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July 2025
24 Jul 2025 Record number of borrowers jump ship for better mortgage deals
24 Jul 2025 Borrowers’ switcheroo reaches new record
24 Jul 2025 Wins and losses on discover in FMA's civil action against Booster
23 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket dips as F&P Healthcare, Infratil shares fall
23 Jul 2025 900 claims but every one matters
23 Jul 2025 Why the Market Reacts the Wrong Way to Good or Bad News
23 Jul 2025 FHBs defy the odds – record share of purchases despite higher mortgage costs
23 Jul 2025 Record number of deals being done by first home buyers
22 Jul 2025 NZ market falls on weak export data, S&P/NZX 50 down 0.99%
22 Jul 2025 Rate Cut Incoming? Inflation Data Clears the Path for August OCR Drop
22 Jul 2025 Green light burning brightly for August interest rate cut
22 Jul 2025 Platinum’s Last Gasp: L1 Calls the shots in $1.46b deal
22 Jul 2025 ACC grapples with long-term claims
21 Jul 2025 Healthcare giants drive positive day on NZ sharemarket
21 Jul 2025 Generate Tops KiwiSaver Charts for June Quarter
18 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket dips despite strong US, Australian gains
18 Jul 2025 Select adds index solutions
18 Jul 2025 Crunch time for credit rules - FSF
17 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket closes up more than 1% as heavyweight stocks rally
17 Jul 2025 Crunch time for credit rules – and the FSF isn’t pulling punches
17 Jul 2025 Surge in Adviser Complaints as Cost‑of‑Living Bite Hits Hard
17 Jul 2025 Surge in complaints against advisers
17 Jul 2025 Investors make dramatic shift to riskier KiwiSaver funds: FMA
17 Jul 2025 Asteron Life launches Heart Coach to support Cardiovascular Wellness
17 Jul 2025 New hires boost client and wealth teams at Pie Funds
16 Jul 2025 High trade volumes of Infratil shares lift NZX after its ASX 200 inclusion
16 Jul 2025 Half-way predictions scorecard
16 Jul 2025 Demographics, Dollars, and Direction: What Ageing Means for the Economy
16 Jul 2025 Interest rates could drop, house prices increase as people age
16 Jul 2025 Mint Asset Management's annual fee income fell 13.4%
16 Jul 2025 [TMM Podcast] Xceda aims to be a key non-bank lender
15 Jul 2025 Tourism Holdings bounces as NZX trades flat on low volumes
15 Jul 2025 Mutual insurance returns to market
15 Jul 2025 Big, fat beautiful fees
15 Jul 2025 Big, fat beautiful fees
14 Jul 2025 IkeGPS continues run, up 8.6%; NZX 50 performance still bumpy
14 Jul 2025 Pausing while pass through of interest rate cuts catches up
14 Jul 2025 Pausing while pass through of interest rate cuts catches up
14 Jul 2025 New Zealand may be falling behind on genetic testing rules
14 Jul 2025 Trust Management starts push into financial advice market
11 Jul 2025 F&P Healthcare drop leads NZX lower, rural stocks show strength
11 Jul 2025 Salt's Long Short Funds delivers the manager a big payday
11 Jul 2025 ICIB Brokerweb buys AssureMe to target Asian market
10 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket steady as Australian regulator clears path for Fonterra consumer arm sale
10 Jul 2025 Is Pharmac improving?
10 Jul 2025 Borrowers holding out for more cuts
10 Jul 2025 Significant number of borrowers still hanging out for OCR cuts
09 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket dips as Reserve Bank holds OCR steady
09 Jul 2025 Mortgage rates may have bottomed already
09 Jul 2025 Mortgage rates may have bottomed already as RBNZ holds OCR
09 Jul 2025 [BREAKING NEWS] Here's what the RBNZ said today
09 Jul 2025 [BREAKING NEWS] What the RBNZ said today about interest rates
08 Jul 2025 NZX 50 gains 0.74%, overcomes a2 Milk slip
08 Jul 2025 Jarden Securities ex-wealth lifts annual net profit 26%
08 Jul 2025 KAN's AB joins up with another group
07 Jul 2025 Infratil rises as CEO Boyes ups stake; NZX resignations aplenty
07 Jul 2025 Asset prices and spending going nowhere
07 Jul 2025 Fisher Funds makes new private equity hire
07 Jul 2025 Adviser feedback spurs AIA coverage updates
04 Jul 2025 Tourism Holdings stalls as NZ sharemarket ends week on high
04 Jul 2025 The OCR gravy train is slowing
04 Jul 2025 The OCR gravy train is slowing
04 Jul 2025 Nikko expands Goals Getter fund range
03 Jul 2025 NZ sharemarket down while Kiwi Property Group secures key renewal
03 Jul 2025 Scott's new role revealed
03 Jul 2025 Mortgage arrears show it's still tough out there
03 Jul 2025 Mortgage arrears still challenging
03 Jul 2025 A new PIE with a different flavour
02 Jul 2025 Expectations of rate cuts boost NZ sharemarket in light trade
02 Jul 2025 nib NZ completes company amalgamation
02 Jul 2025 Smart CEO resigns
02 Jul 2025 Two banks lower house price growth forecasts
02 Jul 2025 Little growth for the rest of this year expected
02 Jul 2025 Digital insurance tools fuel adviser business, not replace it
02 Jul 2025 Half a dozen Pie people in Sydney
01 Jul 2025 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare helps NZX up over 1% to start July
01 Jul 2025 Banks under pressure to formalise timeframes
01 Jul 2025 Service agreements could help banks’ processing timeframes
01 Jul 2025 Insurers see 'unprecedented' claims levels
01 Jul 2025 Going for good growth
June 2025
30 Jun 2025 Re-generation at Generate
30 Jun 2025 NZX ends half year down 3.6%, primary sector saving grace
30 Jun 2025 Name suppression lifted on financial adviser
30 Jun 2025 First-home buyers making a move with low equity
30 Jun 2025 New record for low equity loans
27 Jun 2025 NZ sharemarket rises as Infratil, Spark drive gains
27 Jun 2025 OCR cuts near the bottom? ASB thinks so
27 Jun 2025 Bottom of OCR cuts either here or not far away - ASB
27 Jun 2025 Law firm opposes warrantless without-notice FMA inspections
27 Jun 2025 OMNIMax founder takes on new role
26 Jun 2025 Fonterra leads NZ sharemarket rise
26 Jun 2025 FMA cancels advice firm’s FAP licence
26 Jun 2025 Unsecured and uncomplicated: BNZ targets SME growth
26 Jun 2025 New unsecured loan offer as BNZ chases SME market
26 Jun 2025 A fresh move from Kiwibank
26 Jun 2025 Business funding landscape change
26 Jun 2025 NZFSG adds new head of insurance distribution
26 Jun 2025 How much Shaw paid for a majority stake in ISG
26 Jun 2025 New FMA report warns of customer protection gaps
26 Jun 2025 AI provider to KiwiSaver secures funding
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Advisers hope AI widens market
Advisers hope AI widens market
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Koura reports another loss
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Can AI pick the best KiwiSaver provider?
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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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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.
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.
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