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January 2018
25 Jan 2018 The Co-operative Bank trims one-year rates
25 Jan 2018 Advisers told: Don't ignore crypto
24 Jan 2018 Loss making sales on the rise
24 Jan 2018 Options emerge for licence-averse advisers
23 Jan 2018 Guilty plea from mortgage fraudster
23 Jan 2018 What advisers want from Financial Advice NZ
23 Jan 2018 The 10 best ways to compete with the big end of town
23 Jan 2018 Big questions for 2018
23 Jan 2018 [Obituary] Mark Frecklington
23 Jan 2018 Exemption grows under FSLAB
22 Jan 2018 Roboadvice on horizon
22 Jan 2018 Supply answer to affordability problem
22 Jan 2018 The first rate change for the year
22 Jan 2018 Make $$$$ from extra space
22 Jan 2018 'Business as usual' despite correction fears
19 Jan 2018 Getting to Know: Mary Potter
19 Jan 2018 NZ average on disclosure
19 Jan 2018 Insurers: Robo won't replace advisers
19 Jan 2018 Investor confidence slumps
19 Jan 2018 KiwiSaver 'shouldn't be only scheme with perks'
18 Jan 2018 Southern Cross launches gender-inclusive application
18 Jan 2018 New portfolio manager for Pie Funds
18 Jan 2018 House prices pick up, but volumes low
18 Jan 2018 Housing market picks up, but not everywhere
18 Jan 2018 Little relief for buyers - REINZ
18 Jan 2018 Client first 'means responsible investment'
17 Jan 2018 10 Ross investors in liquidator sights
17 Jan 2018 Giving mortgage advisers a voice
17 Jan 2018 Landlords: don’t overlook smoke alarms
17 Jan 2018 No safe harbour for new advisers
16 Jan 2018 Reckless damage by tenants not intentional
16 Jan 2018 2018 'looking good for Asia'
16 Jan 2018 Stock picking and the art of motorcycle maintenance
16 Jan 2018 New lending manager
16 Jan 2018 Advice force changes: Hunters out, farmers in
16 Jan 2018 Perennial position redundant
15 Jan 2018 Shariah funds shine
15 Jan 2018 RESIMAC appoints new lending manager
15 Jan 2018 Non-bank lender changes hands
15 Jan 2018 Year of the yield
15 Jan 2018 Stakeholders urged to submit on bill
12 Jan 2018 Investors die waiting
12 Jan 2018 15 year high for Auckland consents
12 Jan 2018 Reducing pet rental risks
12 Jan 2018 Don't worry, stay invested
11 Jan 2018 FMA scam warning
11 Jan 2018 Seeking property alternatives
11 Jan 2018 Insurers collaborate on fintech
11 Jan 2018 Slow growth trend takes hold
11 Jan 2018 Squeeze on financial recruitment
10 Jan 2018 Healthy homes in everyone’s interest - APIA
10 Jan 2018 World Bank predicts short-term growth boost
10 Jan 2018 Financial planning and insurance advice
10 Jan 2018 Financial Advice NZ committees appointed
10 Jan 2018 Opening rental doors to pets
10 Jan 2018 Cryptocurrency fund open to New Zealand investors
09 Jan 2018 Super Fund: Opportunities in expansion capital
09 Jan 2018 Committee members to lobby for advice strands
08 Jan 2018 New look General Finance to take on gaps in market
08 Jan 2018 Falling sales, rising prices for Super City
08 Jan 2018 Super Fund recruiting
05 Jan 2018 Nelson values hold firm
04 Jan 2018 Housing stock on market building
03 Jan 2018 Looking ahead to 2018
December 2017
29 Dec 2017 2017: The year in review
28 Dec 2017 Vested outsourcing - the way it should be
28 Dec 2017 Consilium reports super-charged growth
27 Dec 2017 Specialist loans: thinking outside the square
27 Dec 2017 Listed property trusts uncovered
27 Dec 2017 Financial Advice NZ acknowledges frustrations
22 Dec 2017 NZX appoints new funds management boss
22 Dec 2017 Changes to unsecured masonry repair initiative
22 Dec 2017 Mortgage lending bounces back up
22 Dec 2017 Partner Life appoints GM of brand and marketing
22 Dec 2017 2018 brings challenges for fund managers
21 Dec 2017 Westpac gets tick
21 Dec 2017 Pre-Xmas housing policy rush
21 Dec 2017 ANZ plan to sell UDC Finance stalled
21 Dec 2017 Savers may be better off with govt fund: Treasury
21 Dec 2017 ANZ adjusts deposit requirements
20 Dec 2017 FSLAB submissions sought
20 Dec 2017 Migration flow plateaus
20 Dec 2017 Fast track for foreign buyers ban
19 Dec 2017 Partners makes high-profile board appointment
19 Dec 2017 2017 and 2018: recap and outlook
19 Dec 2017 Rents shoot up due to limited stock
19 Dec 2017 Future of financial services
19 Dec 2017 More consultation on Minister's to-do list
18 Dec 2017 ANZ Investments' profit drop
18 Dec 2017 NZ Super Fund excludes marijuana
18 Dec 2017 Inescapable impact of credit cards
18 Dec 2017 Brash joins advice group board
18 Dec 2017 Boarding house business success
18 Dec 2017 KiwiFund could have unfair advantage
15 Dec 2017 New ASB boss appointed
15 Dec 2017 Getting to Know: Paul Sewell
15 Dec 2017 The Wrap: New year, new rules
15 Dec 2017 KiwiSaver should invest more in NZ: Gaynor
14 Dec 2017 KiwiFund moves closer
14 Dec 2017 Non-bank sector booming
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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