Auckland

Auckland

Nick Ferres, Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, previews the Australian February profit reporting season

Relative newcomer to the managed funds scene ASB Investments has won the Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year Award.

Fisher Funds Management boss Carmel Fisher would like people to use her new listed investment company Kingfish as a way of covering the smaller companies in the market.

Excitement, enthusiasm and momentum are all building for this year's FPIA Success Forum to be held in Auckland.

Whangarei

Nearly all the moves in home loan interest rates this week were in the two-year fixed rate area.

In an ironic twist some of the fund managers who have established Australian unit trusts to get around tax laws may now be facing a major compliance issue with authorities across the Tasman.

The net worth of New Zealand households increased significantly in the December 2003 quarter, according to the latest Westpac Household Savings Indicators.

Some Australian fund managers are telling advisers in New Zealand they will no longer pay trail commissions on existing business, nor accept new money unless the adviser has an Australian licence.

Christchurch

Auckland, North Shore

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