 Apr 2012Hunter Hall loses CEO
27 Apr 2012[Weekly wrap] Passing judgment
27 Apr 2012Do all advisers need good character?
27 Apr 2012Kiwibank goes sub 5%
27 Apr 2012Kerr takes over running PGC
26 Apr 2012Kiwibank slashes one-year fixed mortgage rate to 4.99%
26 Apr 2012Petricevic gets big jail sentence
26 Apr 2012Floating mortgage rates unlikely to rise this year and may even fall
26 Apr 2012The rate remains the same
26 Apr 2012OCR update
25 Apr 2012Voluntary AFAs 'ahead of the game'
24 Apr 2012Property tutor’s AFA rejection upheld
24 Apr 2012Former AXA BDM joins TEA
24 Apr 2012Borrowing strategies to ponder
24 Apr 2012Sovereign gives Beaton the boot
24 Apr 2012Silver lining for gold market
23 Apr 2012Rates round up: April 23
23 Apr 2012It's time for advisers to lead
23 Apr 2012Reserve Bank likely to hold rates low for longer
22 Apr 2012Reserve Bank likely to hold rates low for longer
20 Apr 2012KiwiSaver advice ‘isn’t rocket science’
20 Apr 2012Asteron has change of heart
20 Apr 2012NZF actions won't stop new owner
19 Apr 2012Resimac unlikely to be affected by NZF Group's woes
19 Apr 2012KiwiSavers unaware of scheme changes
19 Apr 2012Why NZ dollar could surprise
19 Apr 2012Interesting developments at NZF
18 Apr 2012Economic news little cause for concern
17 Apr 2012Bridgecorp director Urwin jailed
17 Apr 2012QROPS picture still murky
17 Apr 2012Brook Asset Management makes new hires
16 Apr 2012News Round Up: April 16
16 Apr 2012Rates Round Up: April 16
16 Apr 2012Banks still making lots of money
13 Apr 2012FMA’s case against Hanover revealed
13 Apr 2012ISO Case Studies - April 2012
13 Apr 2012Spicers loses its head man
13 Apr 2012[Weekly wrap] Raising the bar
13 Apr 2012FMA’s case against Hanover revealed
13 Apr 2012Where's the action?
12 Apr 2012Lombard directors appeal convictions
12 Apr 2012Where have finance company execs gone?
12 Apr 2012Sovereign offers new parents free life cover for a year
12 Apr 2012Questions over minimum standards for AFAs
11 Apr 2012Heartland edges toward meeting annual profit forecast
11 Apr 2012Advice firm bins OnePath agreement
11 Apr 2012FSC probe to “challenge” insurance business model
11 Apr 2012KiwiSaver rot runs deeper than defaults
10 Apr 2012High Court temporarily freezes NZF Group's assets
10 Apr 2012TNP's association adds board member
10 Apr 2012News Round Up: April 10
10 Apr 2012Time to promote a new social norm for life insurance
9 Apr 2012One for interest rate watchers
5 Apr 2012NZF Money's receivers sue, allege insolvent transaction
5 Apr 2012KiwiSaver default provider system slammed
5 Apr 2012Bridgecorp directors found guilty
5 Apr 2012Bridgecorp directors found guilty
5 Apr 2012[Weekly Wrap] Commissions and convictions
5 Apr 2012Structural problems with retirement products
4 Apr 2012PAA's (not so) new people
4 Apr 2012Harbour:The methadone approach to market recovery
4 Apr 2012HSBC has a tough last quarter
4 Apr 2012Govt slow to close adviser loophole
3 Apr 2012HSBC suffers ballooning bad debt charges, mortgage book shrinks
3 Apr 2012Bank debt issues could be raging buys
3 Apr 2012Partners Life gets a rating
3 Apr 2012Allied Farmers granted another year's life by finance coy receivers
3 Apr 2012Commission ban back on Govt agenda
3 Apr 2012The fix v float debate continues
2 Apr 2012Tyndall: The global economic tour
2 Apr 2012Fund managers start to favour China
2 Apr 2012Slow all around
1 Apr 2012Credit growth minimal again in February

March 2012

30 Mar 2012[Weekly wrap] Questions about KiwiSaver advice
30 Mar 2012Sovereign hit hard by commission fraud
29 Mar 2012Rod Templeton to leave Mortgage Link, won't be replaced
29 Mar 2012Fidelity Income Protection
29 Mar 2012Hujich family sells NZF Group shares
29 Mar 2012Support and criticism for Cigna move from unlikely sources
29 Mar 2012Adviser exodus smaller than expected
28 Mar 2012NZF likely to convert its $18m capital notes to equity
28 Mar 2012Fine line between 'information' and 'advice'
27 Mar 2012Rates quiet; activity increasing
27 Mar 2012Another plus one for Plus4
27 Mar 2012Aon selling KiwiSaver through RFAs
26 Mar 2012Aon selling KiwiSaver through RFAs
26 Mar 2012Rates round-up: March 26
26 Mar 2012AFAs the winners in fee debate
25 Mar 2012Did the ISI/FSC miss an opportunity?
23 Mar 2012[Weekly wrap] Bad news for QROPS providers
23 Mar 2012SFO investigating NZF Group
23 Mar 2012More on fixed v floating
22 Mar 2012Aussie researcher making inroads in NZ
22 Mar 2012Another adviser joins Perpetual
22 Mar 2012Consolidation in financial planning market
21 Mar 2012Fortress wins with Capital + Merchant; investors lose
21 Mar 2012Final hurdle crossed
21 Mar 2012Insurer defends online income protection
21 Mar 2012Association deal done
21 Mar 2012Banks rely on Aussie generosity
20 Mar 2012Former IFA president takes new role
20 Mar 2012NZF Money's investors likely to receive 25c to 42c in the dollar
20 Mar 2012Catch-22 for New Zealand QROPS providers
20 Mar 2012Three points to consider with home loans
20 Mar 2012We didn't pay $50 per KiwiSaver member: Fisher
19 Mar 2012To fix, float or take a third option?
19 Mar 2012What will a 20 minute bank insurance product sale cost you
19 Mar 2012ISO Case Studies - March 2012
19 Mar 2012No housing boom looming: English
19 Mar 2012Rates round-up: March 19
19 Mar 2012'Complete lack of interest' in prospectuses
16 Mar 2012[Weekly wrap] End of an era
16 Mar 2012'Complete lack of interest' in prospectuses
16 Mar 2012Deal done - almost
15 Mar 2012NZMBA vote overwhelmingly in favour of PAA move
15 Mar 2012Heartland says NZ needs greater control of its finance industry
15 Mar 2012Still quiet - on one front
15 Mar 2012Litigation funder 'deluged' with inquiries
14 Mar 2012ISI reborn as Financial Services Council
14 Mar 2012Positive property news
13 Mar 2012Partners Life grows market share
13 Mar 2012OnePath Life flattens sales team
13 Mar 2012D Day looms for NZMBA
13 Mar 2012Broker association update
13 Mar 2012Advice crucial for 'fringe' investments
12 Mar 2012Finally, a better answer for life and health sales
12 Mar 2012TNP's new association makes start
12 Mar 2012New directors for finance company manager
12 Mar 2012Rates round-up: March 12
12 Mar 2012Exciting start to the week
11 Mar 2012HSBC offers lowest one year rate in a decade
9 Mar 2012Customers not shaken, or stirred, by churn debate
9 Mar 2012Only significant changes this week
9 Mar 2012Rising funding costs aren't hurting NZ banks: RBNZ
9 Mar 2012[Weekly wrap] Life insurance confusion
9 Mar 2012Performance fee critic's fees found wanting
8 Mar 2012New home loan boss at Sovereign Home Loans
8 Mar 2012Floating mortgage rate rise remote
8 Mar 2012RBNZ: OCR statement
8 Mar 2012New business fell in Dec qtr
8 Mar 2012OCR update and TSB changes
7 Mar 2012Mortgage approvals growing but nowhere near boom levels
7 Mar 2012Maybe things are turning around
7 Mar 2012Mortgage applications top pre-GFC/recession levels
6 Mar 2012Fund manager talent war heats up
6 Mar 2012Tyndall Monthly Commentary
6 Mar 2012Devon-Brook feud over
6 Mar 2012Sluggish mortgage growth prompts aggressive loosening of lending standards
6 Mar 2012Loose lending on low volumes
6 Mar 2012New Zealand fund managers 'world class'
6 Mar 2012Advisers lukewarm on SOE floats
5 Mar 2012Blue Star unlikely to meet forecasts, may breach banking covenants
5 Mar 2012OnePath's new business declines, Sovereign's surges
5 Mar 2012Rates round-up: March 5
5 Mar 2012Bollard likely to hold interest rates steady
5 Mar 2012What will the Governor do this week?
5 Mar 2012News Round Up: March 5
2 Mar 2012Time to fix: Westpac
2 Mar 2012Partners Life mean business with new products launch
2 Mar 2012[Weekly wrap] OnePath to victory
2 Mar 2012ASB's mortgage book shrinks for a seventh successive quarter
2 Mar 2012Westpac and ASB's turn
2 Mar 2012OnePath wins fund manager of the year
1 Mar 2012Westpac's Dec Qtr profit surges but mortgage lending slows to a trickle
1 Mar 2012Domestic v global fixed income
1 Mar 2012Find out how ANZ is doing
1 Mar 2012KiwiSaver mismatch a 'massive challenge' for advisers
1 Mar 2012Allied Farmers writes down Hanover assets further
1 Mar 2012ANZ's mortgage book continues to shrink

February 2012

29 Feb 2012TSB's mortgage book stalls, SBS's book shrinks
29 Feb 2012Co-operative Bank's Dec Qtr profit falls, mortgage book grows
29 Feb 2012New investor in Geneva Finance
29 Feb 2012New bank results
29 Feb 2012Deluded investors too smart for advice
28 Feb 2012Sam Knowles joins Partners Life
28 Feb 2012FMA confirms mystery shopping plans
27 Feb 2012Caring comes before knowing
27 Feb 2012News Round Up: February 27
27 Feb 2012Rates round-up: February 27
26 Feb 2012Quiet start
24 Feb 2012[Weekly wrap] TNP move creates controversy
24 Feb 2012Kiwibank near quadruples 2Q profit, mortgage book grew
24 Feb 2012Kiwibank offers special: Westpac cuts
24 Feb 2012Expected rise in earthquake stress claims fails to materialise
23 Feb 2012Pratley moves NZMBA resignation forward
23 Feb 2012Kiwibank offers special: Westpac cuts
23 Feb 2012Failed marriages create life insurance minefield
23 Feb 2012Financial advice subsidy would mean more AFAs
22 Feb 2012TNP says it isn't out to "rape, pillage and plunder"
21 Feb 2012One tiny cut
21 Feb 2012Heartland's listed bonds a hold: Forsyth Barr
21 Feb 2012Inflation expectations fall sharply
21 Feb 2012Professional body fight brewing
21 Feb 2012TNP plan may scupper NZMBA/PAA tie up
21 Feb 2012IFA worried by TNP's new acronyms
20 Feb 2012BNZ's mortgage book, profits grew strongly in December quarter
20 Feb 2012Equitable Mortages' receivers expect to repay between 65% and 70%
20 Feb 2012Controversial break fees gone?
20 Feb 2012TNP launches its own professional association
20 Feb 2012Rates round-up: February 20
20 Feb 2012Break fees. What break fees?
17 Feb 2012[Weekly wrap] A marriage and a divorce
17 Feb 2012Call for govt to subsidise financial advice
17 Feb 2012More rates down; Pratley resigns and Liberty talks
16 Feb 2012Heartland profit near guidance; outlook more murky
16 Feb 2012Liberty says legal action against NZF in Mike Pero Mortgages' best interests
16 Feb 2012Pratley resigns from NZMBA
16 Feb 2012IFA farewells FAANZ
16 Feb 2012Sovereign says new adviser regulations hit sales in 2011
16 Feb 2012KiwiSavers shun financial advice
16 Feb 2012Local government bonds attract huge interest
16 Feb 2012Liberty sues NZF
16 Feb 2012New analyst for Tyndall
15 Feb 2012Liberty sues NZF claiming breach of Mike Pero Mortgages JV
15 Feb 2012Local government funder looks for $300 million
15 Feb 201220 hours of CPD? Yeah, right
15 Feb 2012Fidelity Life announces new business development manager
14 Feb 2012Harbour Commentary: Reflation with risk
14 Feb 2012Term deposits remain number one
14 Feb 2012Advisers forced to dob in American clients
14 Feb 2012ANZ National cut rates
13 Feb 2012Two associations to become one
13 Feb 2012Quality commissions attract quality advisers, says Ballantyne
13 Feb 2012News Round Up : February 13
13 Feb 2012Rates round-up: February 13
13 Feb 2012Chch people expecting higher interest rates
13 Feb 2012Falling rates stimulate greater interest in fixed-rate mortgages
10 Feb 2012Lloyd Morrison was a mentor: Carmel Fisher
10 Feb 2012[Weekly wrap] Morrison a big loss
10 Feb 2012Investor 'risk illiteracy' a headache for advisers
10 Feb 2012BNZ finally joins the cuts
9 Feb 2012Plus4 Insurance Group adds one
9 Feb 2012Another view on the housing market
9 Feb 2012Govt dispute resolution scheme in the gun
8 Feb 2012GPG gives Tower director the boot
8 Feb 2012RBNZ considers options to contain housing bubble
8 Feb 2012FMA cracks down on the R word
8 Feb 2012Bubble control
8 Feb 2012Dispute resolution merger idea slammed
7 Feb 2012Hewitson in new role
7 Feb 2012HFANZ renews call for health insurance tax breaks
7 Feb 2012Rates round-up: February 7
7 Feb 2012A couple more cuts
6 Feb 2012Predictions for 2012: financial advice
3 Feb 2012SCF receivers sell Dairy Holdings stake
3 Feb 2012[Weekly wrap] Change needed
3 Feb 2012More fixed rate cuts
3 Feb 2012Treasury advocating strongly for CGT
2 Feb 2012Kiwibank cuts. Just BNZ to go
2 Feb 2012Investor wins Hanover tax fight
2 Feb 2012Adviser "angst" over anti-money laundering rules
2 Feb 2012Next banks to move
1 Feb 2012Big banks at risk of ratings downgrade
1 Feb 2012Predictions for 2012: investment markets
1 Feb 2012Do we have the best way of setting the OCR?

January 2012

31 Jan 2012Bollard's departure sparks monetary policy debate
31 Jan 2012New NZX boss revealed
31 Jan 2012Too hard to read
31 Jan 2012Ginger Group CEO departs
31 Jan 2012Rates round-up: January 31
30 Jan 2012Bollard casts off from bank
30 Jan 2012Bollard casts off from bank
30 Jan 2012News Round Up January 30
28 Jan 2012Not all rates down
27 Jan 2012[Weekly Wrap] The great debate on fees
27 Jan 2012ASB cuts 1 to 5 year fixed home loan rates
26 Jan 2012ASB cuts 1 to 5 year fixed home loan rates
26 Jan 2012Fisher Funds' Huljich purchase price revealed
26 Jan 2012Asteron appoints new MD
26 Jan 2012Leadership changes at The Co-operative Bank
26 Jan 2012Bollard holds OCR steady as US Fed prompts currency jump
26 Jan 2012What Bollard said
26 Jan 2012Fund managers told to take good with bad
26 Jan 2012Down they come
25 Jan 2012Cut your commission to compete, says Sovereign
25 Jan 2012Another bank cuts rates
24 Jan 2012Ex-CEO named in South Canterbury SFO case
24 Jan 2012[UPDATED] Perky housing market may force rate hike
24 Jan 2012Performance fees - who needs them?
23 Jan 2012MDRT Minute: Prospecting with a New Twist
23 Jan 2012IFA announces new board member
23 Jan 2012Bollard likely to keep interest rates steady
23 Jan 2012Where to for the OCR?
23 Jan 2012Rates round-up: January 23
20 Jan 2012Fidelity Life's rating reaffirmed
20 Jan 2012ANZ National cut rates
19 Jan 2012ANZ warns of $14b KiwiSaver timebomb
19 Jan 2012Fund manager performance fees under fire
19 Jan 2012Fixed rates bottomed: Westpac
18 Jan 2012Newpark to chase farmers
18 Jan 2012What to make of the Kiwibank deal
18 Jan 2012[Breaking News] Kiwibank to buy Gareth Morgan Investments
18 Jan 2012Kiwibank buys Gareth Morgan Investments
18 Jan 2012Advisers drafted to fight war on terror
18 Jan 2012Don't expect any OCR increases soon
17 Jan 2012New online venture offers cheaper Sovereign and OnePath cover
17 Jan 2012BNZ sees little change in OCR this year
17 Jan 2012Euro woes no cause for panic (yet)
16 Jan 2012Obituary: Cyril Chaplin
16 Jan 2012SCF accused keep names suppressed
16 Jan 2012Heartland director sells shares
16 Jan 2012Downgrade the big news
16 Jan 2012Rates round-up: January 16
16 Jan 2012News Round Up: January 16
13 Jan 2012NZ keeps credit rating despite debt mountain
13 Jan 2012Selling through employers
13 Jan 2012NZ credit a top performer
12 Jan 2012Kiwibank goes long
12 Jan 2012Kiwibank starts year aggressively
11 Jan 2012New Zealand's biggest fund loses $1.4b
11 Jan 2012Selling through employers
11 Jan 2012Sovereign appoints new corporate BDM
11 Jan 2012First change for the year
9 Jan 2012NZX ETFs down, derivatives up
9 Jan 2012Perpetual takes top adviser
9 Jan 2012NZ Credit: A top performer in 2011
9 Jan 2012Tyndall Monthly Commentary
9 Jan 2012The first for 2012
9 Jan 2012News Round Up: January 9
7 Jan 2012Gannon talks leads, not leaks
3 Jan 2012Business insurance focus for 2012
3 Jan 2012Associations take differing views on PI cover
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