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May 2017
18 May 2017 Former adviser forged clients' initials
18 May 2017 Up-and-coming v proven performer
18 May 2017 Wholesale rules a missed opportunity
17 May 2017 New face at Southern Cross
17 May 2017 Saturn appoints GM
17 May 2017 Kiwis leaving retirement planning too late
17 May 2017 House price bust talk exaggerated
17 May 2017 One little change today
17 May 2017 Inflation new drain on returns
16 May 2017 ANZ appoints new insurance distribution boss
16 May 2017 FSCL to appeal court ruling
16 May 2017 SuperCity to get 34,000 new houses
15 May 2017 Labour's negative gearing policy 'regressive'
15 May 2017 Your choice of two exciting offers for your clients!
15 May 2017 Tourism Holdings – Motoring Through the Capital Cycle?
15 May 2017 Pessimism clouds house price expectations
15 May 2017 Roboadvice could come sooner than law reform
15 May 2017 Pathfinder Asset Management launches RI option
15 May 2017 Investors: Labour policy would increase rents
12 May 2017 Getting to Know: Stephen O'Connor
12 May 2017 Kerr joins Chow board
12 May 2017 Past the peak?
12 May 2017 FMT expands with two new appointments
12 May 2017 What's your plan for the next part of the cycle?
12 May 2017 Financial Advice NZ enters next phase
11 May 2017 No end to house price growth - Trade Me
11 May 2017 Monthly payment option on reverse mortgages
11 May 2017 Surprise at RBNZ’s OCR outlook
11 May 2017 Surprise at RBNZ’s OCR outlook
11 May 2017 Nimble versus Big
11 May 2017 OCR held again, here's why
11 May 2017 No change to OCR: What RB said today
11 May 2017 OCR decision announced by RBNZ
11 May 2017 Ditch the dud: streamline your portfolio
11 May 2017 Thursday news in brief
11 May 2017 EDR costs fall for advisers
10 May 2017 Renting more affordable - HAM
10 May 2017 Cost inflation impacting on development
10 May 2017 Regional price expectations high
10 May 2017 Westpac follows ANZ
10 May 2017 IMF points to issues with insurance advisers
10 May 2017 ASB: Confidence up, but advice needed
09 May 2017 Southern Cross offers cancer add-on
09 May 2017 Is your property underinsured?
09 May 2017 Investment advisory boss joins NZX Board
09 May 2017 ANZ and Kiwibank increase rates
09 May 2017 Young people like shares, but it's not all good news for advisers
09 May 2017 Auckland rental market under pressure
08 May 2017 Even tougher lending rules on the cards
08 May 2017 APIA loses major sponsor
08 May 2017 Focus on tone, not content, of OCR call this week
08 May 2017 Banks snap up new AFAs
08 May 2017 ANZ, FMA work on changing behaviour
05 May 2017 Financial Advice New Zealand hits day 100
05 May 2017 Getting to Know: Mark Weaver
05 May 2017 One lender goes and another removes super low rates
05 May 2017 Review could tighten loan market
05 May 2017 Retirees told 6% drawdown rule an option
05 May 2017 ANZ launches new international equities fund
05 May 2017 Seven top tips to get a property sale ready
04 May 2017 FSC and WSNZ launch joint conference
04 May 2017 BNZ says brokers generated $900m growth
04 May 2017 How ANZ sees the housing market and advisers
04 May 2017 Auckland sales numbers hit 2008 levels
04 May 2017 FMT ticks over $500m in investments
04 May 2017 Still opportunities in 'old' bull market
04 May 2017 Combating Auckland's housing crisis
03 May 2017 Mortgage advisers write a third of ANZ's loans
03 May 2017 PIE Funds reopens another fund
03 May 2017 China's Dominant Deficits
03 May 2017 FSC gets strategy 'reset'
03 May 2017 Jennings working on churn solution
03 May 2017 House price growth slows, led by super city
03 May 2017 Warning all landlords - compliance non-negotiable
02 May 2017 New head of ASB Securities
02 May 2017 ANZ half-year profit jumps
02 May 2017 Here's how to get set for robo
02 May 2017 Adviser diversity important: Stanhope
02 May 2017 Auckland in 'wait and see' mode
01 May 2017 Equities boost KiwiSaver returns in March quarter
01 May 2017 Super Fund gets top rating
01 May 2017 Cooperative Bank appoints new CEO
01 May 2017 The Co-operative Bank appoints new CEO
01 May 2017 Bank staff: Target pressure not in customer best interests
01 May 2017 Hamilton on the move
April 2017
28 Apr 2017 Moving into new builds
28 Apr 2017 Getting to Know: Norman Stacey
28 Apr 2017 ASB lenders reduce rates
28 Apr 2017 Advisers 'must be represented in working group'
28 Apr 2017 Trend now positive for consents
27 Apr 2017 Landlords, get talking to your tenants
27 Apr 2017 FMT grows investment book strongly to fund loans
27 Apr 2017 Start-up drops out of fintech accelerator programme
27 Apr 2017 Thursday news in brief
27 Apr 2017 Regional rents heading up
26 Apr 2017 Bascand takes financial stability
26 Apr 2017 Clients can't stomach risk: Ndege
26 Apr 2017 Migration hits another record as Kiwis stay put
24 Apr 2017 Adams to take the lead on housing
24 Apr 2017 How to raise the rent by 10%
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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