The FPIA have welcomed the Options Paper and add the Task Force should be congratulated for producing a practical report

Auckland

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s analysis of the real estate market for April, 2005.

Hamilton

In an address to Kapiti Grey Power, Dr Michael Cullen promotes his Budget as "A Budget for All Generations”. An excerpt of his speech follows.

Northplan Investmentshave welcomed the Government’s decision to remove a tax on investors who use a professional fund manager, but warn they "are like a house built on sand"

Weekly Home Loan report: The past week has been a quiet one on the home loan front with the trend of the past couple of weeks, falling longer-term rates, continuing.

The Task Force on Financial Intermediaries has set out four options for regulation of the industry – but is not saying which one it favours.

The Financial Intermediaries task force has released a consultation paper setting out the issues the task force has identified from its first round of consultation and looking at options to address those issues

Auckland

Tower is supporting the budget initiatives encouraging New Zealanders to save but still has some concerns

Rob De Luca, Head of ASB Group Investments, finds plenty of positives in the workplace savings scheme announced in the Budget

ASFONZ caution that the workplace savings plan announced in this year’s Budget may have unintended consequences and reduce national saving.

Women in Super welcomes the KiwiSaver initiative announced in last week’s budget but wants the Government to ensure womens’ interests and specific needs are catered for