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November 2006
17 Nov 2006 Bank margins squeezed
17 Nov 2006 Borrowers using trusts warned
16 Nov 2006 RB warns on deposit risks
16 Nov 2006 RB warns on deposit risks
16 Nov 2006 Tower enhances its 360 product
16 Nov 2006 House prices hit record high: REINZ
16 Nov 2006 Developer behind Kaikoura’s Ocean Ridge wins award
15 Nov 2006 PMI Residential Property Seminar Wellington
15 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
15 Nov 2006 Borrowers using trusts warned
15 Nov 2006 Hanover pulls its first fund
14 Nov 2006 PPCS to raise $75 mill
14 Nov 2006 PMI Residential Property Seminar Auckland
14 Nov 2006 MFS Pacific Road show
14 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
14 Nov 2006 Home Loan Report: Higher home loan rates this week
14 Nov 2006 Key says tax changes will be dropped
14 Nov 2006 Mimms picks up Hunter Hall
13 Nov 2006 MFS Pacific Road show
13 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
13 Nov 2006 Higher home loan rates this week
13 Nov 2006 News Round Up
13 Nov 2006 AIA's Wellington regional manager
13 Nov 2006 Wellington and Christchurch most consistent performers
13 Nov 2006 Annual house price growth drops - a little bit
11 Nov 2006 New national president for Property Council of NZ
10 Nov 2006 S&P announces new rating service
10 Nov 2006 Housing market steady in September quarter
10 Nov 2006 Immigration boosts population to 4.15 million
10 Nov 2006 FundSource Conference
10 Nov 2006 Property investment leaves New Zealand vulnerable
10 Nov 2006 MFS Pacific Road show
10 Nov 2006 S&P announces new rating service
10 Nov 2006 Energy efficiency consultation opens
09 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
09 Nov 2006 First National partners with Fly Buys
09 Nov 2006 FDR could work
09 Nov 2006 NZ Super fund awards 35th mandate
09 Nov 2006 Asteron's new underwriter
08 Nov 2006 Adviserlink Learning Courses
08 Nov 2006 43% of landlords become landlords by chance
08 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
08 Nov 2006 Insurance rules under commission scrutiny
08 Nov 2006 ING's new income funds
07 Nov 2006 Other reasons to give money to fund managers
07 Nov 2006 Salvus hopeful of performance turn around
07 Nov 2006 New finance option for businesses
07 Nov 2006 Landlord insurance bill withdrawn
06 Nov 2006 MFS Pacific Road show
06 Nov 2006 BRIDGECORP ANNUAL ROADSHOW
06 Nov 2006 News Round Up
06 Nov 2006 New finance option for businesses
05 Nov 2006 Housing slowdown, what slow down
05 Nov 2006 Half a mill for Auckland's average house
03 Nov 2006 More finance company ratings
03 Nov 2006 Real estate confidence stable
03 Nov 2006 Mo Bros - Who can win?
03 Nov 2006 MFS looking at buying Northplan
02 Nov 2006 O'Connor joins international planning board
02 Nov 2006 Success selling insurance online
02 Nov 2006 Market Review
02 Nov 2006 One lender takes on banks
02 Nov 2006 Bill to make funds invest ethically
02 Nov 2006 One lender takes on banks
01 Nov 2006 St Laurence offers capital notes
01 Nov 2006 IRD to need 400 staff for KiwiSaver
01 Nov 2006 AXA looks to build dealer group
01 Nov 2006 SCF Auckland firm gets new GM
October 2006
31 Oct 2006 FDR fundamental change to tax system
31 Oct 2006 Lynch joins Dorchester Life
31 Oct 2006 Issues raised about some home equity release schemes
31 Oct 2006 Software: Viewbuild
31 Oct 2006 Taupo - Steady as she goes
30 Oct 2006 Property Law Bill introduced to the House
30 Oct 2006 A bit of Glam
30 Oct 2006 News Round Up
30 Oct 2006 New director at NZ Assets Management
27 Oct 2006 Instant Finance keeps its B3
27 Oct 2006 ING take out top award
27 Oct 2006 Falling house prices good news for Reserve Bank
26 Oct 2006 OCR announcement
26 Oct 2006 Bollard delivers early Christmas present to the housing market
26 Oct 2006 KiwiSaver website now live
26 Oct 2006 OCR remains the same
26 Oct 2006 Hedge funds no longer maverick: Russell
26 Oct 2006 Bollard delivers early Christmas present to the housing market
25 Oct 2006 Back from deal land
25 Oct 2006 FDL appoints new BDM
25 Oct 2006 Industry concerned about tax changes
24 Oct 2006 Bullish investors defy experts’ expectations
24 Oct 2006 Bye, bye Byett
24 Oct 2006 Suncorp and Promina agree to deal
23 Oct 2006 Close call whether rates will rise
20 Oct 2006 Capital Protected Commodities
20 Oct 2006 The perfect asset allocation
20 Oct 2006 Merged group sets some goals
20 Oct 2006 New asset allocation from Morningstar
19 Oct 2006 Pressure forces rates up
19 Oct 2006 BT gets new CIO
19 Oct 2006 Big guns maybe hauled in on tax changes
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