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February 2019
24 Feb 2019 Revealed: Healthy Homes minimum standards
22 Feb 2019 [The Wrap] A tax tidbit; time to support CFPs and CLUs
22 Feb 2019 Air NZ and Auckland Airport lift market
22 Feb 2019 Australian Labor makes commission U-turn
22 Feb 2019 More on capital gains tax
22 Feb 2019 Product commission – Is it justified?
22 Feb 2019 Tax suggestions: 'I sigh deeply'
22 Feb 2019 Aussie new insurance business falls after commission capped
21 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain; A2 hits new record, F&P climbs on patent deal
21 Feb 2019 Investing: Don’t forget about the cycle
21 Feb 2019 Outrage over CGT recommendation
21 Feb 2019 Mortgage advisers respond to CGT proposal; What do you think?
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on assets 'fairer'
21 Feb 2019 Advisers play down capital gains impact
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on the cards
21 Feb 2019 Capital gains tax on the cards
21 Feb 2019 Claim associations silent as advisers become casualties
21 Feb 2019 Servicing adviser should get trail
20 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain; A2 jumps to 12-month high as earnings outperform
20 Feb 2019 Unprecedented scrutiny on bank conduct: Kiwibank CEO
20 Feb 2019 Responsible investing extends beyond a green label
20 Feb 2019 Strategi Group brings Bell on as CEO
20 Feb 2019 Investors given Disclose insight
20 Feb 2019 NZX refocuses, heralds wealth growth
19 Feb 2019 A2 downgraded on eve of earnings, Heartland misses expectations
19 Feb 2019 Finalists in fund awards announced
19 Feb 2019 How long
19 Feb 2019 AIA extends Airpoints offer
19 Feb 2019 War over capital gains tax begins
19 Feb 2019 Reverse mortgage opportunity for advisers: Heartland
19 Feb 2019 Concerns KiwiSaver bill could be stopped
18 Feb 2019 Sovereign rating reaffirmed
18 Feb 2019 NZ shares subdued as China trade tensions weigh; Sky TV falls
18 Feb 2019 CFP numbers swell worldwide
18 Feb 2019 Claims hit nib's bottom line
18 Feb 2019 The DIY landlords
18 Feb 2019 Rough start to the year
18 Feb 2019 TSB takes new approach
18 Feb 2019 Mortgage price war heats up with TSB
18 Feb 2019 Mercer appoints investment boss
18 Feb 2019 Adviser training institutes positive about education shake-up
18 Feb 2019 FSC conference launched
15 Feb 2019 A2 and Fisher & Paykel lead NZX down on China fears
15 Feb 2019 Adviser moves to JMI
15 Feb 2019 [The Wrap] It's time for industry leaders to step up and support advisers
15 Feb 2019 NZX reports profit
15 Feb 2019 A good time to buy?
15 Feb 2019 Insurance report to hurt mortgage advisers: Newpark
15 Feb 2019 AMP profit slashed by Aussie scandals
14 Feb 2019 Six day run of gains ends on sharemarket
14 Feb 2019 Regulators 'may misunderstand' legacy products
14 Feb 2019 Asteron: Working closely with regulators
14 Feb 2019 Key RBNZ changes edge closer
14 Feb 2019 OCR Wrap; Franchise for sale; PM stands up for advisers
14 Feb 2019 Auckland prices at 35 month low
14 Feb 2019 AMP puts off listing
14 Feb 2019 Is FSC taking adviser mantle?
13 Feb 2019 NZ shares join global rally on US-China trade optmism; SkyCity falls
13 Feb 2019 OCR could go up or down in 2021: RBNZ Governor
13 Feb 2019 OCR decision: Here's what the Reserve Bank said
13 Feb 2019 First OCR decision of the year: Unchanged
13 Feb 2019 Australian PM defends advisers
13 Feb 2019 KPMG says mortgage rates could rise, even though banks make record profits
13 Feb 2019 Song of subdued values remains the same
13 Feb 2019 Record profit for banks, but mortgage rates could rise: KPMG
13 Feb 2019 NZ fund managers better positioned than Australian: Researcher
13 Feb 2019 Sum-insured remuneration model progressed
12 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as power companies Meridian, Genesis, Mercury buoyed by low rate outlook
12 Feb 2019 No let-up in affordability issues
12 Feb 2019 COMMENT: Ring-fencing rules could mean 116,000 less rentals
12 Feb 2019 Volatility in the markets is an investor's friend
12 Feb 2019 AFA offers digital KiwiSaver solution
12 Feb 2019 Augmented reality research app launched
11 Feb 2019 Contact kicks off earnings season on a bright note
11 Feb 2019 How you get paid
11 Feb 2019 Some rates up, some down; What to expect from the Reserve Bank this week
11 Feb 2019 Westpac: OCR to hold until 2022
11 Feb 2019 Confidence in rental property at 4 year low
11 Feb 2019 Confidence falls
11 Feb 2019 Pathfinder sells half its business
08 Feb 2019 All quiet on NZ sharemarket ahead of earnings season
08 Feb 2019 HSBC drops rates to 3.95%
08 Feb 2019 OCR Preview: caution expected from the Reserve Bank
08 Feb 2019 Advisers stepping in where Govt scheme lacking
08 Feb 2019 Long-time adviser loses battle with leukemia
08 Feb 2019 Advisers taking lead on complaints processes
07 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as prospect of rate cut stokes demand for yield stocks
07 Feb 2019 Altered landscape for investors
07 Feb 2019 AMP rings changes
07 Feb 2019 How Australia’s Royal Commission could affect NZ investors
07 Feb 2019 Bull market's last charge
07 Feb 2019 Level premiums for life among Asteron changes
05 Feb 2019 Bank shares rally after let off from Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 FE faces rating downgrade
05 Feb 2019 NZ advisers hit out at Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 Harbour's View: What the Australian Royal Commission means for the industry
05 Feb 2019 Australia to ban trail commission
05 Feb 2019 RBNZ banking rules shaping credit markets
05 Feb 2019 Super City sales up, prices down
05 Feb 2019 Trustees Executors appointment affirms private wealth commitment
Latest News
Pie Funds enters adviser channel
Pie Funds enters adviser channel
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KiwiSaver members need more advice at retirement, panellists say
KiwiSaver members need more advice at retirement, panellists say
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Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
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Second funds management firm sold today
Second funds management firm sold today
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Latest Comments
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
Thank you Backstage. Look beyond just the structure/s. Currently, both employee and employer's contribution are taxed. So, even if I add a 3rd option - $100k salary of which $12k deducted for KS and no employer contribution. It made no difference financially whether it is option a, b or c, assuming law says $12k of the $100k pay package must go to KS. It will make a difference if a new tax law says, employer's contribution is tax free, then option "a" is a no brainer.
2 weeks ago W K
Simon Papa: Access to advice - Is adviser conservatism the issue?
Thank you Simon for such a substantial and thought-provoking piece. You write that “the CoFI law creates the potential for the FMA to influence the supply of financial products and services, not just conduct in relation to such supply”, to which I would offer two replies: Yes; and About Time. Your piece (and also your submission on the draft Fair Outcomes Guide) do suggest a preference for Rational Choice Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. The problems with this being: Humans are not ideally-rational agents, and even if they were, the market is problematically inefficient. The latter is by design, by and for the benefit of the financial institutions. Informational asymmetries mean that consumers often don’t/can’t obtain the information they need to make an informed choice about whether to acquire, retain, or dispose of a financial advice product. (Good luck finding out the actual/modelled loss ratio on optional benefit x on product y.) Extending conduct requirements/expectations beyond supply, into areas such as design and pricing over the full life cycle of products and service offered, should help rebalance the scales. I agree with you when you write: “What is “fair” is inherently vague and contestable.” It doesn’t follow that it is unsuitable. Financial services law is full of such terms: “reasonable,” “care,” “diligence,” and “skill” immediately spring to mind. “Unusually large transaction” and “unusual pattern of transactions” from 22(1)(c) of the AML/CFT Act are vague, and currently subject to contest in FMA v InvestNow. Finally, I agree that more FADC cases would be helpful. Also helpful would be more details from enforcement cases the FMA has taken over the years. For example: Where a FAP was found to have breached the Record Keeping standard condition, provide a couple of (suitably redacted) examples of deficient files, along with explanatory commentary. If your files look like that, then do better.
2 weeks ago Paul Flood
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
@WK agree with your summary and Murray, "exactly". Im a little confused about the statement, total rem has got to go? Even more confused by am mentat... blatant wage theft? Confused about young people not thinking about retirement or insurance? I have had the unfortunate experience at times working for multi national insurance companies and I do not recall them trying to get their mits on my wages, when did this happen? For centuries young people have not been able to picture themselves retired or believe that they will be multi-millionaires by this time. By the way, i bet they have a bank account. Hopefully am mentat works it out or, if he is a prosperous employer just continues to give give give to his employees with wild abandon and continues to cheer on any political parties that place more financial burdens on small business where generally the owner has risked all to try and get ahead. Employing people and helping in this way to provide for there families also.
2 weeks ago Darryl Scott
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
As an investor, it is completely unacceptable to me that Total Remuneration continues if compulsion is brought in. It is simply wrong to continue putting downward pressure on salary and wages, particularly for people on minimum wage in a country that aspires to lift wages over time and raise the standard of living for NZers. National will lose my vote as a serious investor if they continue down the Total Remuneration path. No question...
2 weeks ago David Lawton
Give Total Rem the flick if KiwiSaver compulsory
This is just about the only online space outside of Newstalk ZB facebook comments where speaking out against blatant wage theft by multinationals is considered 'PC'. And yet still we wonder why those pesky younger generations of potential customers wholesale refuse to engage with traditional financial services. Couldn't be because our mindsets are stuck in the 1950s - no, it must be the kids who are wrong.
2 weeks ago Ross Alexander