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February 2019
13 Feb 2019 Record profit for banks, but mortgage rates could rise: KPMG
13 Feb 2019 NZ fund managers better positioned than Australian: Researcher
13 Feb 2019 Sum-insured remuneration model progressed
12 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as power companies Meridian, Genesis, Mercury buoyed by low rate outlook
12 Feb 2019 No let-up in affordability issues
12 Feb 2019 COMMENT: Ring-fencing rules could mean 116,000 less rentals
12 Feb 2019 Volatility in the markets is an investor's friend
12 Feb 2019 AFA offers digital KiwiSaver solution
12 Feb 2019 Augmented reality research app launched
11 Feb 2019 Contact kicks off earnings season on a bright note
11 Feb 2019 How you get paid
11 Feb 2019 Some rates up, some down; What to expect from the Reserve Bank this week
11 Feb 2019 Westpac: OCR to hold until 2022
11 Feb 2019 Confidence in rental property at 4 year low
11 Feb 2019 Confidence falls
11 Feb 2019 Pathfinder sells half its business
08 Feb 2019 All quiet on NZ sharemarket ahead of earnings season
08 Feb 2019 HSBC drops rates to 3.95%
08 Feb 2019 OCR Preview: caution expected from the Reserve Bank
08 Feb 2019 Advisers stepping in where Govt scheme lacking
08 Feb 2019 Long-time adviser loses battle with leukemia
08 Feb 2019 Advisers taking lead on complaints processes
07 Feb 2019 NZ shares gain as prospect of rate cut stokes demand for yield stocks
07 Feb 2019 Altered landscape for investors
07 Feb 2019 AMP rings changes
07 Feb 2019 How Australia’s Royal Commission could affect NZ investors
07 Feb 2019 Bull market's last charge
07 Feb 2019 Level premiums for life among Asteron changes
05 Feb 2019 Bank shares rally after let off from Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 FE faces rating downgrade
05 Feb 2019 NZ advisers hit out at Royal Commission
05 Feb 2019 Harbour's View: What the Australian Royal Commission means for the industry
05 Feb 2019 Australia to ban trail commission
05 Feb 2019 RBNZ banking rules shaping credit markets
05 Feb 2019 Super City sales up, prices down
05 Feb 2019 Trustees Executors appointment affirms private wealth commitment
05 Feb 2019 What do you think about the Royal Commission report? One rate change
05 Feb 2019 Royal Commission slams Australian banks
04 Feb 2019 Royal Commission calls for adviser remuneration overhaul
04 Feb 2019 Australian banking report spooks investors
04 Feb 2019 KiwiSaver funds suffer under market volatility
04 Feb 2019 From ANZ to BNZ
04 Feb 2019 Consents reach peak level
04 Feb 2019 First Mortgage Trust confirms Capital Group deal
04 Feb 2019 Insurance conduct report shows lack of understanding: Adviser
04 Feb 2019 Harbourside metropolis
04 Feb 2019 Code still due in coming months
01 Feb 2019 [The Wrap] Regulators say they are not trying to demonise life insurance
01 Feb 2019 NZ shares edge up ahead of earnings season; Air NZ at 3-month low
01 Feb 2019 Capital Group takes control of First Mortgage Trust
01 Feb 2019 Tax Working Group report filed; but we have to wait to see it
01 Feb 2019 Royal Commission files its report
01 Feb 2019 Legg Mason Brandywine Global Fund tops the ratings in NZ
01 Feb 2019 Pie Funds' London boss moves on
01 Feb 2019 Regional prices hit record highs
01 Feb 2019 Conduct, culture, and commission
01 Feb 2019 Non-bank mortgage lending soars in 2018
01 Feb 2019 Has the corporate bond market partied too hard?
01 Feb 2019 Booster adds to wine portfolio
01 Feb 2019 FoxPlan adds former MP to board
01 Feb 2019 Pipeline of new advisers could be stopped
January 2019
31 Jan 2019 Kiwi bourse joins global rally as Fed poised to keep rates low; Air NZ falls again
31 Jan 2019 NZ market out of step with Australia’s slump
31 Jan 2019 Royal Commission report due on Monday
31 Jan 2019 Interest-only lending at historical lows
31 Jan 2019 Super Fund appoint equities manager
31 Jan 2019 Govt confirms: Commission in the gun
30 Jan 2019 Air NZ warning weighs on tourism; NZ shares fall
30 Jan 2019 Interest-only lending contained: CoreLogic
30 Jan 2019 It’s a capital gains waiting game
30 Jan 2019 comment
30 Jan 2019 NZ Funds appoints a UK tax expert
30 Jan 2019 Advisers told: Get ready for major change
29 Jan 2019 FSC REACTION: We welcome the report
29 Jan 2019 CONSUMER REACTION: We told you so
29 Jan 2019 CFCC REACTION: Consumers at mercy of advisers
29 Jan 2019 Not a good day on the sharemarket amid ongoing concerns about global growth
29 Jan 2019 FINANCIAL ADVICE NZ REACTION: Consumer focus welcome
29 Jan 2019 Investors struggle as first home buyers catch up
29 Jan 2019 FMA gets its wish: Insurance sales incentives to be banned
29 Jan 2019 Resimac in senior reshuffle
29 Jan 2019 Regulators: Life insurance needs to change
29 Jan 2019 Kiwibank brings two year rate below 4%
29 Jan 2019 Life insurance BDM links up with new group
29 Jan 2019 Will anyone follow Kiwibank?
29 Jan 2019 Office business
29 Jan 2019 Environment changing for active managers: Researcher
28 Jan 2019 NZ shares edge higher; Australian, Auckland holidays sap volumes
27 Jan 2019 [The Wrap] Brace yourself for a big week
25 Jan 2019 NZ stocks inch higher ahead of earnings season
25 Jan 2019 General Finance Continues to Grow and Develop
25 Jan 2019 UDC to return $922m to investors
25 Jan 2019 Craigs adds to KiwiSaver team
25 Jan 2019 Migration lower than previous estimates
25 Jan 2019 Industry eyes tax report
24 Jan 2019 NZ shares inch higher as US shutdown sidelines investors
24 Jan 2019 Vale Jack Bogle
24 Jan 2019 Capital markets under review
24 Jan 2019 Tribunal rules for landlord in damage case
24 Jan 2019 FuturePlan a reminder to check in with clients
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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