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July 2024
10 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket rises on RBNZ's dovish stance
10 Jul 2024 RBNZ holds OCR but turns unexpectedly dovish
10 Jul 2024 BREAKING: OCR remains at 5.50% - Inflation Approaching Target Range
10 Jul 2024 BREAKING: OCR 5.50% - Inflation Approaching Target Range
10 Jul 2024 Expectation of November rate cuts prompts record short rate borrowing
10 Jul 2024 Expectation of Nov rate cuts prompts record short rate borrowing
10 Jul 2024 Meeting half-way
09 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket up almost 1%
09 Jul 2024 Assets trump salary for Kiwi investors
09 Jul 2024 Life insurance products MIA
08 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket falls nearly 0.5% at the start of a pivotal week
08 Jul 2024 Reserve Bank expected to stick to its knitting; Banks bringing OCR cut expectations forward
08 Jul 2024 Reserve Bank expected to stick to its knitting
08 Jul 2024 Treasury outlines likely costs of financial institution failures
08 Jul 2024 Newton Ross joins NZXWT
05 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.4% to end the week
05 Jul 2024 KiwiSaver Fees lower than Australia and UK
05 Jul 2024 Investing Wisdom: 4 Invaluable lessons from my time in the markets
05 Jul 2024 Banks bringing OCR cut expectations forward
04 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket down, Oz and US stocks climb
04 Jul 2024 Why nothing else?
04 Jul 2024 [Podcast] TMM Ep2 Hamish Patel - mortgagesonline
04 Jul 2024 New code brings commonsense to lending; Massive liberalisation of planning rules to end housing woes
04 Jul 2024 Massive liberalisation of planning rules to end housing woes
04 Jul 2024 Graeme Lindsay: death of a life industry stalwart
04 Jul 2024 TE sells another business unit
04 Jul 2024 FMA censures financial advice group
03 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.1% on flat trading day
03 Jul 2024 Climate reporting not yet backed by climate action
03 Jul 2024 New code brings commonsense to lending - FSF
03 Jul 2024 RBNZ needs to start cutting; Mortgages and cars – the two should not go together
03 Jul 2024 Inflation dragon slain; RBNZ needs to start cutting
03 Jul 2024 Strategi Group appoints head of AML/CFT
02 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket drifts lower amid sliding business confidence
02 Jul 2024 Mortgages and cars – the two should not go together
02 Jul 2024 FNZ's global expansion plans come at a price
02 Jul 2024 Select committee against bill to limit use of KiwiSaver as part of pay package
01 Jul 2024 NZ sharemarket boosted by energy stocks, Fletcher
01 Jul 2024 Latest RBNZ figures show lending stock bounds ahead
01 Jul 2024 5 questions for the new owners of Castle Point
01 Jul 2024 Lending stock bounds ahead
June 2024
27 Jun 2024 NZ sharemarket falls 1% ahead of long weekend
27 Jun 2024 [The Wrap] FNZ: A story which needs telling
27 Jun 2024 Why Resi closed up
27 Jun 2024 Nikko appoints BDM to drive growth
27 Jun 2024 Predictions cut for rising house prices
27 Jun 2024 Why Resimac closed up shop in NZ
27 Jun 2024 FANZ: all life insurance contracts should be consumer contracts
27 Jun 2024 When to use a Golden Life policy and changes that could be made
26 Jun 2024 NZ sharemarket surges 1%
26 Jun 2024 Proposals on conduct reform could impact M&As, civil liberty
26 Jun 2024 Pyramid scheme promoter ordered to pay fine totalling millions of dollars
25 Jun 2024 NZ sharemarket up 0.76%
25 Jun 2024 Code Committee proposes changes
25 Jun 2024 Bizcap's billion; Code standard changes
24 Jun 2024 NZ sharemarket down following Warehouse downgrade
24 Jun 2024 Bizcap cracks $1 bill mark and adds LOC product
24 Jun 2024 Interest rate cuts might be nearer than thought - Kiwibank
24 Jun 2024 Interest rate cuts might be nearer than thought
24 Jun 2024 US Equities – simply momentum or something more fundamental
23 Jun 2024 Fidelity Life makes mortgage cover enhancements
23 Jun 2024 Alternative to first home grant
21 Jun 2024 NZX 50 ends the week down 1.5% in flurry of index reweighting
21 Jun 2024 KiwiSaver reform next steps - bail up a politician
21 Jun 2024 AMP adds term deposits
21 Jun 2024 Resimac blind-sides advisers
21 Jun 2024 Resimac pulling out of New Zealand
20 Jun 2024 NZ shares rally as economy edges out of recession
20 Jun 2024 Industry veteran dies
20 Jun 2024 Observations from the FAP monitoring insights report
20 Jun 2024 Growing number of property investment dollars moving across the ditch
20 Jun 2024 NZHL says NZ should keep commission-based payment; Squeezed between a rock and a hard place
20 Jun 2024 NZHL says NZ should keep commission-based payment
20 Jun 2024 Squeezed between a rock and a hard place
20 Jun 2024 Market could be near a tipping point
19 Jun 2024 NZ shares fall as tight rate outlook sharpens focus on GDP
19 Jun 2024 Smartshares appoints new GM of business development and distribution
19 Jun 2024 Portals for home loan applications?
19 Jun 2024 New climate reports will give investors a different perspective
19 Jun 2024 [Opinion] Encouraging business owners to seek financial advice is good business
19 Jun 2024 Jasper joins trust
19 Jun 2024 PIC Insurance Brokers partners with RE/MAX New Zealand
19 Jun 2024 FMA offers CoFI support
19 Jun 2024 Portals for home loan applications? Be careful what you wish for
18 Jun 2024 NZ shares gain as Infratil rallies on fresh capital
18 Jun 2024 Don't fix what ain't broke
18 Jun 2024 FAMNZ to ComCom: don't fix what ain't broke
17 Jun 2024 Infratil to raise $1.15b as NZ market sinks
17 Jun 2024 ANZ bank says it doesn't discriminate against mortgage advisers
17 Jun 2024 Consilium picks up $65 mill mandate
17 Jun 2024 Ethical investment course coming for advisers
17 Jun 2024 Early adopter investors can make money from AI
17 Jun 2024 Fight to regulate property managers far from over
17 Jun 2024 ANZ says it doesn't discriminate against mortgage advisers
17 Jun 2024 Against all odds? Investment markets punch out strong returns amid share market bounce
17 Jun 2024 Singapore investor takes stake in Betashares
14 Jun 2024 Steel & Tube dampens NZ sharemarket
14 Jun 2024 Game-changing Boost Business Loan Bridges Vital Market Gap
14 Jun 2024 [DO NOT USE] Game-changing Boost Business Loan Bridges Vital Market Gap
14 Jun 2024 The small business lending space gets another player
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
3 min read
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