Comments on: The sooner the guarantee goes the better http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/blog/the-sooner-the-guarantee-goes-the-better Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: roger http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/blog/the-sooner-the-guarantee-goes-the-better/comment-page-1#comment-6451 roger Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:17:28 +0000 http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/blog/?p=388#comment-6451 What a stupid article. How many people have lost their savings in the last few years by chasing that extra 1% from finance companies? The only reason Marac is not bust is because their parent company managed to get away a massive rights issue. Their shareholders, rather than depositors,were the losers. What a stupid article. How many people have lost their savings in the last few years by chasing that extra 1% from finance companies? The only reason Marac is not bust is because their parent company managed to get away a massive rights issue. Their shareholders, rather than depositors,were the losers.

]]> By: Independent Observer http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/blog/the-sooner-the-guarantee-goes-the-better/comment-page-1#comment-6450 Independent Observer Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:25:26 +0000 http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/blog/?p=388#comment-6450 Hey Phil - this reads more like an observation about the research skills of financial advisers (...and perhaps the entire financial services industry????) than the future of financial-company-guarantees. I remain of the belief that in excess of 95% of financial advisers are unable / unwilling to conduct meaningful research on the myriad of investment options. When combined with the sub-standard array of research options, this leaves a miniscule value proposition for the advisory community to collect fees for... Hey Phil – this reads more like an observation about the research skills of financial advisers (…and perhaps the entire financial services industry????) than the future of financial-company-guarantees.

I remain of the belief that in excess of 95% of financial advisers are unable / unwilling to conduct meaningful research on the myriad of investment options. When combined with the sub-standard array of research options, this leaves a miniscule value proposition for the advisory community to collect fees for…

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