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June 2018
19 Jun 2018 NZ Super appoints new CEO
19 Jun 2018 Tax changes would slash house prices
19 Jun 2018 Tax changes would slash house prices
19 Jun 2018 Boyle moves back to private sphere
19 Jun 2018 Fees 'still too high'
18 Jun 2018 Lender cuts rates; Guilty verdict over $54mill mortgage fraud
18 Jun 2018 P2P lender cuts rates
18 Jun 2018 Demand cools in Auckland
18 Jun 2018 To have and to hold
18 Jun 2018 It's time for RFAs to make some noise
18 Jun 2018 National: Reserve Bank role needs scrutiny
18 Jun 2018 Associations' last days
18 Jun 2018 'Drop mandatory insurer strength ratings'
15 Jun 2018 Finance company survivor profits
15 Jun 2018 Guilty verdict for mortgage fraud trio
15 Jun 2018 Adviser hits out at commission disclosure proposals
15 Jun 2018 Adviser hits out at commission disclosure proposals
15 Jun 2018 Broader disclosure needed for VIOs: SiFA
14 Jun 2018 Asteron appoints Frecklington replacement
14 Jun 2018 ASB cuts and moves up the table; Kepa has new CEO
14 Jun 2018 Kepa appoints chief executive
14 Jun 2018 Auckland market fall continues
14 Jun 2018 McLachlan: Pie move 'mildly interesting'
13 Jun 2018 Housing affordability down in major cities
13 Jun 2018 Developers keen on KiwiBuild tender
13 Jun 2018 Adviser groups raise code of conduct concerns
13 Jun 2018 KiwiSaver must change, providers say
13 Jun 2018 Advisers welcome more detailed projections
12 Jun 2018 Advisers inundate CWG with submissions
12 Jun 2018 Auckland supply drive at risk
12 Jun 2018 Solving Japan’s financial problems…and creating some for New Zealand
12 Jun 2018 Working group considers 161 submissions
11 Jun 2018 KiwiSaver boosts first home market: ANZ
11 Jun 2018 Getting to grips with leases
11 Jun 2018 Partners Life unfazed by Mosaic loss
11 Jun 2018 Kiwibank moves rates; Others adjust servicing levels
11 Jun 2018 Questions of Conduct: when does good conduct become financial advice?
11 Jun 2018 PAA gets 'yes' vote, takes next step to wind-up
08 Jun 2018 ASB, Westpac tweak servicing tests
08 Jun 2018 Medical records no silver bullet for disclosure
08 Jun 2018 New Housing “super” Ministry coming
08 Jun 2018 DTIs will be looked at again
08 Jun 2018 KiwiSaver incentives 'don't help those who need it most'
08 Jun 2018 Higher meth test levels for REA
07 Jun 2018 Next phase of RBNZ review likely to assess DTIs
07 Jun 2018 Pie Funds cuts performance fees
07 Jun 2018 PM Capital poaches Platinum portfolio man
07 Jun 2018 Overseas buyer rise due to proposed ban
07 Jun 2018 Tackling meth uncertainty
07 Jun 2018 Why private health insurance is an investment, not a cost
07 Jun 2018 Fidelity Life: Advisers told us products must improve
07 Jun 2018 NZCU Baywide widens lending criteria
07 Jun 2018 NZCU Baywide to offer 95% mortgages
07 Jun 2018 Southern market values star
07 Jun 2018 Consultation fatigue hits advisers
06 Jun 2018 Trustees Executors makes key appointments
06 Jun 2018 Changes for RFAs nothing to worry about
06 Jun 2018 New build financing gap boosts Southern Cross
06 Jun 2018 Signs of life in sales rise
06 Jun 2018 HSBC launches 5th sub 4% home loan offer
06 Jun 2018 HSBC does it again
06 Jun 2018 Is more better, or just confusing?
06 Jun 2018 Vertical integration: Financial advice sector's weak link?
05 Jun 2018 Read joins adviser group
05 Jun 2018 Italy: A bigger threat than Brexit?
05 Jun 2018 Young investor success stories
05 Jun 2018 Simplicity drops investments
05 Jun 2018 PAA rules out legal funds for opposing members
01 Jun 2018 Spotlight on non-bank fees
01 Jun 2018 Supply pressure building
01 Jun 2018 Booster seeds new global bond fund
01 Jun 2018 Watch out for 'green-washing'
May 2018
31 May 2018 New name and look for JMIS
31 May 2018 Proceed with caution on meth
31 May 2018 Update on LVR restrictions; Commission not needed
31 May 2018 Disclose cost of advice, not commission: Financial Advice NZ
30 May 2018 FMA and RBNZ: No Royal Commission needed yet
30 May 2018 Regulators: no "evidence" to warrant NZ banking commission
30 May 2018 Regulators comb through bank responses
30 May 2018 Townhouse consents surge
30 May 2018 ANZ sells OnePath
30 May 2018 LVR easing not on cards
30 May 2018 Ministers meet regulators as banks, insurers asked for information
30 May 2018 PAA attempts holiday homes vote 2.0
29 May 2018 SBS grows lending book, but with less aggression
29 May 2018 FANZ has best year
29 May 2018 Meth relief for landlords
29 May 2018 Rock steady performer
29 May 2018 General Finance to join stock market
29 May 2018 Associations hang back from Financial Advice NZ
28 May 2018 Bleak investor predictions premature
28 May 2018 Property Institute questions government housing policy
28 May 2018 Asbestos duties clarified
28 May 2018 Advisers 'should be next for regulator check'
25 May 2018 Investor mortgages creeping up
25 May 2018 Conservative attitude a bigger problem than fees: McLachlan
24 May 2018 Latest RBNZ figures reveal first time buyer boom
24 May 2018 Insurers next for regulatory scrutiny
24 May 2018 Royal Commission triggers letter to insurers from FMA and RBNZ
24 May 2018 Senior changes at New Zealand Home Loans
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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