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19 Dec 2018 Monitoring rental home quality
19 Dec 2018 MBIE estimates 1733 single-adviser firms in new regime
18 Dec 2018 Heartland sinks; Markets await US Fed's interest rate call
18 Dec 2018 NZ credit unions to merge
18 Dec 2018 Non-banks grow market share; RBNZ about to apply brakes to bank lending
18 Dec 2018 Desperately seeking answers
18 Dec 2018 Bank AFA force broadly steady
17 Dec 2018 NZ shares follow Asian rally; exporters F&P Health, A2 gain
17 Dec 2018 Non-bank surge to continue: KPMG
17 Dec 2018 Healthy Homes benefits overstated - economist
17 Dec 2018 RBNZ proposals will slow credit growth: Kiwibank
17 Dec 2018 Sub-4% rates over for SBS, TSB
17 Dec 2018 Salt adds former FMA exec to its board
17 Dec 2018 Rates up, BDM off, credit rules tweaked and more
17 Dec 2018 Landlording like a parent
17 Dec 2018 Morningstar committed to New Zealand
15 Dec 2018 [The Wrap] What it it will cost you to be licensed revealed
14 Dec 2018 NZ shares fall as investor uncertainty weighs on exporters; F&P Health, A2 drop
14 Dec 2018 Reserve Bank proposes new capital rules
14 Dec 2018 Fidelity appoints managers
14 Dec 2018 Mortgage Express makes Auckland hire
14 Dec 2018 Resimac tweaks credit assessments
14 Dec 2018 Take the property investor survey today
14 Dec 2018 Summer bounce means record prices
14 Dec 2018 Marketing boss steps down
14 Dec 2018 Want to know what it will cost to be licensed? Here's the answer
14 Dec 2018 How much you will have to pay to be an adviser revealed
14 Dec 2018 Govt moves to allow early KiwiSaver withdrawal
13 Dec 2018 NZ shares rise as optimism over US-China trade deal lingers; Fletcher gains
13 Dec 2018 Treasury predicts OCR hike in 2020
13 Dec 2018 Olympic gold medalist joins Consillium
13 Dec 2018 Not acceptable that ACC doesn't cover illness: OECD
13 Dec 2018 Carmen Moran leaves Westpac for Heartland
13 Dec 2018 Static Auckland rents suggest underlying problem
13 Dec 2018 What contribution rate should I have in order to retire?
13 Dec 2018 Guardians add chief investment officer
13 Dec 2018 FMA scores own goal with KiwiSaver tracker: Booster
13 Dec 2018 Financial services boosting NZ's bottom line
12 Dec 2018 NZ shares gain as Trade Me hits record on takeover
12 Dec 2018 30 Years in business
12 Dec 2018 Record profit for UDC
12 Dec 2018 AIA + Sovereign + You: Championing a healthier, better protected NZ
12 Dec 2018 Reserve Bank adds to senior leadership team
12 Dec 2018 Fight back on commissions; New construction lending option
12 Dec 2018 Partners Life beats its own targets
12 Dec 2018 What lies ahead in 2019
12 Dec 2018 Squirrel innovates with construction loans
12 Dec 2018 MBIE: Most advisers will continue
12 Dec 2018 Old approach won't always stack up
11 Dec 2018 Defensive stocks find favour on NZX; Contact, Meridian rise
11 Dec 2018 Cigna appoints from OnePath
11 Dec 2018 ASB appoints Vanguard as manager
11 Dec 2018 Aussie advisers fight back against reform
11 Dec 2018 Has the sun set on holiday rentals?
11 Dec 2018 Summits planned to help advisers navigate regulation
11 Dec 2018 IOOF directors under scrutiny
10 Dec 2018 NZ shares fall to 5-week low as trade tensions spook investors; A2 drops
10 Dec 2018 BNZ starts shared ownership scheme
10 Dec 2018 Financial Disputes Resolution expands committee
10 Dec 2018 New record for Wellington prices
10 Dec 2018 How big a problem is insurance fraud?
10 Dec 2018 Knowledge still lacking on KiwiSaver
10 Dec 2018 Law doesn't have to be broken for FMA to take action
09 Dec 2018 AIA helps foster kids
08 Dec 2018 dcsfg
07 Dec 2018 NZ shares rally on speculation of flat US rate track; Spark gains
07 Dec 2018 [The Wrap] The end of bank VIO is good for advisers, but are you ready?
07 Dec 2018 Helen Robertston takes on a new role
07 Dec 2018 Ring-fencing Bill hits Parliament
07 Dec 2018 One bank ends vertical integration
06 Dec 2018 Huawei CFO arrest reignites trade fears; A2 drops
06 Dec 2018 Sub 4% rates unlikely to return
06 Dec 2018 BNZ pledges $3.8 million after error
06 Dec 2018 CLU back on agenda for Massey
06 Dec 2018 Fidelity Life waives policy fees
06 Dec 2018 Brexit boilover; It's all coming to a head
06 Dec 2018 Financial Advice NZ to support advisers through licensing
06 Dec 2018 Retail investors get passive strategies: Stevens
05 Dec 2018 OnePath put on negative credit watch following sale
05 Dec 2018 NZ shares join global decline as trade jitters re-emerge; Gentrack, F&P Health fall
05 Dec 2018 Calastone switches to blockchain
05 Dec 2018 Sales surge up in Super City
05 Dec 2018 Regan retires
05 Dec 2018 Another Auckland house price surge possible: Property Investment survey open
05 Dec 2018 FSC quadruples surplus as it regains strength
05 Dec 2018 Strong value growth in affordable centres
04 Dec 2018 Fidelity Life cuts trips for advisers
04 Dec 2018 Trade tailwind slows market; Spark, Z Energy decline
04 Dec 2018 Link pension to health expectancy: Report
04 Dec 2018 Focus on customers, not fees: Shanks
04 Dec 2018 LVR has worked but Auckland risks remain: ANZ
04 Dec 2018 Partners Life offers advisers support
04 Dec 2018 COMMENT: Setting policies good practice for landlords
04 Dec 2018 Apprenticeship for wealth management director
04 Dec 2018 More details of Newpark's new group; Take part in our survey
04 Dec 2018 The Third Scenario – The End of Goldilocks
04 Dec 2018 Women need to connect with advice: Asteron
04 Dec 2018 Kiwi banks may follow Australians out of wealth business
04 Dec 2018 Juno group appointment on hold
03 Dec 2018 NZ shares extend gain as cooling trade tensions buoy Asian markets
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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