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September 2017
06 Sep 2017 Sovereign launches ACC add-on
05 Sep 2017 Public Trust axes term deposits
05 Sep 2017 Boost first home buyer opportunities
05 Sep 2017 Cameron Marcroft talks about becoming a top adviser
05 Sep 2017 Subdued signs of life
05 Sep 2017 Goals-based investing: a different way of thinking
05 Sep 2017 Advice key part of KiwiSaver success: ANZ
04 Sep 2017 RMA by-pass to encourage development
04 Sep 2017 Funding a problem for peer-to-peer
04 Sep 2017 Tribunal refund decision anti-landlord
04 Sep 2017 MPM takes former franchisee to court
04 Sep 2017 New norm for two-year Specials
04 Sep 2017 We’ve launched nib First Choice network
04 Sep 2017 Labour plans could force out landlords
04 Sep 2017 Meth cover demystified
03 Sep 2017 Big cake for small market share
03 Sep 2017 Consilium offers philanthropic solution
03 Sep 2017 Asteron starts review after fraud
01 Sep 2017 Court win in Auckland leaky home suit
01 Sep 2017 Resignation at Heathcote
01 Sep 2017 Kiwibank's IT work-in-progress proves costly
01 Sep 2017 Getting to Know: Dean Anderson
01 Sep 2017 ASB narrows gap between carded and Special rates
01 Sep 2017 Values fall as investors leave market
01 Sep 2017 Trustee company turns to private equity
01 Sep 2017 FMA: No regrets about $1.7m bill
01 Sep 2017 Advisers may misrepresent premiums
01 Sep 2017 Hobson Wealth expands
August 2017
31 Aug 2017 New chance to join leaky building lawsuit
31 Aug 2017 Be careful what you ask for
31 Aug 2017 Roll out renters’ education course - NZPIF
30 Aug 2017 Fund Source surprises with awards
30 Aug 2017 Slowdown in value growth spreading
30 Aug 2017 Avanti's new business reaches out to SMEs
30 Aug 2017 LVRs still needed - RBNZ
30 Aug 2017 Falling consents mean shortage not addressed
30 Aug 2017 Boost for fixed interest fund
30 Aug 2017 Insurance pain for landlords ahead
30 Aug 2017 KiwiSaver members don't understand MTC
30 Aug 2017 FMA outlines plans - has eyes on advisers
29 Aug 2017 Council urged to pause on making WOF compulsory
29 Aug 2017 FMA wins settlement for finance company investors
29 Aug 2017 Rents rise in Wellington - & Christchurch
29 Aug 2017 Under-active RFAs may drop out
28 Aug 2017 Commitment to help advisers with new regs - NZFSG
28 Aug 2017 Quantitative investment styles, and when they perform
28 Aug 2017 Nagging and the definition of ‘financial advice’
28 Aug 2017 Two-year cut labelled pre-Election Special
28 Aug 2017 Affordability growing in West Auckland
28 Aug 2017 AIA expands cancer benefit reach
28 Aug 2017 Sharesies ponders advice offer
27 Aug 2017 Trade Me: We still back LifeDirect
25 Aug 2017 Commission files Harmoney proceedings
25 Aug 2017 Softer market better time to buy
25 Aug 2017 Getting to Know: Reagan Bax
25 Aug 2017 Adviser wants 'gold standard' for industry
25 Aug 2017 Newpark considers being a licensed dealer group
25 Aug 2017 Investor lending exodus
25 Aug 2017 House price expectations plummet
24 Aug 2017 NZX's Apertyx yet to take full flight
24 Aug 2017 Newpark stacks its board with well-known people
24 Aug 2017 Human rights body slams tenant damage changes
23 Aug 2017 No fine for QROPS adviser who breached code
23 Aug 2017 Expect negative impact from regulation overload
23 Aug 2017 Remarkable adds and subtracts managers
23 Aug 2017 Industry demands details
23 Aug 2017 OnePath sale may be getting close
22 Aug 2017 Bank boss resigns
22 Aug 2017 Bank boss resigns
22 Aug 2017 Where to for LVRs?
22 Aug 2017 Year-on-year price growth still strong
22 Aug 2017 nib grows market share and distribution
22 Aug 2017 Chaotic election not necessarily bad news for investors
22 Aug 2017 Documents shorter but still dense
21 Aug 2017 Perpetual Guardian appoints from Sovereign
21 Aug 2017 Barramundi skinned in market
21 Aug 2017 LVRs are not going anywhere
21 Aug 2017 The housing market driver that’s not going away
21 Aug 2017 One four year fall
21 Aug 2017 The global economy: weak household incomes constrain outlook
21 Aug 2017 Taking care of business
21 Aug 2017 Devon grabs high profile CIO from bank
21 Aug 2017 Managers issue risk warning
20 Aug 2017 Strategi launches KiwiSaver course
20 Aug 2017 Mercer makes board appointment
18 Aug 2017 Politicians due to speak at conference
18 Aug 2017 No end in sight for LVRs
18 Aug 2017 Getting to Know: Peter Neilson
18 Aug 2017 One little change
18 Aug 2017 Solid result from AMP
18 Aug 2017 Good start with KiwiSaver, but growth yet to come
18 Aug 2017 Pro-bono work recognised
17 Aug 2017 Former Navy captain to steer Newpark into the future
17 Aug 2017 NZPIF opposes Wellington rental WOF
17 Aug 2017 Court sides with i-Select
17 Aug 2017 Suddenly two-year rates get interesting
17 Aug 2017 Clients might need a bonds brush-up
16 Aug 2017 Health insurance claims double in a decade
16 Aug 2017 Affordability better for renters
16 Aug 2017 DTIs dead in the water; Co-op Bank lowers rates
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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