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March 2010
15 Mar 2010 Hawkish and dovish views of the OCR
15 Mar 2010 IRD KiwiSaver leader takes charge of Gareth Morgan
15 Mar 2010 Referral and Advocates Workshop for PAA Members
15 Mar 2010 AIA New Zealand 2010 Roadshow
15 Mar 2010 AIA New Zealand 2010 Roadshow
15 Mar 2010 PAA/ING Life roadshow
15 Mar 2010 PAA/ING Life roadshow
15 Mar 2010 News round-up
12 Mar 2010 No doubt rents will rise if rebate goes
12 Mar 2010 AIA New Zealand 2010 Roadshow
12 Mar 2010 Same regime needed for all KiwiSaver trustees
12 Mar 2010 Minerva to take over running PIS
12 Mar 2010 Steam still coming out of house sales
12 Mar 2010 What really needs to be done about KiwiSaver funds
12 Mar 2010 REINZ residential highlights - February 2010
12 Mar 2010 Property syndication coming back to life
12 Mar 2010 OCR review
11 Mar 2010 MARAC accepted into extended guarantee scheme
11 Mar 2010 OCR left at 2.5%, hikes to be mid-year
11 Mar 2010 Rates not likely to hit these peaks again
11 Mar 2010 Lombard shareholders approve plan for reverse takeover
11 Mar 2010 Bollard sticking to the script
11 Mar 2010 OCR March 11, 2010
11 Mar 2010 OCR unchanged, mid-year hike reiterated
11 Mar 2010 FULL SPEECH: OCR unchanged
11 Mar 2010 Money laundering risk to be assessed
11 Mar 2010 Bollard's predictions on interest rates welcome
10 Mar 2010 Kiwibank looking to raise $150 million
10 Mar 2010 AIG makes another big asset sale
10 Mar 2010 Redundancy insurance sales soar
10 Mar 2010 Milford creates new managing director role
10 Mar 2010 The 11th Annual Company Valuations Masterclass
10 Mar 2010 Wholesale funding guarantee no longer needed
10 Mar 2010 Curtin faces more legal action
10 Mar 2010 ISI looks to continuous disclosure for funds
09 Mar 2010 Prudential’s return to NZ may be short-lived
09 Mar 2010 Allied's $220 million write-down may understate recoverable loans
09 Mar 2010 KiwiSaver regulations fast tracked
09 Mar 2010 Whangarei: City of 100 opportunities
09 Mar 2010 OCR announcement expected to have a downbeat tone
09 Mar 2010 Savings industry let Kiwis down: Stewart
08 Mar 2010 Perpetual Portfolio Management adds to its team
08 Mar 2010 Auckland rental shortage under debate
08 Mar 2010 All eyes on OCR
08 Mar 2010 News round-up
08 Mar 2010 Values growing at slower pace
08 Mar 2010 QV regional snapshot - February 2010
07 Mar 2010 Market looks to Bollard for guidance on interest rates
05 Mar 2010 Big week for housing market looming
05 Mar 2010 South Canterbury sweating on liquidity
05 Mar 2010 Can Brash still make cash?
05 Mar 2010 Time to fix?
05 Mar 2010 Quiet first week
05 Mar 2010 Float no more?
05 Mar 2010 A decade of rates
05 Mar 2010 Emerging markets still the best option for medium-term growth
04 Mar 2010 Morningstar announces Fund Manager of the Year winners
04 Mar 2010 Bargains galore but not much action
04 Mar 2010 Allied looks for ways to back into guarantee scheme
04 Mar 2010 Huljich falls on his sword and resigns
04 Mar 2010 Top managers get their rewards
04 Mar 2010 Treasury questions beefed up trustee powers for Securities Commission
03 Mar 2010 Prudential returning to NZ insurance scene
03 Mar 2010 Increasing health insurance premiums to hit hard
03 Mar 2010 Listings hit 11-month high in Auckland
03 Mar 2010 Chamberlain to revamp Kiwibank insurance
03 Mar 2010 Annuities market a must with KiwiSaver
03 Mar 2010 Opinion: Overinsured and unhappy
03 Mar 2010 NZMBA first association to join up to disputes resolution scheme
02 Mar 2010 Perpetual Trust weighing up Strategic Finance’s future
02 Mar 2010 RBA ups its cash rate
02 Mar 2010 Swaps market offering opportunity for investors
02 Mar 2010 Float no more?
02 Mar 2010 TSB's profit surges, mortgage book grows
02 Mar 2010 Economists ponder next OCR move
01 Mar 2010 Six finance coys miss the cut for guarantee scheme
01 Mar 2010 Allied Nationwide unable to accept money at the moment
01 Mar 2010 Question marks around the recovery
01 Mar 2010 News round-up
February 2010
26 Feb 2010 AIA gets new chief
26 Feb 2010 Low floating rates not getting much response
26 Feb 2010 ANZ's profit rises but mortgage book stalls
26 Feb 2010 [Weekly Wrap] Responding to the changes
26 Feb 2010 Wespac's mortgage book gallops but profit falls
26 Feb 2010 Vision put into the high risk category
26 Feb 2010 Building consents fall for second month
26 Feb 2010 AMP tackles premium price hikes differently
26 Feb 2010 McDouall Stuart pans Cynotech takeover bid amid full-year loss
26 Feb 2010 Flurry of finance company ratings continues
26 Feb 2010 Westpac and Kiwibank cut in different places
26 Feb 2010 Wrightson Finance profit down, impaired assets up
25 Feb 2010 Investing in your future by selling to young professionals
25 Feb 2010 Tax credit boosts BNZ profits despite underlying profit drop
25 Feb 2010 Housing minister resigns
25 Feb 2010 SIFA considers its future in new environment
25 Feb 2010 Sue T resigns
24 Feb 2010 Geneva faces more trouble while NZF looks to recapitalise
24 Feb 2010 Tierney quits NZMBA board
24 Feb 2010 Embattled broker resigns from NZMBA board
24 Feb 2010 PSIS cuts floating rate
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.
1 week 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