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May 2007
21 May 2007 New, but old, MD for AMP Capital
21 May 2007 News Round Up
20 May 2007 SIFA Conference
18 May 2007 Weekly Wrap: Budget bonanza
18 May 2007 Budget moves against traders boon for property industry
18 May 2007 Budget 07: Mercer welcomes budget boost to Kiwisaver
18 May 2007 Budget 07: The voice of workplace super
18 May 2007 Key wrong on KiwiSaver
18 May 2007 KiwiSaver now an easier choice says Retirement Commissioner
18 May 2007 Government’s bold step will ensure Kiwsaver success
18 May 2007 Budget 07: PricewaterhouseCoopers press release
18 May 2007 Budget 07: Tax bills to transform saving and investing
18 May 2007 REINZ says Budget should have delivered tax cuts
18 May 2007 Budget bad news for property speculators
18 May 2007 Are you ready for the KiwiSaver challenge?
18 May 2007 We do take responsibility for our KiwiSavers - Tower
18 May 2007 Party Time for the Life Insurers – at the public’s expense
18 May 2007 New GM at St Laurence Property and Finance
18 May 2007 Savings industry pleased with Budget
17 May 2007 First steps towards shared equity scheme
17 May 2007 Large investment in warmer, healthier homes
17 May 2007 Budget gives $40 a week to support saving
17 May 2007 $1.3 billion budget bonanza for savings industry
17 May 2007 Budget in brief
17 May 2007 Budget date announced
17 May 2007 Residential property prices: still they climb
17 May 2007 Housing market accelerates in March quarter
17 May 2007 Smedley gets new role at Guardian Trust
17 May 2007 MFS launches platform business for advisers
16 May 2007 KiwiSaver still a mystery for many Kiwis
16 May 2007 BNZ says TotalMoney and Term Saver can be online savings accounts
16 May 2007 Kiwibank chases refinance business
16 May 2007 Kiwibank chases refinance business
16 May 2007 One group worried about the Budget
16 May 2007 New Zealanders keen on KiwiSaver: AMP
15 May 2007 Adviserlink - Practice Management Course
15 May 2007 Soaring land values and lower returns for Queenstown
15 May 2007 Advisers unimpressed with APB failure
15 May 2007 Two Securities Commission members reappointed
14 May 2007 Advisers respond to APB collapse
14 May 2007 Adviserlink - Mortgage broking Essentials
14 May 2007 News Round Up
14 May 2007 Property growth returns to double digits
13 May 2007 Section prices rising in Christchurch
11 May 2007 Weekly Wrap: Joint APB collapses
11 May 2007 Broker survey results
11 May 2007 BT rolls out farm fund
11 May 2007 Bollard wants more regulation of bank lending
11 May 2007 What becomes of the broken-hearted?
11 May 2007 There can be only one: IFA
10 May 2007 Fidelity counter-bid offers a few dollars more
10 May 2007 Adviserlink - Investment Planning
10 May 2007 INFINZ Securitisation Training & Conference 2007
10 May 2007 Adviser associations split on APB structure
09 May 2007 Deposit Rates Briefs
09 May 2007 Vestar appoints new Marketing Manager
09 May 2007 International banker appointed Hanover ceo
09 May 2007 FMG tempts Fidelity shareholders
09 May 2007 Short term rates up, long term rates stable
08 May 2007 Interest rates to burst house price bubble
08 May 2007 Taps turned on for new investment
08 May 2007 Fortnightly payments not necessarily cheaper
07 May 2007 Green credentials add value to property
07 May 2007 Adviserlink - Business Financial Solutions
07 May 2007 Adviserlink - Fundamentals of Investments
07 May 2007 News Round Up
07 May 2007 Vestar appoints key relationship manager
07 May 2007 People confident house prices will rise
04 May 2007 Banks pressure finance coys
04 May 2007 Auckland property market took a breather in April
04 May 2007 Biggest energy efficiency steps in 30 years
04 May 2007 MFS rolls on
04 May 2007 Sovereign encourages dual cover
03 May 2007 Tax changes hurt life insurance
03 May 2007 Deposit rates news briefs
03 May 2007 Hewitson moves on
02 May 2007 Higher bond rates worry shares
02 May 2007 Floating rates crack 10%
01 May 2007 Hamilton shopping centre for sale
01 May 2007 Adviserlink - Financial Plan Construction & Review
01 May 2007 M&As good for fin coy sector
01 May 2007 Auld hand joins Tower
01 May 2007 Smith leaves Sovereign
01 May 2007 PAA negotiates lower PI rates
01 May 2007 Website: Statistics New Zealand
01 May 2007 West Auckland: Investing in the wild West
April 2007
30 Apr 2007 Asset Allocation Summit NZ 2007
30 Apr 2007 Finware appoints Ops Manager
30 Apr 2007 AMP buys Roost
30 Apr 2007 News Round Up
27 Apr 2007 Hamilton Farmers Centre sells
27 Apr 2007 Five Mile project managers sought
27 Apr 2007 Weekly Wrap: Happy investment news
27 Apr 2007 Adviserlink - Continuing Education Series: Business Risk Management
27 Apr 2007 More commission cuts likely
27 Apr 2007 Funds have strong quarter
27 Apr 2007 Money Managers appoints investment analyst
26 Apr 2007 Implementing Kiwisaver Mastercourse
26 Apr 2007 Bollard hikes rates but gives no future guidance
26 Apr 2007 Bollard hikes rates but gives no future guidance
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?
9 min read
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