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May 2014
15 May 2014 No handout for first-time buyers
15 May 2014 ASB tops FundSource rankings
15 May 2014 94% of rental properties fail WOF trial
15 May 2014 No handouts for first-time buyers
14 May 2014 $100m reserved for bookbuild clients
14 May 2014 Turnover down more than expected: RBNZ
14 May 2014 $400m of NZ bonds on offer this week
14 May 2014 Fixed income investors 'should seek absolute returns'
14 May 2014 Turnover down more than expected: RBNZ
13 May 2014 Rate rises having an impact; SBS cuts
13 May 2014 OCR increases having an impact
13 May 2014 People don’t like talking about dying
13 May 2014 Too soon to jump back into emerging markets: K2
13 May 2014 Prices expected to rise but 'not a great time to buy'
13 May 2014 11% of landlords live overseas: Report
12 May 2014 Older, female, richer investors more likely to get advice
12 May 2014 REINZ: Market slowing
12 May 2014 Call for Govt action on strengthening costs
11 May 2014 Low volatility feeds a search for yield
09 May 2014 Mercer Marsh mash up
09 May 2014 Pressure coming on bank margins
09 May 2014 LVR restrictions could come off this year
09 May 2014 LVR restrictions could come off this year
09 May 2014 Fidelity adds new board member
09 May 2014 Accountants: Financial advisers of the future?
09 May 2014 Update on the New Zealand housing market [FEATURE with GRAPHS]
09 May 2014 Harcourts applauds LVR move
08 May 2014 Kiwis will miss out on comfortable retirement: FSC
08 May 2014 'Average Kiwis missing out on advice'
08 May 2014 Parents 'propping up lending'
08 May 2014 QV: First-time buyers return
07 May 2014 Rules may be relaxed on Friday: Economists
07 May 2014 Brown quits FMA role
07 May 2014 New Zealand's big bet on China
07 May 2014 BNZ does a wee tweak
07 May 2014 More special housing areas revealed
06 May 2014 KiwiSaver – opportunity, threat or both?
06 May 2014 DIYers shun advice: Research
06 May 2014 Low-interest loans a risk worth taking: BNZ
06 May 2014 KIPT sells rest of Auckland high rise
05 May 2014 Switch to fix puts pressure on: Westpac
05 May 2014 ASB makes 3-year hero rate and offers more cash
05 May 2014 ASB makes 3-year hero rate and offers more cash
05 May 2014 Kiwibank offer formalised
05 May 2014 Providers need more confidence in resoution schemes: FMA boss
05 May 2014 Still a seller's market: Realestate.co.nz
05 May 2014 Sellers need to price well: B&T
04 May 2014 KiwiSaver withdrawal system sparks complaints
04 May 2014 Asteron appoints claims executive
02 May 2014 A week of the expected and unexpected
02 May 2014 FMA board appointments
02 May 2014 How ANZ is winning the battle
02 May 2014 Don't fear the move online: AMP
02 May 2014 Investors open to body corporate arrangements: Crockers
01 May 2014 Bank distribution drives ANZ's mortgage growth
01 May 2014 LVR rules could be loosened this month: Westpac
01 May 2014 Kiwis want to be forced to save: FSC
01 May 2014 FMA boss predicts cultural shift
01 May 2014 Nice moves guys
01 May 2014 Diversification pays off for KiwiSavers: Morningstar
01 May 2014 Peak of 4.5% would feel higher: ASB
01 May 2014 KiwiSaver plan 'not the answer'
01 May 2014 REINZ to examine data
April 2014
30 Apr 2014 SBS boss appointed
30 Apr 2014 Tate: Is regulation helping consumers?
30 Apr 2014 NZPIF slams Labour's ring-fencing plan
30 Apr 2014 More consents issued
29 Apr 2014 Low equity lending running at half speed
29 Apr 2014 Labour's policies would encourage borrowing
29 Apr 2014 Mortgage News today
29 Apr 2014 New FMA boss receptive to advisers
29 Apr 2014 Banks fear regulation
29 Apr 2014 Labour's policy 'would boost housing market'
29 Apr 2014 Property Council concerned at lack of commercial land space
29 Apr 2014 Interest rates may not affect yields much: JLL
28 Apr 2014 Kiwibank offers unsecured capital notes
28 Apr 2014 AMP appoints national adviser network manager
28 Apr 2014 Govt criticised for cutting AFAs out of sales
28 Apr 2014 If you're a bank starting with A go
28 Apr 2014 Parker: Limit LVR restrictions
28 Apr 2014 Rising rates will cool market: ANZ
24 Apr 2014 $1 billion milestone for health insurance
24 Apr 2014 Economists predict up to three more hikes this year
24 Apr 2014 Yep, OCR up
24 Apr 2014 What the Reserve Bank said about interest rates
24 Apr 2014 Industry's renaissance may start with kids
24 Apr 2014 Good times ahead for commercial investors
23 Apr 2014 Care needed with unsecured debt
23 Apr 2014 ANZ eases low equity loan requirements
23 Apr 2014 ANZ becomes more aggressive with low equity loans
23 Apr 2014 Curtains for NZF
23 Apr 2014 Support for changing KiwiSaver: FSC
23 Apr 2014 High-profile office block for sale
23 Apr 2014 Migration surge may only have modest impact: Economist
22 Apr 2014 FMC license tutorials offered
22 Apr 2014 nib sticks with Benji Marshall
22 Apr 2014 OCR heading up: Kiwibank already starts rises
22 Apr 2014 Accuro appoints new chairman
22 Apr 2014 Strong demand for outsourced compliance: Austin
22 Apr 2014 Expect more interest rate increases
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.
1 week 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