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February 2025
05 Feb 2025 Non-banks still need to prove their worth despite govt backing
04 Feb 2025 Business Development Manager
04 Feb 2025 Trade war truce breathes life into NZ sharemarket
04 Feb 2025 Number of mortgage holders behind in payments up 1,100 in one month
03 Feb 2025 NZ sharemarket Trumped by tariffs, down 1.4%
03 Feb 2025 Resolution Life completes Asteron purchase
03 Feb 2025 Former Fidelity BM of the year joins NZHL
02 Feb 2025 Luxon sacks FEC chair Stuart Smith without explanation
01 Feb 2025 Generate expands Adviser team
January 2025
31 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket ends week up 0.5%
31 Jan 2025 FMA’s international chief economist recruit resigns after two years
31 Jan 2025 [TMM Podcast] Yelsa serves up “marine reserve” of property buyers
31 Jan 2025 KiwiSaver members open to sacrificing more for future gain
30 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket down 0.5%, AIA down 2.5%
30 Jan 2025 Switching banks takes a huge chunk of mortgage money
30 Jan 2025 The New Normal: RBNZ Says Pre-COVID Interest Rates Are a Thing of the Past
30 Jan 2025 RBNZ warns interest rates unlikely to return to pre-covid levels
29 Jan 2025 Rocky session on the markets today
29 Jan 2025 The squeeze is set to ease
29 Jan 2025 Mortgage Relief on the Horizon
29 Jan 2025 Retirement planning must take heed of economic headwinds
28 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket down 0.3% amid AI upheaval
28 Jan 2025 TAPping into AI
28 Jan 2025 Mortgage Relief: Lower Rates, Bigger Savings
28 Jan 2025 Putting billions back in mortgage borrowers pockets
27 Jan 2025 Synlait’s cautious recovery pleases market
24 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket ends week down 0.8%
24 Jan 2025 Milford gets new CEO
24 Jan 2025 Luxon Pushes for RBNZ to Act Faster on OCR Decisions
24 Jan 2025 PM suggests RBNZ make OCR decisions more often
24 Jan 2025 Biggest has baddest returns
23 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket ticks up as Wall St bulls charge
23 Jan 2025 Is Fixing Short-Term Still the Best Choice?
23 Jan 2025 Warning about fixing short term from top economist
23 Jan 2025 Angels fear consequences of FMA wholesale investor test case
22 Jan 2025 Rocket Lab Surges Over 30% to Record High Amid Renewed Space Exploration Optimism
22 Jan 2025 [Opinion] CPD – identifying the stuff we don’t know but really should
22 Jan 2025 Harbour Outlook: So much for the Christmas rally
22 Jan 2025 Are Rising Rates Making Property Investors Nervous?
22 Jan 2025 Investor mortgage borrowers’ sentiment takes a nose dive
21 Jan 2025 Fisher and Paykel Healthcare feels brunt of Trump's proposed tariffs
21 Jan 2025 Are Short-Term Mortgage Rates Really Worth the Risk?
21 Jan 2025 Jumping off the short-term interest rate bandwagon
20 Jan 2025 Takeover for Millennium and Copthorne; Otherwise quiet on NZX
20 Jan 2025 Open Finance Shake-Up: Are You Ready for the Big Changes Ahead?
20 Jan 2025 Open finance momentum expected to gather pace in 2025
20 Jan 2025 Westpac's BT lifts annual net profit 10.8%
17 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket up over 1.8% for the week
17 Jan 2025 Gut on you Asteron
17 Jan 2025 New Partnership to Upskill New Zealand’s Financial Capability Workforce
17 Jan 2025 Devon Funds 2025 Predictions
17 Jan 2025 Appeal of one-stop shop helps drive Sharesies’ KiwiSaver growth
17 Jan 2025 A few little home loan rate cuts; Split forecasts on next OCR decision
17 Jan 2025 Economists split on RBNZ OCR cut: How much will the Reserve Bank lower rates in February?
17 Jan 2025 Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind
16 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket up nearly 0.5%, third rise this week
16 Jan 2025 [Media Release] Get your clients finances in shape for the New Year
16 Jan 2025 Retail investors seeking US exposure as confidence returns
15 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket lifts off after Auckland Airport numbers
15 Jan 2025 Outlook for 2025: How about no landing?
15 Jan 2025 What's the best mortgage rate strategy for 2025?
15 Jan 2025 To fix or not to fix: Mortgage rate decisions a key theme for 2025
15 Jan 2025 Borrowers turn to short term mortgage rates in droves
15 Jan 2025 Don’t bet on house prices rising faster than incomes
14 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket up on economic recovery news
14 Jan 2025 New non-bank deposit taker to court advisor networks
13 Jan 2025 NZ sharemarket starts week down 0.5%
13 Jan 2025 Chubb Life appoints chief actuary
13 Jan 2025 FMA tests legal waters on eligible investor exclusion
13 Jan 2025 Challenger focuses on expanding non-bank mortgage loan servicing
13 Jan 2025 Challenger looks to expansion of servicing non-bank mortgage loans
10 Jan 2025 Market ends week down but Briscoe shares up despite lower earnings guidance
10 Jan 2025 Simple still best amid growing investment literacy
10 Jan 2025 Similar Price Growth
09 Jan 2025 NZ market remains in ‘limbo’ ahead of Trump‘s second term
08 Jan 2025 Sharron Botica leaves AIA
08 Jan 2025 Bill strikes a fair balance between landlords and tenants
08 Jan 2025 New life insurance company coming
08 Jan 2025 Bank resourcing should have been a ComCom recommendation
07 Jan 2025 NZX dips despite US tech rally
07 Jan 2025 HNY. Bluestone's book sold
07 Jan 2025 Bluestone’s mortgage book sold
06 Jan 2025 Second trading day on NZX flat for 2025
03 Jan 2025 Market gets off to a slow start for 2025
01 Jan 2025 [TMM Podcast] Opportunities and risks in the housing market
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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