Archive
Year:
2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Filter:
Clear Filter
October 2018
11 Oct 2018 Fraud pushes up policies' premiums
10 Oct 2018 Investors remain nervous; Fonterra down
10 Oct 2018 Calls for property management regulation grow
10 Oct 2018 Minister talks tax
10 Oct 2018 Another non-bank targets prime loans; BNZ makes some moves
10 Oct 2018 FNZ in deal worth billions
10 Oct 2018 Basecorp latest non-bank to target prime customers
10 Oct 2018 Advisers hang back from KiwiSaver
09 Oct 2018 NZ shares fall for 7th day as US bond yields hold sway
09 Oct 2018 [GRTV] National Advisers Conference Episode 1
09 Oct 2018 Advice makes key difference to KiwiSaver
09 Oct 2018 COMMENT: What “bad tenant” tales are really saying
09 Oct 2018 What's happening in vehicle finance?
09 Oct 2018 Fund managers 'should back advisers'
09 Oct 2018 NZFSG targets car finance growth
08 Oct 2018 NZX closes at lowest level in a month; Rising US bond yields ripple through Asia
08 Oct 2018 Elevation Capital demands unreasonable: NZX
08 Oct 2018 Harbour adds Multi-Asset specialist
08 Oct 2018 Front-footing change
08 Oct 2018 HSBC does the limbo again
08 Oct 2018 The Dealer Group
08 Oct 2018 Managers not adding value picking asset classes
05 Oct 2018 NZ shares fall as rising yields trim demand; Synlait drops
05 Oct 2018 Kiwibank changes special
05 Oct 2018 New FSLAB timelines; Are KiwiBuild houses good value?
05 Oct 2018 End is nigh for letting fees
05 Oct 2018 Reserve Bank may expand dashboard to insurance
05 Oct 2018 Insurance documents 'too confusing'
05 Oct 2018 NZX stands by funds business
05 Oct 2018 FSLAB regime not expected to fully take hold until mid-2022
04 Oct 2018 A2 still in the dog-box; Genesis, Akl Airport shed dividend rights
04 Oct 2018 Switch at top of Magellan
04 Oct 2018 KiwiBuild discount favours Auckland, Queenstown: CoreLogic
04 Oct 2018 Time for apartment law reform
04 Oct 2018 Harbour builds a new real estate fund
04 Oct 2018 Harbour homes in on real estate
04 Oct 2018 Advisers face challenging decade
04 Oct 2018 Clients 'should expect ongoing service'
03 Oct 2018 A2 director sells; Fletcher overture rebuffed; market falls
03 Oct 2018 Supply increase puts hold on prices
03 Oct 2018 More cuts; Listings jump
03 Oct 2018 Platform ponders advice potential
03 Oct 2018 Values holding pattern
02 Oct 2018 Shares slip on rising costs, dwindling business confidence
02 Oct 2018 Shortage driving Hamilton values
02 Oct 2018 Fund manager calls for NZX to sell funds business
02 Oct 2018 Alternative lending options
02 Oct 2018 Beyond The Banks – Alternative lending options in a restricted market
02 Oct 2018 They think they know how
02 Oct 2018 New Housing Ministry opens doors
02 Oct 2018 Nikko adds relationship manager
02 Oct 2018 Simplicity faces responsibility questions
02 Oct 2018 FMA calls for adviser support
01 Oct 2018 NZ shares fall as Spark, Ryman give up recent gains in quiet trading
01 Oct 2018 [GRTV] Global equities is a good place to be: Nikko
01 Oct 2018 Fin Advice learning to walk: Brown
01 Oct 2018 Rates continue to tumble; Mike Pero and co swap war for love
01 Oct 2018 The week that was
01 Oct 2018 NZ Funds appoints new CEO
01 Oct 2018 The top regulation questions answered
01 Oct 2018 Spring listings deluge
September 2018
28 Sep 2018 [The Wrap] Fun and games at Fin Advice NZ conference; What advisers need to do when paid commission
28 Sep 2018 NZ shares climb as NZX50 gains 4.3% in September quarter
28 Sep 2018 Auckland consents reach record levels
28 Sep 2018 Jail for Waldorf Celestion Apartment developers
28 Sep 2018 Litigation heals Mike Pero wounds
28 Sep 2018 Super Fund adds $4b
28 Sep 2018 Young adviser takes top award; TSB cuts rates
28 Sep 2018 Kepa appoints manager of adviser training
28 Sep 2018 AMP divests from tobacco securities
28 Sep 2018 AIA and Sovereign: One brand in 2019
27 Sep 2018 Three Excellence in advice awards revealed
27 Sep 2018 Kerr claims win in Torchlight case
27 Sep 2018 NZ shares fall as A2 extends decline, property stocks lose shine
27 Sep 2018 Three advisers elected to association board
27 Sep 2018 Partners Life appoints Chief Legal, Risk and Conduct Officer
27 Sep 2018 OCR remains the same
27 Sep 2018 Today’s OCR statement
27 Sep 2018 Ombudsman clarifies adviser servicing obligations
27 Sep 2018 Investor lending activity still subdued
26 Sep 2018 Investor activity subdued in August
26 Sep 2018 NZ shares edge up; rising oil prices keep Air NZ cautious
26 Sep 2018 Solid global economy and equity returns
26 Sep 2018 BNZ joins Kiwibuild buyer battle
26 Sep 2018 New group to battle reforms
26 Sep 2018 Rents hitting record highs; Got your seat yet?
26 Sep 2018 AFAs censured by FADC
25 Sep 2018 NZ shares inch higher as investors eye upcoming AGMs
25 Sep 2018 Summer rent rise starts early
25 Sep 2018 Are you getting the support you need?
25 Sep 2018 Addressing tenancy law reform
25 Sep 2018 AIA congratulates Gattung
25 Sep 2018 PIE tax cap wouldn't work in capital gains environment: Advice
25 Sep 2018 A2 drop no shock for heavily invested adviser
24 Sep 2018 NZ stocks mixed, A2 Milk leads declines
24 Sep 2018 Big start to the week; New owners at MX
24 Sep 2018 Lessons from the GFC
24 Sep 2018 Aussie group buys into Mortgage Express
24 Sep 2018 Group preparing for code consultation
24 Sep 2018 Tax working group wants help for low-income investors
Latest News
Use Your Client Book to Fund Growth, Succession, and Acquisition
Use Your Client Book to Fund Growth, Succession, and Acquisition
4 min read
FNZ to build advice platform for FirstCape
FNZ to build advice platform for FirstCape
2 min read
MAS turns to OMNIMax for advice solution
MAS turns to OMNIMax for advice solution
2 min read
Former Kiwi Wealth boss turns to advice
Former Kiwi Wealth boss turns to advice
5 min read
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