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May 2009
27 May 2009 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Workplace Savings
27 May 2009 ASFONZ Education Module: Introduction to Trusteeship
27 May 2009 Tower does distribution deal with Aon
27 May 2009 27 May 2009
27 May 2009 Auto IFA authorisation premature, Commission says
26 May 2009 Managed futures seminar
26 May 2009 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Workplace Savings
26 May 2009 Complaints rules edge closer
26 May 2009 Rental yields better bet than capital gains: ASB
26 May 2009 ANZ gauges find demand is making property a sellers’ market
26 May 2009 Unique property up for lease
25 May 2009 Kiwibank keeps mum on four-day deposit rate bonanza
25 May 2009 Tower Insurance eyes up small business
25 May 2009 Westpac expects pause to rate cuts
25 May 2009 Managed futures seminar
25 May 2009 ASFONZ Education – Introduction to Workplace Savings
25 May 2009 Rates Round Up
25 May 2009 News round-up
22 May 2009 SIFA Conference 2009
22 May 2009 No points for coming last
22 May 2009 Macquarie adds to advice team
22 May 2009 V for victory for landlords
22 May 2009 Equities still a risk but don't rule them out
22 May 2009 Indicator shows worst maybe over for housing market
22 May 2009 Immigration pick up a plus for housing market
21 May 2009 RI option for Mercer KiwiSaver customers
21 May 2009 First major KiwiSaver consolidation announced
21 May 2009 Sovereign to get new MD
21 May 2009 Gut feel ends PIS/Newpark deal
21 May 2009 Opinion: Life Brokers have a bob each way in professional associations
21 May 2009 Capital rules about to hit
21 May 2009 PAA puts publicity in perspective
20 May 2009 Life Brokers Association 2009 Conference & AGM
20 May 2009 NZ fund managers no dunces
20 May 2009 BNZ to raise $150m through share offer
20 May 2009 An update from the Securities Commission
20 May 2009 ETITO sessions on regulation and education
20 May 2009 Mortgage watch: Banks still not budging
20 May 2009 Funds management comes last in survey
19 May 2009 19 May 2009
19 May 2009 Institute defends naming
18 May 2009 Clear and formal roadmap for AIG
18 May 2009 Mortgage borrowing strategy
18 May 2009 Rates Round Up
18 May 2009 News Round Up
15 May 2009 Tough and tougher
15 May 2009 RTA hitting Parliament with key changes
15 May 2009 Double digit house price rises not the norm
15 May 2009 IFA welcomes Cotton appointment, deadline back on track
15 May 2009 Affordable new homes stack up for investors
14 May 2009 Borrowers could be $1.2 billion better off
14 May 2009 Floating rates too low: Alexander
14 May 2009 Practice management: Transforming wealthy friends into clients
14 May 2009 Minister appoints commissioner - for now
14 May 2009 Water rates fire stoked again
14 May 2009 Tougher rules for non-bank sector
13 May 2009 RBNZ defends OCR, disappointed with banks' response
13 May 2009 Residential housing may have hit bottom, as sales improve
13 May 2009 ASFONZ Education Module: Best Practice Governance
13 May 2009 IFA applies shame factor
12 May 2009 BIG gets bigger
12 May 2009 Residential market shows signs of stabilising: REINZ
12 May 2009 Regional highlights: REINZ
12 May 2009 Read joins Newpark
12 May 2009 Commission recommends compliance by the book
12 May 2009 Confidence returning to residental housing market: Survey
11 May 2009 Super-sized commercial syndicate hits Auckland
11 May 2009 First NZ Capital taps demand for yield with new PIE fund
11 May 2009 Property values show hint of stabilisation: QV
11 May 2009 News round-up
10 May 2009 Regional snapshot: QV
08 May 2009 Property market health check
08 May 2009 The most contentious regulation issue
08 May 2009 Banks avoid training costs under new rules, says PAA
07 May 2009 ASFONZ / Women In Super Industry Breakfast
07 May 2009 PAA, LBA dismiss PI concerns
06 May 2009 ASFONZ / Women In Super Industry Breakfast
06 May 2009 Market Review: May 2009 Commentary
06 May 2009 Market Review: May 2009 London Commentary
06 May 2009 Significant changes at Salvus
06 May 2009 Mortgagee sales well below market value
05 May 2009 Small lenders take on big banks
05 May 2009 No signs of surge in activity slowing
05 May 2009 Opinion: Folly, money and pain
05 May 2009 Strategic Finance struggles to refinance on property slump
05 May 2009 Diplock heralds single Australasian advisory market
04 May 2009 PIS Professional Development Days
04 May 2009 News round-up
01 May 2009 [Weekly Wrap] I’m covered by PI insurance – Yeah right
01 May 2009 Is the buyers’ market about to end?
01 May 2009 IFA slates Lumley over PI
01 May 2009 IFA slates Lumley over PI
April 2009
30 Apr 2009 Rate cut good news
30 Apr 2009 Rabo caps PIE offer
30 Apr 2009 Home-building approvals dip to 17-year low
30 Apr 2009 National Bank, ASB, SBS, BNZ break fees cleared by regulator
30 Apr 2009 National Bank, ASB, SBS, BNZ break fees cleared by regulator
30 Apr 2009 Bollard slashes rates and says they will stay low
30 Apr 2009 RBNZ cuts OCR to record low 2.5%
30 Apr 2009 RBNZ cuts OCR to record low 2.5%
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