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March 2025
04 Mar 2025 NZ sharemarket down 0.6% on eve of US tariffs
04 Mar 2025 Claims rises outstrip premium increases
04 Mar 2025 Home loan delinquencies climb - financial hardship at record levels
04 Mar 2025 Distressed home loans reach record highs
04 Mar 2025 Rise in retiree renters to influence data in decades to come
03 Mar 2025 Shares down amid Bremworth coup; Warehouse continues to struggle
03 Mar 2025 Chubb names new CEO
03 Mar 2025 nib launch dates announced
03 Mar 2025 Heartland Ends Digital Home Loans | ANZ Predicts More OCR Cuts
03 Mar 2025 Who will win Fund Manager of the Year awards this week?
02 Mar 2025 Bank turns off digital home loans
01 Mar 2025 [The Wrap] Bye Bye Bayly
February 2025
28 Feb 2025 Pacific Edge soars on busy day for NZX
28 Feb 2025 NZ companies solid on ESG amid global corporate culture shift
28 Feb 2025 [GRTV] Tiger FinTech’s Greg Boland on market shifts and NZX struggles
28 Feb 2025 [GRTV] Turning FMA visits into opportunities: Head of client engagement at Insurance people shares insights from her experience
28 Feb 2025 Mortgage surge: who’s borrowing big and who’s losing out?
28 Feb 2025 Investors again making their mark in the mortgage market
28 Feb 2025 [GRTV] Antipodes portfolio manager discusses emerging markets fund's potential amid volatility
28 Feb 2025 Heartland's reverse mortgage growth slows: Online home loans closed
27 Feb 2025 Cyclical stocks lift NZ sharemarket for second day
27 Feb 2025 New PIE from big US manager
27 Feb 2025 Kiwibank grows home loans at twice its market share
27 Feb 2025 Life and health market outlook 2025
27 Feb 2025 Embracing Admin Data for the Census: A Data Analyst's Perspective from the Insurance Sector
27 Feb 2025 Kiwibank’s Mortgage Growth Soars
27 Feb 2025 Short-term mortgage rates now a waste of time
27 Feb 2025 Riding the wave: thematic investing in the Trump era
26 Feb 2025 NZ sharemarket changes direction, up 1.1% on more positive results
26 Feb 2025 Trustees Executors to sell registry business, focus on supervision
25 Feb 2025 Ryman Healthcare's 21% fall after resuming trading brings NZX 50 down 1.8%
25 Feb 2025 nib posts first half loss but expects to rebound in second half
25 Feb 2025 How the big four compare
25 Feb 2025 Comparing two year rates; Long term rates may have plateaued
25 Feb 2025 Long-term interest rates not expected to fall much further
25 Feb 2025 AI gives rise to more fake FSP scams
24 Feb 2025 Ryman's $1 bill capital raise focuses market; Stocks down overall
24 Feb 2025 Bayly resigns after “overbearing” behaviour towards staff member
24 Feb 2025 Credit where credit’s due
24 Feb 2025 Funds and platform make up nearly half NZX's revenue
21 Feb 2025 Spark was the story of the day; And it wasn't bright
21 Feb 2025 Consilium reaches a milestone
20 Feb 2025 SkyCity and Auck Airport drag market down
20 Feb 2025 Rate conundrum lies ahead
20 Feb 2025 New Adviser council members
20 Feb 2025 RBNZ: half of all mortgages to reprice over next six months
19 Feb 2025 Ebos boss resigns; NZ Windfarms in take over
19 Feb 2025 RBNZ cuts OCR by 50pb, signals further cuts sooner
19 Feb 2025 BREAKING: OCR 3.75% - OCR reduced further as inflation abates
19 Feb 2025 Mortgage Rates Shift & A New Era for Edge Mortgages
19 Feb 2025 Lock-up vs liquid: why a KiwiSaver cornerstone could change
19 Feb 2025 Link gets an edge
19 Feb 2025 Heartland writes off nearly $50m, says reverse mortgages still strong
18 Feb 2025 Heartland Bank takes a hit; Turners gets an upgrade
18 Feb 2025 [Opinion] Are life advisers required to be proactive?
18 Feb 2025 FMT adds new Auckland BDM
18 Feb 2025 RBNZ Survey Offers Reassurance Ahead of OCR Decision & FMT Expands in Auckland
18 Feb 2025 Changes at Asteron post sale
18 Feb 2025 Global brand names in ETFs driving local demand
18 Feb 2025 Some comfort for RBNZ ahead of Wednesday’s OCR review
17 Feb 2025 NZ sharemarket responds positively to earnings; a2 surges
17 Feb 2025 Back to the future
17 Feb 2025 48-Hour Pre-Approvals: Kiwibank Raises the Bar for Advisers
17 Feb 2025 Kiwibank promises advisers 48-hour turnaround on pre-approvals
15 Feb 2025 Financial Advisor
15 Feb 2025 Senior Manager Intermediary
14 Feb 2025 nib rolls out its life offering
14 Feb 2025 RBNZ's Next Move: Eyes on the OCR Forecast
14 Feb 2025 OCR preview - RBNZ has more cuts and work to do
13 Feb 2025 ComCom’s Mortgage Proposal Sparks Backlash from Advisers
13 Feb 2025 Invisible AI data trails a clear ESG risk
13 Feb 2025 ComCom's 3 applications per loan demand is 'crazy': FAMNZ
12 Feb 2025 Energy stocks dominate trade on the NZX
12 Feb 2025 Salt Funds Management appoints a new independent director
12 Feb 2025 ASB made up for lost time with $2.28b net new mortgages in 1H
12 Feb 2025 Harbour Outlook: A rebound amid uncertainty
12 Feb 2025 Open Banking in NZ: A Game-Changer for Home Loan Approvals
12 Feb 2025 Financial adviser target-based incentives banned from 31 March 2025
12 Feb 2025 More kernels added to the cob
12 Feb 2025 10 Minute home loan approvals on the cards
11 Feb 2025 Rocky day on sharemarket
11 Feb 2025 Chubb gets new head of claims
11 Feb 2025 Big Moves in Home Loans: Why Borrowers Are Fixing at Record Rates
11 Feb 2025 Borrowers switch from floating to fixed rates at brisk clip
11 Feb 2025 Asset managers shy away from ESG label under Trump
11 Feb 2025 Struggling savers draining retirement funds to cover living costs
10 Feb 2025 NZ sharemarket starts week down 0.2%
10 Feb 2025 Find out about nib's new products
10 Feb 2025 Shifting the Dial: FMA Encourages Smarter Compliance and Innovation
10 Feb 2025 Streamline Your Investment Advice with OMNIMax’s New Investment Solution
10 Feb 2025 Should we be commoditising life insurance?
10 Feb 2025 Shifting the dial on good advice
07 Feb 2025 NZ sharemarket ends short week up 0.4%
07 Feb 2025 Alpha First lures 20-year ANZ stalwart
07 Feb 2025 Next big issue for mortgage advisers
07 Feb 2025 Early days, but NZ Super's machine-learning fund outperforms
06 Feb 2025 KiwiSaver market share leader ANZ at bottom of performance table
05 Feb 2025 Volatile stocks drive NZ sharemarket down nearly 0.5%
05 Feb 2025 Aurora Capital gets two fishers
05 Feb 2025 Retirement savings targets could be overblown
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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