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May 2018
03 May 2018 Advisers account for bigger share of ANZ's home loans
03 May 2018 Call for KiwiSaver tax changes
03 May 2018 Heathcote adds a new Key Account Exec
02 May 2018 NZBA rejects Australia comparisons and pledges reforms
02 May 2018 CWG proposals doom independent advisers: Association
02 May 2018 ANZ's Hisco says no problems in NZ; FMA says prove it
02 May 2018 FMA: Show how you're different
02 May 2018 Enquiry not needed in NZ: ANZ boss
02 May 2018 Pressure creates bigger groups
02 May 2018 [OBITUARY] Farewell for the man with the 'formidable brain'
02 May 2018 Values moderation ahead
01 May 2018 Tough quarter for KiwiSaver
01 May 2018 nib is announcing a world of new benefits for your customers
01 May 2018 Lightening landlords’ workloads
01 May 2018 Investment horizon: The changing face of the New Zealand credit market
01 May 2018 Consents up but trend slowing
01 May 2018 ANZ posts half year cash profit of $941 mill
01 May 2018 AIA first insurer to offer Airpoints
01 May 2018 One up, one down at ANZ; Plus big profit jump
01 May 2018 Super City listings decline
April 2018
30 Apr 2018 Mortgage borrowing rise to be “short-lived”: Westpac
30 Apr 2018 Trustees Executors appoint new CEO
30 Apr 2018 Lifetime and Camelot join together
30 Apr 2018 ANZ looks to Blockchain as the single source of truth
30 Apr 2018 More heads roll at AMP
30 Apr 2018 A floating rate rises; New mortgage cover
30 Apr 2018 Deals in Christchurch City Centre
30 Apr 2018 New flavour for PIE
30 Apr 2018 Asteron Life launches flexible mortgage insurance
27 Apr 2018 Owner-occupier and investor lending jumps in March
27 Apr 2018 Apartments offer better deals
27 Apr 2018 Time for change is now
27 Apr 2018 The Code – issues for advisers (Part Three)
27 Apr 2018 Performance fee questioned
26 Apr 2018 Industrial rents on the rise
26 Apr 2018 From university to FMA
26 Apr 2018 Important update for mortgage advisers
26 Apr 2018 New CEO for Kiwibank
26 Apr 2018 Scope versus advice
26 Apr 2018 An enquiry? Careful what you wish for
24 Apr 2018 Tax policy could heighten rental crisis
24 Apr 2018 Migration trend continues to ease
24 Apr 2018 Advisers invited to join Financial Advice NZ
24 Apr 2018 The Code – Issues for advisers (Part Two)
23 Apr 2018 Good catch for Fishers
23 Apr 2018 Mixed sustainability report card for NZ
23 Apr 2018 Advisers need to lift their game to help clients
23 Apr 2018 Making the switch
23 Apr 2018 [Opinion] The future of advice is at risk
23 Apr 2018 Kiwibank slashes rates
23 Apr 2018 New rules for term deposits
22 Apr 2018 nib adds free travel insurance
20 Apr 2018 RBNZ changes its mind on LVRs
20 Apr 2018 LVR a “permanent tool”: RBNZ Governor
20 Apr 2018 Time to tackle asbestos
20 Apr 2018 Heads roll at AMP Australia
20 Apr 2018 Property investors returning; Degrees for mortgage brokers
20 Apr 2018 Degree 'not the answer to industry's problems'
19 Apr 2018 FMA probes performance fees
19 Apr 2018 Property investors “bounce back” in February: ANZ
19 Apr 2018 Tenant damage liability changes unfair
19 Apr 2018 Rate cuts; Old, new face returns to the industry
19 Apr 2018 Sovereign makes product changes
19 Apr 2018 Faafoi considering complaints
18 Apr 2018 Colonial First State set for IPO
18 Apr 2018 LifeDirect taps into Hugo
18 Apr 2018 Mortgage People founders launch online brokerage
18 Apr 2018 Quotemonster branches into advice
18 Apr 2018 [GRTV] The future of insurance commissions
18 Apr 2018 Kepa takes stake in member business
18 Apr 2018 Tenant damage liability: the Select Committee speaks
18 Apr 2018 [Opinion] RFAs missing in action
18 Apr 2018 NZ Funds launches latest fintech tool for advisers
18 Apr 2018 Regan: AMP's conduct unacceptable
18 Apr 2018 [GRTV] KiwiSaver
17 Apr 2018 FMA ponders PDS in Te Reo
17 Apr 2018 Huxford keen to stay in ANZ role
17 Apr 2018 Super City market stagnates
17 Apr 2018 Time to get climbing?
17 Apr 2018 The Code – issues for advisers (Part One)
16 Apr 2018 What's a Comm Games gold medal (or two) worth?
16 Apr 2018 Rent rise no surprise
16 Apr 2018 Core Finance relaxes lending criteria
16 Apr 2018 Invercargill property magnate
16 Apr 2018 Partners records best year ever
16 Apr 2018 [GRTV] Special Episode: Minister discusses adviser reforms, commission and KiwiSaver
16 Apr 2018 [GRTV] Faafoi responds to CWG criticism
16 Apr 2018 Low turnout doesn't mean RFAs' heads in sand: Group
13 Apr 2018 Wealth Technologies challenges for NZX
13 Apr 2018 Mortgage advisers need to address the code
13 Apr 2018 Auckland shortage to get worse
13 Apr 2018 Goppy returns
13 Apr 2018 Millennials turn to Kiwisaver for home deposits
13 Apr 2018 Accuro disrupted
13 Apr 2018 Two week lull ends
13 Apr 2018 Fees eroding risk premium: Researchers
12 Apr 2018 RBNZ: new PTA an “evolution”
12 Apr 2018 IFA member takes BDM role
12 Apr 2018 Code proposals 'baloney'
11 Apr 2018 ANZ increases servicing rate for 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