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April 2007
26 Apr 2007 Reserve Bank raises OCR to 7.75%
26 Apr 2007 Reserve Bank raises OCR to 7.75%
26 Apr 2007 Monetary Policy statement
26 Apr 2007 Affordable housing requires cutting development costs
26 Apr 2007 Investor confidence hits new highs
26 Apr 2007 Term deposits still seen as a safe haven
24 Apr 2007 Term deposits still seen as a safe haven
24 Apr 2007 National threatens NZ Superannuation again
24 Apr 2007 Housing market not alone in driving inflationary pressure
24 Apr 2007 Hysteria over commission cuts
24 Apr 2007 NZ Finance secures funding line
24 Apr 2007 Salvus likes cash
24 Apr 2007 Interest rates set to spiral further upwards
23 Apr 2007 Guardians get a bargain
23 Apr 2007 Advisers told to meet changes or become extinct
23 Apr 2007 House prices not ridiculous: BNZ economist
23 Apr 2007 Investment optimism remains high
23 Apr 2007 More Aucklanders to rent
22 Apr 2007 Economists divided on rate rise this week
22 Apr 2007 Vestar welcomes advisory manager
20 Apr 2007 [Weekly Wrap] Ownership changes in the spotlight
20 Apr 2007 Adviser regs back on the fast track
19 Apr 2007 ANZ first to cut broker commissions
19 Apr 2007 Advisers given reality check
19 Apr 2007 NZ March median house price hits new record high
18 Apr 2007 Quirk joins Milford
18 Apr 2007 Adviserlink - Fundamentals of Investments
18 Apr 2007 Adviserlink - Kiwisaver Accreditation Programme
18 Apr 2007 Competitive pressure amongst banks eases
18 Apr 2007 AMP chops passive international shares
17 Apr 2007 Economic outlook and the savings challenge
17 Apr 2007 Grosvenor on the buy
17 Apr 2007 Financial planning firm appoints KiwiSaver specialist
16 Apr 2007 David Russell joins Sentinel board
16 Apr 2007 Advisers and shoemakers
16 Apr 2007 More growth for property market: QV
16 Apr 2007 Deposit rates news briefs
16 Apr 2007 News Round Up
16 Apr 2007 New mortgage joint venture created
13 Apr 2007 9th APLIC Congress
13 Apr 2007 Weekly Wrap: Another firm gobbled up
13 Apr 2007 The Joneses continue national expansion
13 Apr 2007 MFS buys another advisory firm
12 Apr 2007 Interest rates keep on rising
12 Apr 2007 Aussie fund manager launches IPO
12 Apr 2007 Rate rise no put-off:Survey
11 Apr 2007 Guardian Funds in award-winning shape
11 Apr 2007 Adviserlink - Kiwisaver Accreditation Programme
11 Apr 2007 Adviserlink - Kiwisaver Accreditation Programme
11 Apr 2007 PAA members upbeat on LBA merger
11 Apr 2007 McMillan leads PAA for another year
11 Apr 2007 Instant Finance on expansion trail
10 Apr 2007 New regulatory threat looms from IRD
10 Apr 2007 Market Review: The Return Of Volatility
10 Apr 2007 News Round Up
09 Apr 2007 ASB loses home loan market share
05 Apr 2007 Auckland adviser establishes insurance group
05 Apr 2007 ING buys stake in Bennetts
04 Apr 2007 Levelling The Tax Playing Field
04 Apr 2007 Auckland property prices increase 12%
04 Apr 2007 Mortgage rate rises slow
04 Apr 2007 Mortgage rate rises slow
04 Apr 2007 Govt backs down on finance company changes
03 Apr 2007 NZ Finance buys 51% of Finance Direct
03 Apr 2007 Wrap split from First NZ
03 Apr 2007 Banks consider cutting commissions
02 Apr 2007 AXA confirmed as default KiwiSaver provider
02 Apr 2007 TOWER selected as default KiwiSaver provider
02 Apr 2007 Easier saving one step closer – KiwiSaver default providers signed up
02 Apr 2007 Mercer-Kiwibank confirmed as Kiwisaver default provider
02 Apr 2007 ASB confirmed as KiwiSaver default provider
02 Apr 2007 News Round Up
02 Apr 2007 Website: Tenants strike back with landlord checking website
02 Apr 2007 Invercargill: Last of the affordable real estate
March 2007
31 Mar 2007 Leaky homes reforms come into force
30 Mar 2007 Weekly Wrap: A week of deals
30 Mar 2007 Hanover sells Nationwide Finance
30 Mar 2007 MFS appoints new bdm
30 Mar 2007 AIA Roadshow 2007
30 Mar 2007 Dwelling consent numbers rise again
30 Mar 2007 Brokers get close to magical 40% mark
30 Mar 2007 MFS buys Swains advisory business
29 Mar 2007 Karma between Dorchester and St Laurence
29 Mar 2007 PAA Conference 2007
29 Mar 2007 Harcourts used misleading ads for a year
29 Mar 2007 AIA Roadshow 2007
29 Mar 2007 St Laurence and Dorchester get together
29 Mar 2007 Key and English on same super songsheet
28 Mar 2007 Vestar's latest adviser
28 Mar 2007 Self Employed Excluded in Kiwisaver Tax Incentive
28 Mar 2007 Education seminars help new landlords get it right
28 Mar 2007 AIA Roadshow 2007
28 Mar 2007 PIE recipe improved
28 Mar 2007 Fixed rates rising quickly
28 Mar 2007 AIA gets flexible on income protection
28 Mar 2007 Court ruling against shore council’s development contributions policy
27 Mar 2007 AIA Roadshow 2007
27 Mar 2007 Property returns power on
27 Mar 2007 No interest rate drops this side of 2010
27 Mar 2007 Cash and international shares appeal
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