From Financial Alert

Financial Alert  is the only independent publication dedicated to delivering investment, insurance, financial planning and business management information and tools in the New Zealand market.

They have chosen Synovate New Zealand's Executive Director Debra Hall to write for them, in recognition of her 10+ years experience in researching the financial services market. Her monthly column can be accessed from the links below:

• Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing!  (September 2006)

• Public rethinks the appeal of managed investments (June 2006)

• Financial Literacy - A (very) small tick (April 2006)
• Mid life crisis redefined (March 2006)
• So anyone can be a financial advisor?  (February 2006)
• So what is financial planning?  Really? (May 2005)
• Horses for courses – the joy of diversity (July 2005) 
  
• Increased confidence fails to encourage retirement savings (May 2005)
• Girls can do anything... (December 2004)
• Advice on advice… (November 2004)
• History repeating? (October 2004)
• Advice worth paying for? (September 2004)
  
• The Six Hats of Savings (June 2004)
• Teach our children well… (May 2004)
• Will you still feed me, will you still need me, when I'm 64? (April 2004)
• Fewer people are saving for retirement! Are you part of the problem, or part of the solution? (March 2004)
• Little boxes, on the hillside, little boxes… (February 2004)
• Super schemes not super for small businesses (January 2004)