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December 2017
14 Dec 2017 Refund for TSB break fees miscalculation customers
14 Dec 2017 Foreign buyers ban bill hits Parliament
14 Dec 2017 Law changes look like Aussie model: Stewart
13 Dec 2017 Spring sales lift comes through
13 Dec 2017 Dealer groups prepare for legislation change
12 Dec 2017 Hanover investors sought
12 Dec 2017 nib gets tick
12 Dec 2017 Post-election bounce back
12 Dec 2017 Nearing an end to the NZ Goldilocks?
12 Dec 2017 KiwiSaver tax breaks mooted
12 Dec 2017 Focus on financial crime
12 Dec 2017 Financial Advice NZ recruiting
11 Dec 2017 New RBNZ Governor announced
11 Dec 2017 Limited impact from foreign buyer ban - REINZ
11 Dec 2017 Unlock wealth: ditch your day job
11 Dec 2017 FMA preparing for advice changes
08 Dec 2017 FMA loses newish senior manager to Pie Funds
08 Dec 2017 Adding revenue streams to your business
08 Dec 2017 Rental WoF schemes spread
08 Dec 2017 SHARE adds marketing and technology focus
08 Dec 2017 The Wrap: Bill gets yes, PAA gets no
08 Dec 2017 Stars align for Constellation Capital
08 Dec 2017 Ups and downs to end the week
07 Dec 2017 It's real; Financial adviser reforms are go
07 Dec 2017 Fisher and Barratt offer advisers The Answers
07 Dec 2017 Return to market stability
07 Dec 2017 FSC suffers financial blow but integration on cards
07 Dec 2017 Few takers for advice - but retirees rue missed opportunity
06 Dec 2017 Nikko plots KiwiSaver launch
05 Dec 2017 Inflation problem for RBNZ
05 Dec 2017 Debenture funding down at UDC
05 Dec 2017 Hesitancy colours Auckland market
05 Dec 2017 HIV, AIDS and Insurance
05 Dec 2017 No bite in bank ad complaint
05 Dec 2017 Policymakers and asset prices: an even bigger moral hazard?
05 Dec 2017 Mortgage Link appoints National Sales manager
05 Dec 2017 Top 10 predictions for 2018 - Colliers
05 Dec 2017 PAA gets 'no' vote
04 Dec 2017 Upping the tenant screening ante
04 Dec 2017 LVR changes won’t prompt market frenzy
04 Dec 2017 Revealing stats from specialist lender
04 Dec 2017 AMP Capital sees strong demand for passive funds
04 Dec 2017 A capital investment
04 Dec 2017 Westpac ups rental income allowance
04 Dec 2017 FSLAB gets promotion
04 Dec 2017 Gannon steps down from Newpark
01 Dec 2017 RESIMAC turns five
01 Dec 2017 Christmas comes early; Party time
01 Dec 2017 Big jump in new listings
01 Dec 2017 Westpac makes a little change
01 Dec 2017 Working group outlines new code's principles
November 2017
30 Nov 2017 Healthy Homes now law
30 Nov 2017 Apartment consents slump
30 Nov 2017 LVR loosening not enough
30 Nov 2017 Advice bill faces year-long delay
29 Nov 2017 DTI proposal on hold
29 Nov 2017 LVR easing sooner than expected
29 Nov 2017 RBNZ to ease LVR restrictions
29 Nov 2017 Innovation 'not just digital'
29 Nov 2017 DIMS advisers face uncertainty... again
28 Nov 2017 LVR speculation rife ahead of FSR
28 Nov 2017 Capital leaky home case clears last hurdle
28 Nov 2017 FMA tool ignites fee debate
27 Nov 2017 Bye bye Samoa: Hello Sharon
27 Nov 2017 ANZ names new chief economist
27 Nov 2017 Simplicity lists on platforms
27 Nov 2017 Summer’s top sale methods
27 Nov 2017 Super cheap Boom
27 Nov 2017 Adviser explores what it will take to engage consumers
27 Nov 2017 Under review: NZ housing
27 Nov 2017 New minister gets into client first debate
27 Nov 2017 Digital threat to mortgage advisers
24 Nov 2017 Court of Appeal for price fixing charges
24 Nov 2017 Super City rents up, supply down
24 Nov 2017 [Obituary] Prominent insurance adviser remembered
24 Nov 2017 Staunch opposition to DTI proposal
24 Nov 2017 AML warning for broker firm
24 Nov 2017 Banks view on DTIs: Don't Try It
24 Nov 2017 New people at the People Group
24 Nov 2017 Westpac takes the cap off; Kiwibank cuts
24 Nov 2017 NZX pushing on with scale in its ETFs
24 Nov 2017 Bank credit rationing a myth: Healy
23 Nov 2017 Large mortgage and insurance adviser group changes hands
23 Nov 2017 Ethics matter in fintech era: CFA
23 Nov 2017 Cullen to lead Tax Working Group
22 Nov 2017 Stop filling out forms for clients: IFSO
22 Nov 2017 PAA: Meeting failure could hold up Financial Advice NZ
21 Nov 2017 Priorities and ideals
21 Nov 2017 FMA pushes net returns over fees debate
21 Nov 2017 A survival guide for financial adviser licensing
21 Nov 2017 Consilium adds advice firms
20 Nov 2017 ANZ sells sharetrading business to FNZC
20 Nov 2017 Castle Point appoints head of operations
20 Nov 2017 Five years of nib; award winning funds; and Fidelity's $100m injection
20 Nov 2017 Expect more fund options as market grows
20 Nov 2017 Active managers go passive
20 Nov 2017 Rental case reversal good news for industry
19 Nov 2017 South Island tribe looks to add KiwiSaver scheme
17 Nov 2017 New board at FSC
17 Nov 2017 Roboadvice green light 'better late than never'
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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