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September 2018
05 Sep 2018 MPM Judge asks: What's the argument?
05 Sep 2018 NZ shares fall, Sky TV and FPH drop while Chorus, Arvida rise
05 Sep 2018 New venture to drive down construction costs
05 Sep 2018 Prices up despite subdued market
05 Sep 2018 Mike Pero case judge wonders what the argument is
05 Sep 2018 Associations' quandary: Boost numbers, maintain standards
05 Sep 2018 Asteron reveals product changes
04 Sep 2018 NZ shares gain as investors eye rate cut change; Sky TV, Port of Tauranga gain
04 Sep 2018 Proposed Healthy Homes standards out
04 Sep 2018 50% chance of OCR cut; Mortgage People looks to grow
04 Sep 2018 Game of two halves
04 Sep 2018 Perspective On Markets - It's An Age Thing
04 Sep 2018 Mortgage People looks to grow post deal
04 Sep 2018 People Group completes a Trifecta
04 Sep 2018 Shanks: Use Money Week to have advice message heard
03 Sep 2018 NZ shares fall from recent highs, led lower by Fisher & Paykel on earnings downgrade
03 Sep 2018 Pyne Gould says litigation likely over Perpetual Trust sale
03 Sep 2018 nib partners with Ronald McDonald
03 Sep 2018 Lifetime completes capital raising
03 Sep 2018 Market pricing 50% chance of OCR cut: ANZ
03 Sep 2018 Record keeping and all that
03 Sep 2018 Kiwibank ends one-year special
03 Sep 2018 'Interested parties' see potential to grow FundSource: NZX
03 Sep 2018 The active v passive debate is dead: (former) researcher
01 Sep 2018 [The Wrap] Feel good week; Celebrating success in financial services
August 2018
31 Aug 2018 NZ shares fall today, led lower by Sky TV and Tourism Holdings, but gain 4.4% in August
31 Aug 2018 Rival gets diversity gong
31 Aug 2018 Kiwibank one-year special to rise
31 Aug 2018 AMP credit rating cut on back of Royal Commission
31 Aug 2018 Property news for brokers
31 Aug 2018 Dodds helps old TFAS advisory group rebirth
30 Aug 2018 NZ shares drop as Sky TV, NZX fall; Vector, Chorus gain
30 Aug 2018 Auckland consents at 2nd highest ever
30 Aug 2018 Cressida deploys $50 million
30 Aug 2018 Cressida deploys $50 million capacity for premium product
30 Aug 2018 Nikko claims top award [+ VIDEO]
29 Aug 2018 NZ shares surge to record as market reopens; Synlait, a2 gain
29 Aug 2018 Financial advisers just 2% of IFSO complaints
29 Aug 2018 First home buyers strong, investors return in July
29 Aug 2018 Cave takes lead at Lifetime
29 Aug 2018 Advisers query EDR notice periods
29 Aug 2018 Insurance conduct regulation's missing piece
28 Aug 2018 Employers drive insurance take-up
28 Aug 2018 NZ shares suspended from trading on technical difficulties; Synlait, a2 rise, Tourism Holdings falls
28 Aug 2018 Airbnb room rental is subletting
28 Aug 2018 [GRTV] Antipodes is in New Zealand
28 Aug 2018 Next round in Mike Pero duel; Right peak will be lower than before
28 Aug 2018 Fidelity Life targets young farmers
28 Aug 2018 Pie Funds puts two staff in London
28 Aug 2018 No adjournment for Mike Pero case
28 Aug 2018 Booster gets responsibility badge
28 Aug 2018 Value manager, Antipodes, sets up NZ PIE funds [+ VIDEO]
27 Aug 2018 MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares hit record; Synlait, a2 gain while Sky TV, Z Energy drop
27 Aug 2018 Balance needed in tenancy reforms
27 Aug 2018 RESIMAC builds market share; Bank says; We're not average
27 Aug 2018 Tenancy law reform proposals announced
27 Aug 2018 OCR to peak at 2.75 percent: ASB
27 Aug 2018 FMA issues second robo advice licence
27 Aug 2018 Who is being served?
27 Aug 2018 Shore attractions
27 Aug 2018 AFA concerns on back-burner for now
27 Aug 2018 Booster to fund university ideas factory
27 Aug 2018 Financial Advice NZ recruits from associations
25 Aug 2018 Wealth business highlight for Kiwibank boss
24 Aug 2018 RESIMAC builds non-bank market share
24 Aug 2018 We're not average: Kiwibank's new boss
24 Aug 2018 Rents poised to skyrocket this summer
24 Aug 2018 FMA referred fraudster “broker” to IRD
24 Aug 2018 [The Wrap] The future of research; New groups coming; Milking big returns
24 Aug 2018 Smartshares passes $3b
24 Aug 2018 FMA referred fraudster “broker” to IRD
24 Aug 2018 Fund manager research: Where to from here?
23 Aug 2018 NZ shares drop as Air NZ, Ebos fall; F&P Healthcare, Auckland Airport gain
23 Aug 2018 Victory for Mike Pero; Calling all Young Advisers
23 Aug 2018 Advisers should spend more time understanding fixed interest investments
23 Aug 2018 Judge discharges order against Mike Pero
23 Aug 2018 Bond, insulation breaches prove costly
22 Aug 2018 NZ shares at fresh record as Trade Me, A2, Meridian gain on earnings; Fletcher drops
22 Aug 2018 AMP appoints new CEO
22 Aug 2018 A different system: the rental market in Scandinavia
22 Aug 2018 Non-bank lenders go dating
22 Aug 2018 Non-bank lenders go dating advisers
22 Aug 2018 Adviser milking big returns for clients
21 Aug 2018 NZ shares at fresh high, Vector, A2 gain while Pushpay, Comvita drop
21 Aug 2018 Geneva Finance buys in Tonga
21 Aug 2018 More rate cuts; Mortgage broker sent to jail
21 Aug 2018 Migration drops more than expected
21 Aug 2018 Mortgage broker sent to prison
21 Aug 2018 Investing: Understanding non-financial risks
21 Aug 2018 ANZ predicts OCR cut
21 Aug 2018 NZX says platform nearly live
20 Aug 2018 NZ shares at record as Skycity, Fisher & Paykel Health rally
20 Aug 2018 Financial planning should be the natural friend of good insurance coverage
20 Aug 2018 nib on deal hunt as profits rise
20 Aug 2018 Auckland prices take a slide
20 Aug 2018 Storing up value
20 Aug 2018 Rates keep falling
20 Aug 2018 New life in old whole of life policies
20 Aug 2018 KiwiSaver could help solve infrastructure questions
20 Aug 2018 Investor confidence drops
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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.
3 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