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October 2006
19 Oct 2006 Property market takes another hit from GST changes
18 Oct 2006 Deposit rate news briefs
18 Oct 2006 Second survey shows drop in KiwiSaver awareness
18 Oct 2006 The perfect asset allocation
17 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
17 Oct 2006 Bluestone launches reverse mortgages
17 Oct 2006 Soft landing an illusion
17 Oct 2006 Giles rejoins Hanover
16 Oct 2006 Residential property prices stage spring recovery
16 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
16 Oct 2006 Adviserlink Learning Courses
16 Oct 2006 Morningstar Asset Allocation Roadshow
16 Oct 2006 Saving for retirement based on guesswork
16 Oct 2006 News Round Up
16 Oct 2006 Software: Residential Investment Property Analysis
16 Oct 2006 Otago Lakes District – Queenstown and Wanaka, A remarkable outlook
14 Oct 2006 Housing boom triggers drop in savings
13 Oct 2006 Falling rates maybe short-lived
13 Oct 2006 More funding to help process building consents
13 Oct 2006 Fund Manager of the Year nominees announced
12 Oct 2006 Suncorp bid sparks rash of speculation
12 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
12 Oct 2006 Falling rates maybe short-lived
12 Oct 2006 Disclosing amount of commission unnecessary
12 Oct 2006 New energy efficiency measures will impact building
12 Oct 2006 New texts help real estate agents to do it by the book
11 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
11 Oct 2006 Nats would adopt tax proposal
11 Oct 2006 S&P seeks more support for ratings system
10 Oct 2006 HSBC's market share slides
10 Oct 2006 Adviserlink Learning Courses
10 Oct 2006 Adviserlink Learning Courses
10 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
10 Oct 2006 ASFONZ - Women in Super Breakfast
10 Oct 2006 Not enough advisers for KiwiSaver
10 Oct 2006 Geneva Finance strengthens team
10 Oct 2006 Frequently Asked Questions
09 Oct 2006 LIONTAMER ROADSHOW
09 Oct 2006 Site for pension discussion launched
09 Oct 2006 News Round Up
09 Oct 2006 Residential property still picked as top performer
09 Oct 2006 House prices still up, but stable
08 Oct 2006 Hawkins company buys National Finance loans
08 Oct 2006 KiwiSaver - Saving the kiwi way
08 Oct 2006 Wellington house prices move ahead
06 Oct 2006 2006 Tax Conference
06 Oct 2006 Obituary: Steve Stilton
06 Oct 2006 Our current account woes
05 Oct 2006 Spring campaign starts with a bang
05 Oct 2006 Wealthy and Wise sold
05 Oct 2006 Pension could be linked to life expectancy
05 Oct 2006 Spring campaign starts with a bang
04 Oct 2006 Market Review: Our Current Account Woes
04 Oct 2006 OMNIMax™ certification course
04 Oct 2006 Tax changes may have unintended consequences: Hildyard
03 Oct 2006 Developer to build 1000 Christchurch apartments in 10 years
03 Oct 2006 Bolger to TE chair board
03 Oct 2006 Inland Revenue KiwiSaver forum
03 Oct 2006 Understanding the FundSource deal
03 Oct 2006 NZ's first Islamic home loan launched
03 Oct 2006 Different approach to definition of adviser mooted
02 Oct 2006 Finally an announcement
02 Oct 2006 Financial planners finally get a ceo
01 Oct 2006 Residential tenancies reforms announced
01 Oct 2006 Residential tenancies reforms announced
September 2006
30 Sep 2006 NZX buys FundSource
30 Sep 2006 CBD office returns soar
29 Sep 2006 Changes needed to Taxation Bill: Property Council
29 Sep 2006 Affordable, sustainable, ‘research’ home opens in Rotorua
29 Sep 2006 Sale give Western Bay Finance investors some dollars
29 Sep 2006 Wairarapa: Tapping into the positive flow
28 Sep 2006 St Laurence gets highly experienced director
28 Sep 2006 Sale give Western Bay Finance investors some dollars
28 Sep 2006 Plantech sold to X Plan
28 Sep 2006 Fair ain't fair
28 Sep 2006 REINZ makes nine licence cancellation applications
27 Sep 2006 Landlords voice concerns over RTA proposals
27 Sep 2006 Landlords voice concerns over RTA proposals
27 Sep 2006 New regulations for retirement villages come into force
27 Sep 2006 The future arrives: TOWER launches global commodities fund
27 Sep 2006 BNZ changes its mortgage offering
27 Sep 2006 More modern tax rules to be developed
27 Sep 2006 Geneva keeps its B+ rating
27 Sep 2006 Plans to licence builder well-received: Minister
26 Sep 2006 Australian software fills front-end gap for Aegis
26 Sep 2006 Pero ends its brief NZX listing
26 Sep 2006 Trusts v LAQCs: Which is best?
25 Sep 2006 News Round Up
25 Sep 2006 New head of sales & marketing at Tower
24 Sep 2006 Proposed mortgage levy put to property conference
23 Sep 2006 About the new look Landlords.co.nz
22 Sep 2006 New REINZ president promises to “lift the bar”
22 Sep 2006 Fidelity Life profit up 77%
22 Sep 2006 Rutherford Rede succumbs to Plan B charms
22 Sep 2006 Property market has aura of vulnerability
21 Sep 2006 Provincial's first payment exceeds expectations
21 Sep 2006 Deposit rate news briefs
21 Sep 2006 ANZ National Bank increase market share
21 Sep 2006 Call to regulate home equity release products
20 Sep 2006 Housing Minister addresses REINZ on affordability crisis
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