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June 2019
18 Jun 2019 Trevor Slater finds new home
18 Jun 2019 Nine business partners signed up for Financial Advice NZ
17 Jun 2019 Prospa adds two New Zealand BDMs
17 Jun 2019 Blue chip stocks weigh market down
17 Jun 2019 Urgent building law reform needed - Goff
17 Jun 2019 Hisco departs ANZ after expenses review
17 Jun 2019 TSB cuts 18 month rate; servicing test concerns
17 Jun 2019 Pace of change stretching industry limits
15 Jun 2019 [The Wrap] A global view of financial planning
14 Jun 2019 US rate uncertainty buoys local blue chips; NZ shares edge higher
14 Jun 2019 Servicing tests to slow house price growth
14 Jun 2019 Regional markets step up the pace
14 Jun 2019 Market rebound coming
14 Jun 2019 Fund classification could trip up investors: Adviser
14 Jun 2019 Shaking the Salt shaker
13 Jun 2019 NZX edges higher: Ebos, Auckland Airport, Mainfreight hit records
13 Jun 2019 Market rebound coming - Westpac
13 Jun 2019 Trade tensions impact global growth
13 Jun 2019 Resimac cuts rates; Prospa lists on ASX
13 Jun 2019 New chief operating officer for Fidelity Life
13 Jun 2019 AFA's robo offering hits $1m FUM
12 Jun 2019 Good day on NZX
12 Jun 2019 Prospa raises more than $100 million
12 Jun 2019 Resimac slashes rates again
12 Jun 2019 COMMENT: Ditching Accommodation Supplement not the answer
12 Jun 2019 Westpac lowers rates; call to license landlords
12 Jun 2019 Sorted denied funding for independent robo offer
12 Jun 2019 NZ shares follow ASX higher on optimism over US trade deal
11 Jun 2019 Chief operating officer for Castle Point Funds
11 Jun 2019 Record low OCR awaits
11 Jun 2019 New Zealanders not protecting themselves
11 Jun 2019 Everett tells insurance companies time's up and regulatory change is coming
11 Jun 2019 Adviser only KiwiSaver product in development
10 Jun 2019 NZ shares fall as Australian holiday saps trading volumes
10 Jun 2019 Economists predict new record low for OCR
10 Jun 2019 Call to license landlords
10 Jun 2019 FNZC becomes Jarden
10 Jun 2019 SBS changes adviser model; ANZ and Kiwibank cut rates
10 Jun 2019 KiwiSaver and risk, how far out of bounds are we?
10 Jun 2019 KiwiSaver could help fill advice gap
10 Jun 2019 Lockyer returns to head up new venture
10 Jun 2019 Finzo gets global tick
09 Jun 2019 SBS changes its broker model
08 Jun 2019 Customers sceptical about bank advice
07 Jun 2019 Sharemarket back above the 10,000 mark
07 Jun 2019 TSB sees mortgage growth
07 Jun 2019 NZ Funds welcomes regulations to the party
07 Jun 2019 TSB cuts rates; Auckland remains subdued
07 Jun 2019 FundSource finally sold, but competition for research heating up
07 Jun 2019 Cliffe: KiwiSaver tax underpayment issues mask bigger problem
06 Jun 2019 Shares gain as growth stocks recover; Comvita bounces
06 Jun 2019 Fine for misusing FSPR
06 Jun 2019 Booster appoints executive director
06 Jun 2019 Super City sales down 20% on last May
06 Jun 2019 Serial failure to lodge bonds earns massive fine
06 Jun 2019 Big banks not releasing submissions on RBNZ proposals
06 Jun 2019 Manage your value expectations
06 Jun 2019 Thematic ETFs: Advisers' active passive strategy
06 Jun 2019 FMA still working on funding for FSLAA
06 Jun 2019 Insurers welcome mental health boost
05 Jun 2019 NZ shares edge higher; A2 recovers some ground lost on China fears
05 Jun 2019 KiwiSaver statements to include weekly income
05 Jun 2019 Banks refuse to release submissions on RBNZ proposals
05 Jun 2019 Auckland exodus benefits regions
05 Jun 2019 Beware 2021 leading researcher says
05 Jun 2019 Privacy guidelines under review
05 Jun 2019 Commissions - upfront and pendulum
05 Jun 2019 Authority backs Partners Life over ads
04 Jun 2019 Sharemarket drop below 10,000; A2 slumps on China fears
04 Jun 2019 Tale of two halves
04 Jun 2019 Interesting times at ANZ
04 Jun 2019 ANZ chair Key faces calls to resign
04 Jun 2019 Staff: It was all Kloogh's responsibility
03 Jun 2019 Booster welcomes new fund but says more needs to be done
03 Jun 2019 St John honoured
01 Jun 2019 COMMENT: Tenant selection turned into a lotto draw
May 2019
31 May 2019 [The Wrap] Where were the clues in the Kloogh case?
31 May 2019 NZ shares snap 5-day slide; Auckland Airport hits new high
31 May 2019 [The Wrap]
31 May 2019 A new low reached; New lender comes to market
31 May 2019 Conrad Funds targets growth with mortgage fund
31 May 2019 Broker loses court battle over disability policy
31 May 2019 Association to lobby minister for KiwiSaver changes
30 May 2019 Fears over global growth drive NZX, not the Budget
30 May 2019 BUDGET: No additional funding for FSLAA implementation
30 May 2019 BUDGET: $300m for new fund
30 May 2019 BUDGET: Govt says National cost Super Fund $24.1 billion
30 May 2019 What’s up with home building?
30 May 2019 ANZ New Zealand CEO takes extended sick leave
30 May 2019 Here's why you haven't seen many CEOs and senior execs recently
30 May 2019 Don’t wait - get compliant
29 May 2019 NZ shares fall as more Commercial Bay delays weigh on Fletcher, Precinct
29 May 2019 Reserve Bank: Insurers' solvency standards under scrutiny
29 May 2019 No further LVR easing - yet
29 May 2019 Asset allocation: Modern Portfolio Theory v Behavioural Finance
29 May 2019 LVR restrictions to remain at current level: RBNZ
29 May 2019 Riding out the cycle
29 May 2019 Givealittle no competition for insurance
29 May 2019 EDRs want advisers to spread word
28 May 2019 Heavy trading on NZX today
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Latest Comments
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