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March 2018
21 Mar 2018 Drop off in migration flows
21 Mar 2018 NZ annuities market will grow: Challenger
21 Mar 2018 BNZ moves; Mortgage adviser survey
21 Mar 2018 Values soar but options remain
21 Mar 2018 Code proposals show product provider influence: Tate
20 Mar 2018 UDC IPO considered
20 Mar 2018 Brighter price outlook - Colliers
20 Mar 2018 Sound corporate governance is good, but management alignment is better
20 Mar 2018 Question: Can you define what you do?
20 Mar 2018 No room for stock-pickers: Vanguard
19 Mar 2018 Westpac expects government policy to "cool" housing market and GDP
19 Mar 2018 Southern Cross joins the movement to help Kiwis Choose Wisely
19 Mar 2018 Auckland’s hottest suburbs
19 Mar 2018 It's OCR week. What will happen?
19 Mar 2018 Gail Costa returns to NZ role
19 Mar 2018 Sorted for retirement
19 Mar 2018 Tax breaks needed to boost savings: Milford
19 Mar 2018 Chasing trends? Get basics sorted
16 Mar 2018 Fidelity Life powers up income protection
16 Mar 2018 Iwi ink health insurance deal with nib
16 Mar 2018 Broker pleads guilty
16 Mar 2018 OCR call takes backseat
16 Mar 2018 Rental property lure for first home buyers
16 Mar 2018 NZ Funds CEO stepping down
15 Mar 2018 Shake-up coming for RFA insurance advisers
14 Mar 2018 NZCU Baywide revamps banking system
14 Mar 2018 ANZ signs responsible investment pledge
14 Mar 2018 Acting RBNZ Governor reignites DTI ratio debate
14 Mar 2018 Prices, sales bounce up - REINZ
14 Mar 2018 Acting RBNZ Governor reignites DTI ratio debate
14 Mar 2018 Flight to big providers 'possible unintended consequence'
13 Mar 2018 Momentum Life issued life insurance licence in New Zealand
13 Mar 2018 Taskforce must maintain momentum
13 Mar 2018 Advisers unconcerned by prospect of another sale
13 Mar 2018 Code working group reveals proposals
12 Mar 2018 FMA warns on AML
12 Mar 2018 Kiwibank cuts Special only
12 Mar 2018 To buy or to build?
12 Mar 2018 Appeal Court sides with FSCL
09 Mar 2018 Shock awaits for tax avoiders
09 Mar 2018 Kiwibank changes its OCR forecast
09 Mar 2018 Trustees Executors moves to Consilium platform
09 Mar 2018 Pathfinder eyes carbon risk
08 Mar 2018 Boosting Auckland housing development
08 Mar 2018 New hire at Mortgage Express
08 Mar 2018 ANZ puts OnePath on the block
08 Mar 2018 Adviser's in-laws lose IFSO complaint
08 Mar 2018 Get recruitment processes in order
07 Mar 2018 Masonry fix timeline extended
07 Mar 2018 Go regional for gains
07 Mar 2018 Fees refunded after portfolio complaint
06 Mar 2018 Law review terms released
06 Mar 2018 Adviser group reveals new chief executive
06 Mar 2018 BNZ cuts a rate; Economists split on next OCR move
06 Mar 2018 New Zealand economists divided over OCR
06 Mar 2018 Fidelity Life makes top People and Culture appointment
06 Mar 2018 Coaching your clients on how to hire a good financial adviser
06 Mar 2018 'Every investment situation' could be affected by tax group
06 Mar 2018 Quality mark framework developed
06 Mar 2018 Fisher Funds chairman resigns
06 Mar 2018 Embrace work space changes
05 Mar 2018 Sellers lower price expectations
05 Mar 2018 New owners for non-bank lender
05 Mar 2018 Rotorua more than bubbling along
05 Mar 2018 Licensing questions need answers
05 Mar 2018 KiwiSaver fee drop 'missed the mark'
05 Mar 2018 Perennial man gets new role
02 Mar 2018 Costs impact on consents
02 Mar 2018 Bluestone hails “extra firepower” after US takeover
02 Mar 2018 FMA still waiting for first robo applications
01 Mar 2018 Market blues for investors
01 Mar 2018 Nikko takes out top Award
01 Mar 2018 RESIMAC applications up 30% as Homeloans profits soar
February 2018
28 Feb 2018 Meet the latest non-bank lender to market; How hot is HSBC's new rate? Find out here
28 Feb 2018 Migration resilience means no demand let-up
28 Feb 2018 Bright line test extension fast tracked
28 Feb 2018 Steep drop for mortgage lending
28 Feb 2018 Platforms' commission question
28 Feb 2018 Working group raises FSLAB worries
27 Feb 2018 FMA takes FSPR action
27 Feb 2018 There's more to a home loan than the rate
27 Feb 2018 Multi-million mortgage fraud trial gets underway
27 Feb 2018 Bluestone returns after 10 year absence
27 Feb 2018 Ralph Stewart's Lifetime group hits five
27 Feb 2018 Retirement beckons for Scott Black
27 Feb 2018 April launch planned for Pie Wealth
27 Feb 2018 Technology adoption a key differentiator for advisers
26 Feb 2018 Kerr Neilson steps back at Platinum
26 Feb 2018 Rents on the rise
26 Feb 2018 Top 10 tips for managing commercial tenants
26 Feb 2018 FundSource adds Oyster to its research menu
26 Feb 2018 FSLAB: Still changes to be made, associations argue
26 Feb 2018 'Information gap' harming KiwiSaver outcomes
23 Feb 2018 HSBC does it again
23 Feb 2018 Getting to Know: Tim Fairbrother
23 Feb 2018 Fidelity Life makes key Otago/Southland sales appointment
23 Feb 2018 Capital prices hit record high
23 Feb 2018 AMP Capital funds net first investors
23 Feb 2018 Disclosure rules will fit the situation: MBIE
22 Feb 2018 Roboadvice exemption is live
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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