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February 2007
09 Feb 2007 John McDermott appointed Head of Economics
09 Feb 2007 Attention all property investors
09 Feb 2007 Deposit rate news briefs
09 Feb 2007 Managers cautions on NZ shares
09 Feb 2007 When advisers go bad
08 Feb 2007 Mortgage funds overcharging, study finds
07 Feb 2007 Market Review: Crisis – what crisis?
07 Feb 2007 No easy money this year
07 Feb 2007 Action with longer-term rates
06 Feb 2007 AIA appoints new regional manager
05 Feb 2007 News Round Up
02 Feb 2007 Third wind of strength in the housing market
02 Feb 2007 Auckland’s burgeoning rental demand parallels Aussie scene
02 Feb 2007 House valuation model developed
02 Feb 2007 More good news for funds
02 Feb 2007 Loan arrears fall
01 Feb 2007 Vriens joins Asteron
01 Feb 2007 Insurers too wary over stress claims: Klee
01 Feb 2007 Fund Distibutors Ltd Roadshow 2007
01 Feb 2007 Good support for KiwiSaver
01 Feb 2007 Nostrils twitching over super
01 Feb 2007 House price confidence peaking
01 Feb 2007 Manawatu, a bright economic star reports Vicky Holder
01 Feb 2007 Software: Comparison analysis
January 2007
31 Jan 2007 Finally a cut against the rising tide
31 Jan 2007 Fund Distibutors Ltd Roadshow 2007
31 Jan 2007 St Laurance appoints new director
31 Jan 2007 Finally a cut against the rising tide
31 Jan 2007 First infrastructure bonds to be issued tomorrow
30 Jan 2007 December Statistics Reflect a Steady Year for Building
30 Jan 2007 Making super portable
30 Jan 2007 Advisers first to win trans-Tasman recognition
29 Jan 2007 News Round Up
26 Jan 2007 Key Macro Themes for 2007
26 Jan 2007 Liontamer adds marketing manager
26 Jan 2007 Savage steps down from AMP Capital
25 Jan 2007 Bollard holds rates steady but a March hike looks certain
25 Jan 2007 Bollard holds rates steady but a March hike looks certain
25 Jan 2007 OCR announcement
25 Jan 2007 OCR stays at 7.25%
24 Jan 2007 OCR review due
24 Jan 2007 Investor confidence rises to record level
24 Jan 2007 Investor confidence at record highs
24 Jan 2007 Warning to homeowners on mortgage payments
23 Jan 2007 UK listed trusts have good year
23 Jan 2007 Two more BDMs at Bridgecorp
23 Jan 2007 Tax breaks for health insurance pushed
22 Jan 2007 Unaffordable housing a Government failure: survey
22 Jan 2007 Residential property market continues to exceed expectations
22 Jan 2007 News Round Up
21 Jan 2007 Delays in regulation OK
21 Jan 2007 Close call on rates this week
19 Jan 2007 Billboard bylaw changes diminish property values
19 Jan 2007 The Investment Store grows
19 Jan 2007 Investors attracted to ETFs
18 Jan 2007 Bond Bonds get S&P rating
18 Jan 2007 Problems found in KiwiSaver law
18 Jan 2007 Problems found in KiwiSaver law
17 Jan 2007 International forces driving rate increases
17 Jan 2007 International forces driving rate increases
17 Jan 2007 Adviser regs get bumped to 2009
16 Jan 2007 MFS appoints new BDM
16 Jan 2007 KiwiSaver take up rates expected to be higher than forecast
15 Jan 2007 Steady growth in residential property values
15 Jan 2007 Census reveals falling homeownership rate
15 Jan 2007 A not so Ho-Hum announcement
15 Jan 2007 News Round Up
12 Jan 2007 ASB and Kiwibank winners of mortgage market war
12 Jan 2007 Emerging markets have good December
10 Jan 2007 Dykes joins Grosvenor
10 Jan 2007 Tenancy Tribunal to launch database naming bad tenants
10 Jan 2007 2006 good year for Auckland property market
10 Jan 2007 New Zeal Mortgage Investment Gulid (NZMIG) Limited
10 Jan 2007 Quotable Value
10 Jan 2007 Rates rise over Christmas
10 Jan 2007 Northplan moves into Rotorua
10 Jan 2007 Rates rise over Christmas
10 Jan 2007 Insurance regulations conterproductive
09 Jan 2007 Orr to head up NZ Super Fund
08 Jan 2007 Evidence uncovers trustee weaknesses
08 Jan 2007 NZIT wins GPG-style tax holiday
05 Jan 2007 DP Rates - Latest News
04 Jan 2007 New rules for platforms duplication
03 Jan 2007 Absolute Capital strengthens sales team
01 Jan 2007 Website: Department of Building & Housing
01 Jan 2007 Gisborne comes out of the dark
December 2006
28 Dec 2006 Study backs reverse mortgages as retirement solution
28 Dec 2006 More directors on Planet board
22 Dec 2006 $107 million funding deal sees Pegasus take shape
22 Dec 2006 Millbrook sells $17 million worth of sections in two months
22 Dec 2006 Managed funds finish year on high
21 Dec 2006 Health insurance booming
21 Dec 2006 Surpluses could fund savings
20 Dec 2006 A borrowing strategy to consider
20 Dec 2006 Commission bans contributory mortgage broker
19 Dec 2006 Property returns reach new all time high
19 Dec 2006 Landlords.co.nz
19 Dec 2006 South Canterbury Finance gets BBB - rating
19 Dec 2006 Macquarie signs up to Aegis
18 Dec 2006 Auckland and Wellington push up market median
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?
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