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December 2018
03 Dec 2018 AMP new chief executive in place
03 Dec 2018 Fidelity takes top award
03 Dec 2018 Shake-up for ANZ
03 Dec 2018 So what are you going to do differently?
03 Dec 2018 Newpark aims to double membership
03 Dec 2018 Queenstown price chill post-ban
03 Dec 2018 DIMS gets another shake-up
03 Dec 2018 Juno hires from Australia, police
November 2018
30 Nov 2018 OnePath deal done
30 Nov 2018 [The Wrap] Reality check for copy-pasters
30 Nov 2018 NZ shares end November higher in heavy month-end trading
30 Nov 2018 Climate change insurance threat
30 Nov 2018 Tyler Wren launches Insurance & Financial Services Division
30 Nov 2018 FSC: Industry has heard commission concern
30 Nov 2018 World first investment service based upon indigenous values
30 Nov 2018 Boom times for Auckland consents
30 Nov 2018 AMP Capital gets a new MD
30 Nov 2018 Change at top for AMP
30 Nov 2018 Surprising admission from ANZ
30 Nov 2018 Late Cycle Growth in Kapiti Coast & Horowhenua
30 Nov 2018 Lack of prescription could prompt race to the bottom
30 Nov 2018 Partners rings changes
30 Nov 2018 Southern Cross staff get wellness accreditation
29 Nov 2018 Local shares join global rally as Fed set to pause rate hikes; Pushpay gains
29 Nov 2018 AIA trials mental wellbeing technology
29 Nov 2018 $50k in sports grants awarded
29 Nov 2018 Branches not efficient for mortgage origination: Elliott
29 Nov 2018 Wellington rents riding high
29 Nov 2018 What advisers think of LVR loosening
29 Nov 2018 COMMENT: Embedded networks - what to watch out for
29 Nov 2018 Public warning may mean career over
29 Nov 2018 Adviser fights insurance company for commissions after sex claims
28 Nov 2018 NZX joins Asia-wide rally; Market led higher by growth stocks Pushpay, A2
28 Nov 2018 RBNZ clearly has life insurance commission in its sights
28 Nov 2018 LVR easing will prompt modest growth
28 Nov 2018 Preferred NZ dobs in adviser and shows him the door
28 Nov 2018 LVR loosening: advisers react
28 Nov 2018 LVR restrictions eased for investors
28 Nov 2018 LVR restrictions eased for investors and owner-occupiers
28 Nov 2018 Reserve Bank to ease LVR restrictions
28 Nov 2018 Reserve Bank to ease loan-to-value ratio restrictions
28 Nov 2018 Serve customers, don't ram products down throats: Everett
27 Nov 2018 NZ shares rise as upbeat Wall St bolsters A2, blue chips
27 Nov 2018 First home buyers outshine investors
27 Nov 2018 It's goodbye to Sovereign
27 Nov 2018 Partners bumps up medical pricing
27 Nov 2018 Halt to apartment law reform plan
27 Nov 2018 FSR Preview: Will the Reserve Bank loosen LVR restrictions?
27 Nov 2018 Equal weight vs. Market cap weight
27 Nov 2018 Smartshares: Market dip shows passive still best bet
26 Nov 2018 NZ shares fall with blue chips A2, Ryman; F&P Healthcare gains
26 Nov 2018 CGT would be repealed under National
26 Nov 2018 Good news, four million lives saved
26 Nov 2018 Belief in rental investment returns cools
26 Nov 2018 AdviceFirst on the block
26 Nov 2018 AMP to support women in advice
23 Nov 2018 Bank says mortgage advisers should be fee-for-service
23 Nov 2018 FMA's review of insurers pushed back
23 Nov 2018 Peer-to-peer lending on the rise
23 Nov 2018 Court of Appeal rules against price fixers
23 Nov 2018 HSBC one year rate down to 3.79%
23 Nov 2018 AFA applications roll in
22 Nov 2018 AIA/Sovereign confirms trips axed
22 Nov 2018 NZ shares snap decline as growth stocks Tourism Holdings, A2 recover
22 Nov 2018 Kiwis paying off loans at faster rate: Westpac
22 Nov 2018 Migration at lowest since 2015
22 Nov 2018 Fee for service idea for mortgages played down
22 Nov 2018 Growth in NZ demand for co-working space
22 Nov 2018 Financial advisers stuck in limbo
21 Nov 2018 Trade Me soars on takeover bid; Fletcher sinks deeper
21 Nov 2018 Speed-dating to become regular non-bank event
21 Nov 2018 COMMENT: War on tenancies should stop
21 Nov 2018 Apprenticeship model possible under new regime
20 Nov 2018 Fletcher slumps to 9-yr low on profit warning
20 Nov 2018 ASB plays down fee-for-service talk
20 Nov 2018 Time to invest in gold?
20 Nov 2018 Spring magic makes for price rises
20 Nov 2018 Cigna: Adviser channel an exciting change
20 Nov 2018 Regulatory role not on the cards for Financial Advice New Zealand
20 Nov 2018 Disclosure regulations next year
19 Nov 2018 NZ shares dip as trade war fears linger
19 Nov 2018 Date set for OnePath/Cigna merger
19 Nov 2018 Insurance essentials
19 Nov 2018 Servicing, company agencies and the legislation
19 Nov 2018 ASB predicts mild OCR cycle
19 Nov 2018 Tax Working Group divided on approach to CGT
16 Nov 2018 [The Wrap] Sorry guys, you can't (or shouldn't) be ignoring RI
16 Nov 2018 NZ stocks fall on renewed Brexit uncertainty, dividend payouts
16 Nov 2018 Rates limbo; Are you happy with getting Level 5?
16 Nov 2018 Date for deal to be revealed
16 Nov 2018 Fierce opposition to tenancy proposals
16 Nov 2018 Banks do the limbo
16 Nov 2018 NZX Wealth Technologies platform launches
15 Nov 2018 NZ stocks mixed as global worries weigh on local news
15 Nov 2018 Landlords to bear letting fee costs
15 Nov 2018 Bank staff pushing investments, insurance
15 Nov 2018 Long term house price outlook negative: Westpac
15 Nov 2018 Rates fall boosting housing market - Westpac
15 Nov 2018 No code before Christmas
14 Nov 2018 LVR loosening under review: Bascand
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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