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June 2007
18 Jun 2007 Reserve Bank revives capital gains tax threat
18 Jun 2007 Industry ho-hum about property plateau
18 Jun 2007 News Round Up
18 Jun 2007 Strategic gets strong support for shares
15 Jun 2007 Moves a foot at Broadbase
15 Jun 2007 Weekly Wrap: People on the move
15 Jun 2007 Brighouse joins Brook
15 Jun 2007 New milestone may be the last for a while in property prices
15 Jun 2007 Residential highlights – May 2007
15 Jun 2007 Advanced OMNIMax User Certification
15 Jun 2007 Budget drives advisers to KiwiSaver, survey finds
14 Jun 2007 New look at listed property trust sector required
14 Jun 2007 Tower smoothes out application process
14 Jun 2007 Drive by shootings in the industry
14 Jun 2007 Adviserlink - Advice Process I: The sales approach
14 Jun 2007 IRD confirms property investors don’t get tax breaks
13 Jun 2007 Take Kiwisaver pay reviews in two steps
13 Jun 2007 Council hiding development contributions information
13 Jun 2007 Instant Finance dodges a bullet
13 Jun 2007 Instant Finance dodges a bullet
12 Jun 2007 Property owners could be forced to sell
12 Jun 2007 Survey gives first picture of Pegasus town
12 Jun 2007 Rises, rises all around
12 Jun 2007 Joining KiwiSaver close to a no-brainer: Wozniak
12 Jun 2007 GSJBWere expands its investment management team
11 Jun 2007 Residential property market up 11.1%: QV
11 Jun 2007 KiwiSaver fee subsidy, mortgage diversion rules enacted
11 Jun 2007 News Round Up
11 Jun 2007 Adviserlink – Business Financial Solutions
11 Jun 2007 UDC looks to grow its loan book
11 Jun 2007 Auckland's house prices pick up again: QV
09 Jun 2007 Weekly Wrap: More people changes
08 Jun 2007 Auckland property steady despite interest rate rises
08 Jun 2007 More KiwiSaver incentives required: Poll
07 Jun 2007 OCR hits 8%
07 Jun 2007 Property boom looms for 2010
07 Jun 2007 Bollard raises rates and hints at further hikes
07 Jun 2007 Bollard raises rates and hints at further hikes
07 Jun 2007 The official cash rate (OCR) increases to 8.00%.
07 Jun 2007 OCR announcement
07 Jun 2007 Tranzact dilutes Rutherford Rede holding with merger
07 Jun 2007 Fidelity Life makes changes to management team roles
06 Jun 2007 NZX joins KiwiSaver race
06 Jun 2007 Finsia to host a Post Budget Analysis
06 Jun 2007 Underwriters in demand
06 Jun 2007 Vacancies on new IFA board
05 Jun 2007 Auckland Mortgage Trust gets new BDM
05 Jun 2007 IFA 2007 Success Forum
05 Jun 2007 News Round Up
04 Jun 2007 Economists predicts rates to be held
04 Jun 2007 Gore vs Tokoroa: Gold in towns of timber and trout
04 Jun 2007 Website: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
01 Jun 2007 [Weekly Wrap] Capital protected success
01 Jun 2007 Results wrap
01 Jun 2007 Guarantees and Morgan
01 Jun 2007 Fisher looking to close NZ growth fund
01 Jun 2007 Tasman mortgage group sold
01 Jun 2007 McEwan leaves ASB Sydney-bound
May 2007
31 May 2007 KiwiSaver: employers to consider redundancies?
31 May 2007 P lab highlights trustee property risk
31 May 2007 EPIC closes oversubscribed
31 May 2007 Research centre pans KiwiSaver changes
30 May 2007 Aust finance company operating in NZ collapses
30 May 2007 Kinloch Funds Management appoints property director
30 May 2007 Kiwibank campaign ends
30 May 2007 Adviserlink - Continuing Education Series: Business Risk Management
30 May 2007 Staples Rodway launches Kiwisaver scheme
30 May 2007 10,000 energy-saving light bulbs installed in six weeks
30 May 2007 Alan Bollard keeps Reserve Bank reins
30 May 2007 Kiwibank campaign ends
30 May 2007 Industry groups gear up for new talks
29 May 2007 Independent regulation for “land sharks”
29 May 2007 NZX opts for immediate maximum KiwiSaver employer contribution
29 May 2007 Capital protected KiwiSaver option launched
28 May 2007 Westpac market share gains continue
28 May 2007 KiwiSaver campaign takes off
28 May 2007 KiwiSaver readies for take-off
28 May 2007 Tyndall appoints new md
28 May 2007 ANZ withdrawn commission deadline
27 May 2007 Bank takes major stake in Liontamer
27 May 2007 PAA/LBA merger fails to get the numbers
25 May 2007 [Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver to replace APBs
25 May 2007 Two new appointments at FDL
25 May 2007 No rush for regulation, SIFA members told
24 May 2007 Changes in finance sector accelerating
24 May 2007 One bank war
24 May 2007 National votes against KiwiSaver
24 May 2007 New Zealand Fixed Income Forum 2007
24 May 2007 One bank war
24 May 2007 No trail fees in KiwiSaver
23 May 2007 LBA 2007 Conference & AGM
23 May 2007 More relief for leaky home claimants
23 May 2007 Westpac NZ takes the hassle out of Kiwisaver
23 May 2007 Business tax cut: the golden goose tarnishes
22 May 2007 Pinnacle launches online underwriting
22 May 2007 SBS becomes KiwiSaver provider
22 May 2007 Aussie education merger spells change for NZ
21 May 2007 Housing demand softening in provinces
21 May 2007 More disability-friendly houses needed
21 May 2007 NBNZ latest to address broker commissions
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