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August 2019
08 Aug 2019 OCR cut could prompt housing market upturn
08 Aug 2019 AMP revises Resolution Life deal, further plans to spin off NZ wealth business
08 Aug 2019 Banks slash rates after historic OCR cut
08 Aug 2019 OCR will fall further: economists react to shock cut
07 Aug 2019 Default KiwiSaver scheme set for overhaul
07 Aug 2019 Kloogh's clients' missing $8 million
07 Aug 2019 Asteron reports lift in profit
07 Aug 2019 NZ shares climb as rate cut stokes demand for yield stocks; Mercury gains
07 Aug 2019 Reserve Bank surprises markets with 1% OCR
07 Aug 2019 OCR decision revealed
07 Aug 2019 Tenants need to know about insurance
07 Aug 2019 ASB lifts annual profit 8% but says underlying growth was subdued
07 Aug 2019 Official Cash Rate decision looms; Auckland prices fall
07 Aug 2019 KiwiWealth takes aim at Simplicity
07 Aug 2019 Affordability key to value growth
07 Aug 2019 Dealer groups face future without overrides
07 Aug 2019 Why are Australian banks investing in nuclear weapons companies?
07 Aug 2019 Tribunal fines landlord for insulation fail
06 Aug 2019 OnePath to disappear
06 Aug 2019 NZ market dives on escalating US-China trade war
06 Aug 2019 Share NZ appoints Compliance and Training Manager
06 Aug 2019 3 reasons SMEs struggle to get finance
06 Aug 2019 Talk of 0.75% OCR grows
06 Aug 2019 MyFiduciary signs big new client
05 Aug 2019 Health Funds shrugs off conduct scrutiny as insured numbers grow
05 Aug 2019 Milk shares droop on trade tensions; Local market follows Asia lower
05 Aug 2019 OCR will fall to 0.75%: Kiwibank
05 Aug 2019 Sir Brian Lochore remembered by financial advisers
05 Aug 2019 SBS cuts rates; OCR set to fall
05 Aug 2019 Investor confidence in property softens
05 Aug 2019 Ageing bull market may have longer to run: AMP Capital
04 Aug 2019 Greens renew call for tougher tenancy laws
03 Aug 2019 Kiwis can't get confident about shares: ASB
03 Aug 2019 Fidelity on hunt for new underwriter
02 Aug 2019 NZ stocks edge higher, led by Contact; Asian markets slide
02 Aug 2019 Banks, insurers' complacency 'hard to comprehend' - FMA
02 Aug 2019 [The Wrap]
02 Aug 2019 Economists unanimous on rate cut
02 Aug 2019 Avanti hires south island regional manager
02 Aug 2019 Lower prices driving Auckland sales
02 Aug 2019 Newpark adjusts for new regime
02 Aug 2019 Partners Life gets its chief underwriter back
02 Aug 2019 Nikko: Young people active investors
01 Aug 2019 NZ shares mixed, weighed by A2 Milk, Tourism Holdings
01 Aug 2019 Fidelity Life updates pricing
01 Aug 2019 Resimac hires another BDM
01 Aug 2019 How junk is junk insurance and why should you care?
01 Aug 2019 Newpark in discussions with banks on new regime
01 Aug 2019 Mint gets responsibility tick
01 Aug 2019 Rates up at Heretaunga; General Finance growth plans
01 Aug 2019 Pushing up the national average price
01 Aug 2019 KiwiSaver 'as good as it gets'
July 2019
31 Jul 2019 Woes around the building sector weigh on market
31 Jul 2019 Ethical investing on human rights grounds 'too hard' - Simplicity
31 Jul 2019 AIA celebrates gender diversity
31 Jul 2019 The search for young talent starts
31 Jul 2019 Mixed bag in Partners results: Profit down, market share up
31 Jul 2019 Pace of rent growth slows in Super City
31 Jul 2019 Co-Operative Bank slashes rates
31 Jul 2019 Investors shake off bad publicity
30 Jul 2019 Growth stocks do well v electricity ones
30 Jul 2019 General Finance doubles loan book
30 Jul 2019 Auckland consents hit all time high
30 Jul 2019 COMMENT: The coming rental housing crisis
30 Jul 2019 Maple-Brown Abbott appoints new lead
30 Jul 2019 Could the Official Cash Rate fall to 0.75%?
30 Jul 2019 Investors want protection, but how?
29 Jul 2019 NZ shares rise as A2 buoyed by Bubs result
29 Jul 2019 OCR cut almost certain: BNZ
29 Jul 2019 Rental stock can’t match demand
29 Jul 2019 Kiwibank loan rates fall again
29 Jul 2019 AIA and Sovereign products merged into one
29 Jul 2019 Time to exit unnecessary fees
29 Jul 2019 Buoyant in the South
28 Jul 2019 Fund passport coming
28 Jul 2019 Milford records big increase in fee income
26 Jul 2019 Market ends week lower; Sky TV and A2 fall
26 Jul 2019 Southern Cross – service or not?
26 Jul 2019 New tenant damage, meth measures are only partial solutions
26 Jul 2019 [The Wrap] A true picture of financial advice about to be painted
26 Jul 2019 Coon brothers insurance start-up gets big funding boost
26 Jul 2019 Trust law reform gets green light
26 Jul 2019 ASB makes rate changes
26 Jul 2019 Transitional licence not a free ride
26 Jul 2019 FSC appoints disciplinary committee
25 Jul 2019 NZ shares resume march higher as A2 hits record; Gentrack sinks
25 Jul 2019 Tenants liable for careless damage – to a point
25 Jul 2019 Fixed rates to fall further: Westpac
25 Jul 2019 Our guide to licensing
25 Jul 2019 Don’t let FAP stand for Fear, Apathy or Panic
25 Jul 2019 Smart Investor tool wins prize
25 Jul 2019 Here's how licensing will work
24 Jul 2019 NZ shares take a breather after hitting a fresh record
24 Jul 2019 Countdown to Brexit: Will the UK Leave on Halloween?
24 Jul 2019 Investor lending flat in June
24 Jul 2019 The costs of rental policy changes
24 Jul 2019 Govt opts for sweeping review of 'underperforming' RMA
24 Jul 2019 Ponzi scheme operator jailed
24 Jul 2019 Tough servicing rates could be eased
24 Jul 2019 ANZ and Westpac latest to cut rates
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When a night is not a night
Nice commentary. I agree it's pretty pedantic to look at hours rather than nights. And I have had claims where hours rather than nights have been used to determine payment of this benefit. My experience with this has been mixed, with some insurers considering discharge and readmission to be the same admission paying a contiguous claim. With others being a bit pedantic. Given my knowledge and history with product changes, I can only conclude that someone has complained about the definition(s) which have driven changes tightening the response. End of the day the insurers are under pressure with claims, and we have seen this benefit removed with Southern Cross and moved into an optional area with Partners Life. So it's no longer a given there will be a response from policies for this either.
2 weeks ago Jon-Paul Hale
FNZ to build advice platform for FirstCape
That seems an awfully long-winded way to say FirstCape will be adopting its newly acquired Consilium FNZ platform. The’ve done the heavy lifting so why not acknowledge that. Or are they really going to start from scratch?
2 weeks ago John Milner
Stobo resigns FMA chair after investigation
@Amused – I wouldn’t feel too bad about the use your comment was put to. And the fact Stobo wasn’t on the Indi board at the time of his resignation doesn’t make the conflict less problematic. I have no view on whether Stobo fell victim to a “witch hunt". I’m not sure that Barrass’ view represents a change, on her part, of how she viewed the Indi conflict. It is possible (as I am suggesting) that the FMA never had a proper view of the conflict in the first place. Liam Mason’s initial assessment that the conflict was unremarkable was flawed, in my opinion. "Good and effective management of conflicts of interest is particularly important for a Crown regulator. If conflicts are not recognised, acknowledged and managed appropriately, they can quickly undermine the integrity of officials, the organisation’s decisions, and public and business confidence in the integrity of the organisation." (Kirsty P McDonald ONZM QC, 2022) The identification and management of the Stobo/Indi conflict needs to be understood in the context of shortcomings identified in the report (cited above) following a 2022 independent review into the FMA’s management of the Rob Everett/Booster COI. There’s a theme emerging. I wonder what the Stobo/Indi Conflict Mitigation Record shows (if anything). There’s nothing in Aldred KC’s report that would suggest this was provided to her. Liam Mason emailed Stobo on 12th July 2025, expressing concern that Indi was using Stobo as a marketing prop. This suggests mitigation strategies were not put in place for this entirely foreseeable risk back at the time the conflict was first disclosed.
2 weeks ago Paul Flood
Sharesies opens advice offering to New Zealand investors
Why did they add cash and bonds into there High Growth portfolio? I'm so confused.
3 weeks ago my realname
Stobo resigns FMA chair after investigation
@ paul flood – thanks for making me aware of this. I stand by my comment that nobody in a regulatory role should ever be sitting on the board of a provider which that regulator is charged with monitoring. Do I feel a bit stink now that my comment on Good Returns was used by the FMA as part of a “witch hunt” to remove Mr Stobo as FMA Chair? Of course I do. Mr Stobo was not sitting on the board of any financial services provider monitored by the FMA at the time he offered his resignation to Commerce Minister Cameron Brewer. Interesting how things changed below from Mr Stobo’s initial appointment as the FMA chair “The FMA has a rigorous conflicts of interest process for board members to identify potential interests and to ensure that board members comply with their obligations under the Crown Entities Act. The FMA maintains a list of members’ interests. This is updated in advance of each board meeting and board members confirm its accuracy at the meeting. Mr Stobo’s interest in The Independent Mortgage Company (Indi) has been disclosed under this process.” To - “When I interviewed Ms Barrass (FMA chief executive) she told me that she considered the role with Indi was “heavily conflicted” and that the matter was a serious one for the FMA because We [the FMA] need to be beyond reproach because the inappropriate management of conflicts is not just a matter of regulatory requirements”. None of the smears against Mr Stobo have been upheld in this report by Wendy Aldred KC. Questions need to be asked by our politicians as to what has happened here. It appears people employed at Government agencies in Wellington who have a different political view to that of the public service should be cautious now when expressing their opinions. Political neutrality is sighted by KC Wendy Aldred as to why Mr Stobo should resign and yet she is part of Health Coalition Aotearoa which is a a coalition of member organisations committed to closing the health prevention gap in Aotearoa by advocating for Te Tiriti-led, evidence-based, policies. Does anyone think that Wendy Aldred KC can be considered “politically neutral” with her report prepared for the FMA?
3 weeks ago Simon Rule