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March 2023
24 Mar 2023 NZ Home Loans gets new GM from AIA
24 Mar 2023 Reality check on recession-talk needed
23 Mar 2023 NZ sharemarket holds up despite Warehouse result
23 Mar 2023 Milford embraces technological advice and transparency as part of third party Kiwisaver growth
23 Mar 2023 Official FAP numbers revealed; New Westpac boss
23 Mar 2023 Final numbers out
23 Mar 2023 Biggest property sales slump in nearly 40 years
23 Mar 2023 Westpac gets new head of third party
23 Mar 2023 [GRTV] 98% of active funds fail to outperform
22 Mar 2023 NZ market gains on back of KMD's 'impressive result'
22 Mar 2023 Wealthpoint Nelson Grows Their Revenue and Improves Their Client Experience with a New KiwiSaver Tool
22 Mar 2023 Government legislation drives rents and higher house sales
22 Mar 2023 Hear what John Bolton (JB) has to say on DTIs
22 Mar 2023 Kiwi pensions growing fast but still catching up
22 Mar 2023 [WATCH] Bolton changes views on DTIs, thinks LVRs need to be wound back
21 Mar 2023 NZ market dragged down
21 Mar 2023 FMA warning not relevant to public – Du Val Group
21 Mar 2023 Mortgage pressures put squeeze on repayments; Interest rates may close to peak
21 Mar 2023 Mortgage pressures put squeeze on repayments
21 Mar 2023 Harsh land and investment laws will prevent new supermarket entrants
20 Mar 2023 NZ stocks slump in line with global markets
20 Mar 2023 New seat in the chair at TAHITO
20 Mar 2023 Fidelity Life excellence rating 27th consecutive year
20 Mar 2023 Interest rates closest to peak
20 Mar 2023 National MP questions avalanche of change; but promises more
19 Mar 2023 Nikko appoints senior relationships manager
17 Mar 2023 Market lifts slightly despite rattled investors
17 Mar 2023 Your regulator of financial advice
17 Mar 2023 Tick box adviser declaration coming
17 Mar 2023 When really does a life insurance policy start?
17 Mar 2023 OCR forecasts - Slow growth equals low interest rates
17 Mar 2023 NZCFS study upswing as deadline loomed
16 Mar 2023 NZX rebounds after rough start to day on bank fears
16 Mar 2023 Slow growth equals low interest rates
16 Mar 2023 Ryman shareholders pay a hefty penalty
16 Mar 2023 Positive treatment signs for type 2 diabetes sufferers
16 Mar 2023 [The Wrap] Welcome to the new world
16 Mar 2023 FMA keeping an eye on transitional licence holders
15 Mar 2023 NZ market bouncing around as investors remain wary
15 Mar 2023 Fishers's Marlin caught in US bank collapse
15 Mar 2023 Fidelity gets acting CEO for six months
15 Mar 2023 Specificity and Policy Wordings
15 Mar 2023 KPMG report shows banks make still more money
15 Mar 2023 Mindful Money endorses 10 more funds
15 Mar 2023 Devon stewardship takes stance on ESG
15 Mar 2023 Mindful Money endorses ten more funds
14 Mar 2023 NZ market still in dour state post SVB fail
14 Mar 2023 Doing repairs and renovations the right way
14 Mar 2023 KiwiSaver managers making excessive profits: Stubbs
14 Mar 2023 Banks make still more money and that's official
13 Mar 2023 NZ market rallies on US banking assurances
13 Mar 2023 Buyers walking away from deals over flood risk
13 Mar 2023 Crypto exchange executive joins the FMA
13 Mar 2023 Woman gets home detention for $8.7 mill mortgage fraud
12 Mar 2023 2nd person sentenced in $8.7 million mortgage fraud case
12 Mar 2023 Cigna locks in new name
11 Mar 2023 Kiwi Wealth personnel don't feature in Fisher Funds new investment management team
10 Mar 2023 Unsettled NZ market sheds 1%
10 Mar 2023 FMA warns Du Val Capital Partners Limited over misleading investors
10 Mar 2023 Warning to Du Val over misleading investors
10 Mar 2023 Home values still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels
10 Mar 2023 Paris alignment a drawcard for investors
09 Mar 2023 ‘Listless and almost asleep’: NZ’s market waits for US jobs data
09 Mar 2023 Are banks making too much money?
09 Mar 2023 National calls for banking enquiry; Banks think it's a good idea
08 Mar 2023 Offshore sentiment drives local market
08 Mar 2023 Advisers help in the aftermath of the floods
08 Mar 2023 TAP’s evolved compliance services set to meet FAP returns
08 Mar 2023 Partners makes changes to its distribution staff
08 Mar 2023 Questions to consider before becoming a landlord
08 Mar 2023 Checking funds for gender equity near impossible
07 Mar 2023 Former Kiwi Wealth execs take over FANZ
07 Mar 2023 Turners goes up a gear as NZ market remains flat
07 Mar 2023 Compensation bid fails for landlord falsely accused of using drugs
07 Mar 2023 Fidelity appoints new regulatory head
07 Mar 2023 Advisers help in the storm aftermath
07 Mar 2023 Fund managers, Mindful Money look for ways forward
06 Mar 2023 NZ market starts the week with no real direction
06 Mar 2023 One of Loan Market's top writers goes alone
06 Mar 2023 Housing market likely to reach GFC lows
06 Mar 2023 Milford adds more gongs to its growing collection
06 Mar 2023 Greenwashing case a massive warning
06 Mar 2023 Big Loan Market writer goes alone
03 Mar 2023 Investors switch focus from earnings to macro environment
03 Mar 2023 Advisers question two banks not-so secret home loan rates
03 Mar 2023 [OPINION] Ever increasing risk for property investors
03 Mar 2023 Invest like a woman
03 Mar 2023 No sense of reality in bank's low rate offers
03 Mar 2023 Severe sales slump as market hobbled by February’s extreme weather
02 Mar 2023 Centrix says more debt problems
02 Mar 2023 NZ market noticeably quieter as earnings season ends
02 Mar 2023 Wellington’s affordability lifts out of the doldrums
02 Mar 2023 Australian watchdog sues Mercer in first greenwashing case
01 Mar 2023 NZ market flat as last earnings results come in
01 Mar 2023 The effects of flooding and cyclone on housing
01 Mar 2023 More debt problems – Centrix
01 Mar 2023 Homeowners are holding back from putting their property on the market
01 Mar 2023 Call for simple KiwiSaver benchmarks to replace ‘Frankenstein constructs’
February 2023
28 Feb 2023 NZ market in good spirits as earnings season wraps up
28 Feb 2023 Profitability grows at Heartland
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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