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The publication of NBR's Rich List is normally something which is light hearted, a bit of fun and not that relevant.
This year it's different.

Adviser regulation is the hot topic everywhere at the moment, no matter what sort of finanical product is being sold, or even if you are operating in an already regulated market.

Armstrong Jones believes one of the key challenges for fund managers is to educate New Zealanders about the value of investing.

Armstrong Jones is pleased to be associated with the annual Financial Planner of the Year Award

In what is believed to be a world-first, an Auckland lawyer has established a web-based directory enabling people to record details on the whereabouts of their last Will and Testament.

"The Government will legislate to remove an anomaly unfairly depriving around 1,200 widows of pensions from the Government Superannuation Fund," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.

The National Party has lost its academic argument over the establishment of a superannuation fund and has resorted to trying to scare retired people into believing that their services will be cut, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.

"After promising us a policy on superannuation, all National has managed to deliver is a committee," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen provides substance to the reasons behind pre-funding super, as opposed to the sound bites put up by the opposition.

Finance minister Michael Cullen answers question on super in Parliament on the day the New Zealand Superannuation bill passes its second reading.

Senior citizens and the country's elderly will be the big losers with the Government putting aside $600 million into a superfund this year, National's senior citizens spokesperson Lynda Scott says.

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the superannuation time bomb is still ticking, despite Tuesday's vote in Parliament in favour of the Government's plan to pre-fund a portion of superannuation.

Over the past few months there has been much written and spoken about the proposed New Zealand Superannuation Bill that is having its second reading today.

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