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February 2006
02 Feb 2006 Market review: So far so good – but will it continue?
02 Feb 2006 Plan NZ excited about growth potential
02 Feb 2006 NZ economy to keep slowing: Caton
01 Feb 2006 Spotlight on salary sacrifice for tax purposes
01 Feb 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
01 Feb 2006 Hardman leaves the Broadlands
01 Feb 2006 Another new NZ share fund born
January 2006
31 Jan 2006 Sharetrading on TradeMe daft idea
31 Jan 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
31 Jan 2006 Lenders continue to ease rates
31 Jan 2006 Rental housing changes would drive landlords away
30 Jan 2006 News Round Up
27 Jan 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
27 Jan 2006 Market timing gets thumbs down
27 Jan 2006 AXA appoints CIO
27 Jan 2006 Review expected to raise thorny issues
26 Jan 2006 OCR announcement
26 Jan 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
26 Jan 2006 Bollard leaves rates unchanged and rules out an easing
26 Jan 2006 OCR unchanged at 7.25%
26 Jan 2006 Tax proposals to govt next week
25 Jan 2006 Ouch...that hurts
25 Jan 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
25 Jan 2006 Super Fund grabs another AMP man
25 Jan 2006 An alternative to term deposits
24 Jan 2006 AXA Quickstart roadshow
24 Jan 2006 Competition and more competition
24 Jan 2006 ING closes popular Diversified Yield Fund
23 Jan 2006 Investors confident in the face of a slowdown
23 Jan 2006 News Round Up
23 Jan 2006 Weekly home loan report: Competition and more competition
23 Jan 2006 Shaky building warning
22 Jan 2006 Economists expect no change in OCR this week
22 Jan 2006 Property still tops with investors
20 Jan 2006 Weekly Wrap: Milford to manage NZ shares for Arcus
20 Jan 2006 Health Funds Association appoints new executive director
20 Jan 2006 Milford to manage NZ shares for Arcus
19 Jan 2006 ANZ to launch new fixed interest service
19 Jan 2006 Kiwisaver think-tank planned
19 Jan 2006 ANZ to launch new fixed interest service
19 Jan 2006 Pero sees growth in lo-doc market
18 Jan 2006 GE cleared to buy Pacific Retail
18 Jan 2006 January 2006
18 Jan 2006 Infrastructure bonds on their way
17 Jan 2006 Absolute Capital appoints new BDM
17 Jan 2006 Fixed home loan rates start the year falling
17 Jan 2006 Biggest year in a decade: Arkinstall
16 Jan 2006 Looking for the perfect investment - Part 2
16 Jan 2006 House prices up again in December
16 Jan 2006 News Round Up
16 Jan 2006 Auckland house prices hit record high
15 Jan 2006 House prices up again
13 Jan 2006 Morningstar buys asset allocation firm
12 Jan 2006 Solly moves to Goldman Sachs
12 Jan 2006 Salary sacrifice crackdown looming
12 Jan 2006 Salary sacrifice crackdown looming
11 Jan 2006 Managers predict softer returns in intl markets
11 Jan 2006 Online underwriting rolled out
10 Jan 2006 OM-IP funds reach significant milestone
09 Jan 2006 Weekly Wrap: Reserve Bank may regulate financial services
09 Jan 2006 General Finance aims to outdo banks
09 Jan 2006 News Round Up
07 Jan 2006 Maybe we are saving enough?
06 Jan 2006 RBNZ may regulate financial services
05 Jan 2006 Looking for the perfect investment
05 Jan 2006 Stirrat joins For Barr
05 Jan 2006 Liberty combines home loans
04 Jan 2006 Grey list to go: Cullen
04 Jan 2006 AIA tries new tack to promote insurance
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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.
6 days 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?
2 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.
2 weeks ago P Urbani