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October 2017
25 Oct 2017 From NZ Super Fund to FNZC
25 Oct 2017 Work on incomes, global pension report says
25 Oct 2017 PAA AGM fails to hit quorum
24 Oct 2017 Mortgage advisers: start thinking about your education now
24 Oct 2017 Lessons from RBOHA
24 Oct 2017 Rental prices could spike
24 Oct 2017 Dealer groups as part of your plan
24 Oct 2017 One low rate replaced with another - details here
24 Oct 2017 6 affordable buys for investors
24 Oct 2017 FSLAB could be slower
23 Oct 2017 Robo-advice: The democratisation of professional financial advice
20 Oct 2017 Perpetual Guardian steps up in the Know Your Customer space
20 Oct 2017 Looking ahead with new government
20 Oct 2017 Partners Life hires sales boss
20 Oct 2017 Changes in housing policy to come
20 Oct 2017 Migration decline continues
20 Oct 2017 Getting to Know: Jon-Paul Hale
20 Oct 2017 Regulators collaborate on fintech
19 Oct 2017 Insurers support robo options
19 Oct 2017 No signs of panic
19 Oct 2017 Should lawyers give financial advice?
19 Oct 2017 New code's wider scope helps advisers: Chairman
18 Oct 2017 Roboadvice an opportunity, not a threat
18 Oct 2017 Former PM to chair ANZ
18 Oct 2017 Former PM to chair ANZ
18 Oct 2017 No NZ fall-out from Australian sale
18 Oct 2017 FMA fast-tracks roboadvice
18 Oct 2017 BNZ signs on to AML tool
17 Oct 2017 Don't choose KiwiSaver funds on fees only (+ GRAPH)
17 Oct 2017 High risk rental success
16 Oct 2017 Investors remain confident in property
16 Oct 2017 Market healthy – despite election doubt
16 Oct 2017 Advice firms merge
16 Oct 2017 Leverage up your KiwiSaver fund
13 Oct 2017 Jail for $5.4m Ponzi
13 Oct 2017 Getting to Know: Lyn McMorran
13 Oct 2017 Sharpening rates for Spring
13 Oct 2017 AMP rings changes
13 Oct 2017 KiwiSaver fees: Paying for performance
12 Oct 2017 Where to park
12 Oct 2017 Price rise could be market rebalancing
12 Oct 2017 Price rise could be market rebalancing
12 Oct 2017 Kiwi investor experience improving: Morningstar
12 Oct 2017 Advisers lack client files
11 Oct 2017 Ponzi scheme guilty plea
11 Oct 2017 Kickbacks to agents shouldn't happen, but do
11 Oct 2017 FMT nabs ANZ BDM
11 Oct 2017 What tenants really want
11 Oct 2017 Prices fall, affordability improves
11 Oct 2017 Note From A Big Country
11 Oct 2017 Entity licensing 'boosts risk'
11 Oct 2017 Adviser firm chairman retires
11 Oct 2017 Asteron launches online application tool
10 Oct 2017 Appeal of former hot spots dims
10 Oct 2017 New nib partnership to target visitors
10 Oct 2017 Sharemarket success no easy ride
09 Oct 2017 Fisher Funds: Industry should pull together
09 Oct 2017 Short stays big pays
07 Oct 2017 'Adviser cull' could hit NZ
06 Oct 2017 Speeding up the consents process
06 Oct 2017 Getting to Know: Anand Srinivasan
06 Oct 2017 Ralph Stewart's Lifetime picks up former Tower business
06 Oct 2017 FMA: Advisers can help clients avoid scams
05 Oct 2017 Landlords urged to get onto insulation
05 Oct 2017 Two groups working together for advisers
05 Oct 2017 Russell McVeagh acts on Sovereign deal
05 Oct 2017 New class action on leaky homes
05 Oct 2017 FMA to KiwiSaver providers: We are getting impatient
04 Oct 2017 ANZ chief economist calls it a day
04 Oct 2017 Auckland sales fall further
04 Oct 2017 Quarterly value chill
04 Oct 2017 Edmonds' fund supermarket takes out competitor
03 Oct 2017 Making meth testing easier
03 Oct 2017 ANZ chief economist calls it a day
03 Oct 2017 ASB's turn; New (old) lender returns
03 Oct 2017 Clients' sense of security 'most important'
02 Oct 2017 TSB ditches bank name
02 Oct 2017 SBS offers 10-year bond
02 Oct 2017 ASB chief executive steps down
02 Oct 2017 Are you part of someone else’s plan?
02 Oct 2017 HSBC launches sub 4% home loan rate
02 Oct 2017 Tauranga growth slow & steady
02 Oct 2017 Pathfinder focuses on responsibility
02 Oct 2017 Spicers brand disappears
02 Oct 2017 Partners Life introduces a new range of level premium options.
01 Oct 2017 Australian non-bank lender set to return to NZ
September 2017
29 Sep 2017 Consents spike not enough
29 Sep 2017 The start of Fidelity's digital transformation
29 Sep 2017 Algorithm handles rebalancing
29 Sep 2017 Nest Home Loans appoints two new advisers
29 Sep 2017 Getting to Know: Murray Harris
29 Sep 2017 Chief executive tipped to lead
29 Sep 2017 Financial Advice NZ: Much ado about nothing?
28 Sep 2017 Don’t assume prices will keep rising - ANZ
28 Sep 2017 Growth outlook overshadows OCR call
28 Sep 2017 Super Fund buoyed by global equities
28 Sep 2017 Growth outlook overshadows OCR call
28 Sep 2017 RBNZ announces OCR decision
28 Sep 2017 RBNZ announces OCR decision
28 Sep 2017 Acting governor Grant Spencer announces OCR decision
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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