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January 2019
23 Jan 2019 NZ shares ease on global growth concerns
23 Jan 2019 Wellington rents highest in NZ
23 Jan 2019 Level five version two signed off
23 Jan 2019 Asteron makes tweaks to help customers
22 Jan 2019 NZ shares fell on global growth concerns
22 Jan 2019 What can the past two years tell us about markets in 2019
22 Jan 2019 Slow Auckland rent growth unlikely to go on
22 Jan 2019 Tough quarter for investors, fund managers
22 Jan 2019 Long-time insurance adviser remembered
21 Jan 2019 AFAs ring changes
21 Jan 2019 NZ stocks gain; investors seek value ahead of earnings season
21 Jan 2019 Wood goes
21 Jan 2019 Strategies for new investors
21 Jan 2019 How organised are you?
20 Jan 2019 Trustee company adds National Retail Manager
18 Jan 2019 Sharemarket follow Asian markets higher on renewed hopes for China-US resolution
18 Jan 2019 [The Wrap]
18 Jan 2019 Reserve Bank proposals could force $2 billion mortgage hike: UBS
18 Jan 2019 Foreign buyer ban bites
18 Jan 2019 Six things to expect in 2019
17 Jan 2019 NZ shares get further lift from positive offshore markets
17 Jan 2019 Westpac back below 4%
17 Jan 2019 Industry ready for regulators' insurance report
17 Jan 2019 Auckland sales at 10 year low
17 Jan 2019 Wealth business pays off for banks
16 Jan 2019 Stocks rise, buoyed by dairy prices, overseas markets
16 Jan 2019 Drama absent from market
16 Jan 2019 Doing nothing 'not an option'
15 Jan 2019 Local shares drift after US stocks eased back overnight
15 Jan 2019 Markets price in 40% chance of OCR cut
15 Jan 2019 Planning fallacies – the pushy little trend
15 Jan 2019 Three hires for Mortgage Express
15 Jan 2019 Non-banks head to Hamilton and Christchurch
15 Jan 2019 Advisers sign on for regulation summit
15 Jan 2019 AIA celebrates 100 years
15 Jan 2019 Time of change: 2019 forecast
15 Jan 2019 Booster puts pressure on index funds over weapons investments
14 Jan 2019 From FMA to RBNZ
14 Jan 2019 NZ shares inch higher in tepid trade
14 Jan 2019 Harbour fixed income head moves on
14 Jan 2019 Strong growth in provinces
14 Jan 2019 Tower exec takes over Public Trust CEO role
14 Jan 2019 New year; new rates
11 Jan 2019 Govt needs to step in to annuity market: Researcher
10 Jan 2019 NZ shares fall as investors take a breather
10 Jan 2019 Advisers welcome interest-only boost
10 Jan 2019 COMMENT: How to fix the housing crisis
09 Jan 2019 Top 10 Dow Jones Industrial Average Factoids – 2018 in Review
09 Jan 2019 NZ shares gain as trade fears ease
09 Jan 2019 Ignore the chatter; take the long-term view
09 Jan 2019 Education providers tweak offers
09 Jan 2019 Premium increases: An adviser would have helped
08 Jan 2019 NZ shares get further lift on improving offshore sentiment
08 Jan 2019 Eight reasons to be optimistic about 2019
08 Jan 2019 Consumers want qualified advice
07 Jan 2019 Investors go bargain hunting
07 Jan 2019 Auckland property market edges towards first price decline in a decade
07 Jan 2019 Australian Royal Commission will impact NZ
07 Jan 2019 Time for a sea change
04 Jan 2019 Investors move to defensive stocks on global jitters
04 Jan 2019 December rental stats available now
04 Jan 2019 House prices correct nationally but still some hot spots
03 Jan 2019 NZ shares drop in first trading day of 2019 as Kathmandu whacked on weak sales
03 Jan 2019 The outlook for 2019
03 Jan 2019 Naylor explains why a Level 5 qualification is too low for quality financial advice
01 Jan 2019 Ten things to look out for in 2019
01 Jan 2019 2018, more time will tell
December 2018
31 Dec 2018 Local equity market ends year on a firm note
31 Dec 2018 Antipodes offers investor choice
31 Dec 2018 Fisher, Chapman and Crossan all honoured
31 Dec 2018 2018 – a year of uncertainty
30 Dec 2018 [The Wrap] And that folks is a wrap for 2018
28 Dec 2018 NZ shares nudge higher on last full day's trading for the year
27 Dec 2018 Top 5 Tribunal tips for landlords
25 Dec 2018 [GRTV] Young adviser's success story
24 Dec 2018 FNZC buys OMF
24 Dec 2018 Landlords urged to act on insulation
24 Dec 2018 Adviser: Should case manager make the call?
22 Dec 2018 2018 an “interesting” year - REINZ
21 Dec 2018 OnePath rating cut
21 Dec 2018 Fidelity hires head of underwriting
21 Dec 2018 Mortgage lending to investors plummets
21 Dec 2018 1% OCR predicted; Investor lending plummets
21 Dec 2018 It's time to celebrate insurance and Christmas
21 Dec 2018 NZX stands out on global stage
20 Dec 2018 Fidelity Life announces retirement
20 Dec 2018 NZ shares rise as blue chips rally into holiday period; Spark gains
20 Dec 2018 Mortgage lending to investors plummets
20 Dec 2018 ANZ predicts 1% OCR in 2020
20 Dec 2018 Clients complain: Adviser should have told us to obtain notes
20 Dec 2018 Consilium joins FSC
20 Dec 2018 2018’s best performing suburbs
20 Dec 2018 Craigs Investment Partners hires adviser
20 Dec 2018 Credit unions to merge to compete; Heartland responds to RBNZ
20 Dec 2018 Q&A: Bluestone's Campbell Smyth and Peter Wood
20 Dec 2018 Heartland outlines cost of RBNZ rules
20 Dec 2018 Minister acknowledges slow pace of adviser laws
19 Dec 2018 Milford boss departs
19 Dec 2018 NZ shares gain as upcoming Fed meeting bolsters yield stocks; Sky TV gains
19 Dec 2018 AIA hires top underwriter
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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