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September 2017
28 Sep 2017 14pc of inquiries about advisers, FMA says
28 Sep 2017 Transparency, simplicity 'key for insurance growth'
28 Sep 2017 Deadline looms for information returns
28 Sep 2017 No Spring lift in investor lending
27 Sep 2017 Predicting election impact
27 Sep 2017 Spring rise in lending
27 Sep 2017 Aussie robo provider wants to partner with Kiwi advisers
27 Sep 2017 Insurer creates new role
26 Sep 2017 Fintech accelerator to run again
26 Sep 2017 Whistle-blowers more exposed under new rules
25 Sep 2017 OCR preview: What economists are thinking now
25 Sep 2017 ASB keeps ownership of Sovereign Home Loans
25 Sep 2017 Saturn appoints AFA
25 Sep 2017 Syndicating options
25 Sep 2017 Kiwi Wealth latest to get responsible tick
25 Sep 2017 AIA doesn't buy Sovereign Home loans. What now?
25 Sep 2017 Peters as Kingmaker: What next for investors?
25 Sep 2017 Caution to dictate OCR call this week
22 Sep 2017 RBNZ ditches bank disclosure statements
22 Sep 2017 Getting to Know: Andrew Kelleher
22 Sep 2017 Newpark paying for members to do Level 5 papers
22 Sep 2017 Advisers welcome Sovereign sale news
22 Sep 2017 NZAM makes changes
22 Sep 2017 FMA reports on register crackdown
22 Sep 2017 Simplicity offers income option
21 Sep 2017 Radical reform for Wellington housing
21 Sep 2017 Clients complain about advisers
21 Sep 2017 Migration may have peaked
21 Sep 2017 Sovereign deal signed
21 Sep 2017 Sovereign sold
21 Sep 2017 Labour would change Reserve Bank - so what?
20 Sep 2017 Election 2017: the housing round up
20 Sep 2017 Three terms lowered at The Co-operative Bank
20 Sep 2017 Rents surge for urban living options
20 Sep 2017 Biggest ever non-Govt bond offer reaches the end
20 Sep 2017 Struggling peer-to-peer platforms told to reconsider strategy
20 Sep 2017 Funding a problem for Lending Crowd
20 Sep 2017 Advisers should speak up for investor unfairness
19 Sep 2017 Hobson Wealth announces new hires
19 Sep 2017 The Auckland housing crisis - not even half the numbers
19 Sep 2017 ANZ changes
19 Sep 2017 FANZ versus Financial Advice NZ
18 Sep 2017 Election 2017: the housing round up
18 Sep 2017 Zurich, AIA make play for Sovereign
18 Sep 2017 SBS down; BNZ up
18 Sep 2017 Synergy announces resignation
18 Sep 2017 Don’t bank on those dividends
15 Sep 2017 Southern Cross reports healthy result
15 Sep 2017 Getting to Know: Toni Dodds
15 Sep 2017 Sales down but life in market
15 Sep 2017 New director for FDRS
15 Sep 2017 Smartshares reduces ETF fees
15 Sep 2017 Local managers could miss out on passport benefits
15 Sep 2017 No need to open KiwiSaver to finance companies: AMP
14 Sep 2017 Triplejump could get boost from new qualification rules
14 Sep 2017 Rents set to rise if Labour wins
14 Sep 2017 Online offer 'more than quote and compare'
14 Sep 2017 Consilium named finalist in awards
14 Sep 2017 No case to end LVRs – S&P
14 Sep 2017 Bonds failure costs landlord nearly $40k
14 Sep 2017 Are KiwiSaver members being ripped off?
13 Sep 2017 Irresponsible lending complaints on the rise
13 Sep 2017 No post Unitary Plan subdivision boom
13 Sep 2017 Bill's quality and quantity aims 'a possible conflict'
12 Sep 2017 Gareth Morgan disappears
12 Sep 2017 OMG cash is back
12 Sep 2017 New disclosure requirement could backfire
12 Sep 2017 NZ slips in global price rankings
11 Sep 2017 Mercer appoints CIO
11 Sep 2017 nib launches AI solution
11 Sep 2017 Newest adviser to join Mortgage Express
11 Sep 2017 Top fund managers recognised
11 Sep 2017 Why responsible investing counts
11 Sep 2017 To CGT or not to CGT?
11 Sep 2017 Top fund managers recognised
11 Sep 2017 Tipping point for responsible investing
11 Sep 2017 Insurance cover and suicide rates
11 Sep 2017 HomeStart boost could drive prices up
11 Sep 2017 A rise against the falls
11 Sep 2017 23 year old duo turn over $30m
11 Sep 2017 Good Returns' columnist takes out top award
11 Sep 2017 New Zealand's advice problem
09 Sep 2017 GRTV Ep4: How top fund managers are picked; the growing importance of Responsible Investing
08 Sep 2017 Apartment under supply looming
08 Sep 2017 Bath sues over failed Perpetual Guardian sale
08 Sep 2017 No winners from tenancy law tinkering
08 Sep 2017 Getting to Know: Liz Koh
08 Sep 2017 Responsible investing: Is there a cost?
07 Sep 2017 Dramatic change in price expectations
07 Sep 2017 Pie Funds reveals manager change
07 Sep 2017 Dramatic change in price expectations
07 Sep 2017 Accuro: Early days but happy with online response
07 Sep 2017 Funds not 'true to label': Researcher
07 Sep 2017 New tool means better property valuations
06 Sep 2017 Landlords key to solving crisis
06 Sep 2017 New property listings plummet
06 Sep 2017 $5.4m Ponzi admitted
06 Sep 2017 Ex BNZ worker admits mortgage fraud
06 Sep 2017 Caution leads to fall in listings
06 Sep 2017 Warning for would-be providers
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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