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April 2017
24 Apr 2017 Affordability measure problems
24 Apr 2017 The view from the other side of the world
24 Apr 2017 Local flavour makes for bank winners
24 Apr 2017 First cull of working group applicants
23 Apr 2017 Aussie banks told to scrap commission payments
23 Apr 2017 Warminger, FMA appeal
21 Apr 2017 Super Fund writes off turbine investment
21 Apr 2017 Getting to Know: David Boyle
21 Apr 2017 Getting to Know: Naomi Ballantyne
21 Apr 2017 Smartshares says low-cost offer makes sense for 'client first' advisers
20 Apr 2017 Making a difference for housing supply
20 Apr 2017 Ballantyne: Advice businesses should be more businesslike
20 Apr 2017 Socially responsible investing (Part 3): returns, fees and investment options
20 Apr 2017 Biggest fund managers struggle to deliver returns: Researcher
20 Apr 2017 Harbour joins direct platform
20 Apr 2017 Thursday news in brief
19 Apr 2017 More than half of Kiwis saving for retirement
19 Apr 2017 Lack of data hinders good debate on disclosure rules
19 Apr 2017 NZ DTIs push from RBA
19 Apr 2017 Sovereign exec takes over running F&P Finance
19 Apr 2017 Adviser numbers might halve
19 Apr 2017 Auckland’s fastest rising suburbs
18 Apr 2017 High density zones promising for investors
18 Apr 2017 RESIMAC cuts rates
18 Apr 2017 NZX joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange
18 Apr 2017 The key ingredient for success
18 Apr 2017 Insurers need more capital: Wilson
18 Apr 2017 Last attempt to change exemptions
17 Apr 2017 Studies in succession planning
17 Apr 2017 Obituary - Greg Jones
17 Apr 2017 Getting started on investment property
14 Apr 2017 Top five tips to protect against meth contamination
13 Apr 2017 Prices, sales up – driven by high end sales
13 Apr 2017 FMA appoints enforcement head
13 Apr 2017 Mortgage advisers miss an opportunity
13 Apr 2017 FSCL COnf promo
13 Apr 2017 Lower prices mean budget squeeze
13 Apr 2017 Reigns handed over at Westpac – again
13 Apr 2017 Getting to Know: Rod Severn
13 Apr 2017 Thursday news in brief
13 Apr 2017 Platforms vie for adviser FUM
12 Apr 2017 Build more bloody houses - Little
12 Apr 2017 Broker concerns referred to FMA
12 Apr 2017 Interest-only loans under the spotlight
12 Apr 2017 Call for crackdown on tax disclosure requirements
11 Apr 2017 FMA asks: How should KiwiSaver fees be calculated?
11 Apr 2017 Interest-only loans come under the spotlight
11 Apr 2017 Changing times for interest rate setting
11 Apr 2017 Don't look to new grads to boost industry
10 Apr 2017 Hunter Hall Global Value fund trading again
10 Apr 2017 Kiwibank chairman stands down
10 Apr 2017 New CEO for NZX
10 Apr 2017 Final price fixing defendants get $1.5m fine
10 Apr 2017 Rate rises not prompting action
10 Apr 2017 Stop tarring investors with speculator brush
10 Apr 2017 Unlocking the gold in your client base…
10 Apr 2017 Mortgage advisers miss an opportunity
10 Apr 2017 Major changes for Reserve Bank?
10 Apr 2017 Landlords on notice - MBIE
10 Apr 2017 Beware a 2019 recession
10 Apr 2017 NZ’s hottest suburbs: highest yield locations exposed
10 Apr 2017 Shareholders chip in
10 Apr 2017 Financial Advice plan to be revealed next month
09 Apr 2017 Accuro launches kids policy
09 Apr 2017 FSC makes appointments
07 Apr 2017 Shortfall to get worse before it gets better
07 Apr 2017 Are Kiwi firms blinded by fintech start-ups?
07 Apr 2017 Surprise, surprise. Rates fall
07 Apr 2017 Getting to Know: David Whyte
06 Apr 2017 Auckland no longer least affordable
06 Apr 2017 New chair and deputy for Accuro
06 Apr 2017 Lending growth will slow – S&P
06 Apr 2017 The mortgage rate creep continues
06 Apr 2017 Ready for Bretirement?
06 Apr 2017 Spotlight on emerging tech and financial markets
06 Apr 2017 Apartment attraction on the rise
06 Apr 2017 Thursday news in brief
06 Apr 2017 Advisers can work with many entities: MBIE
06 Apr 2017 Reserve Bank reviews insurance rules
05 Apr 2017 Auckland market different now – B&T
05 Apr 2017 Shallow LVR effect likely - QV
05 Apr 2017 Milford Asset Management gets new advice head
05 Apr 2017 Research shows benefit of advice
05 Apr 2017 Advice firms give up on pursuing restraint of trade cases through court
04 Apr 2017 AMP Capital launches fund with focus on absolute return
04 Apr 2017 Challenging times for credit unions
04 Apr 2017 Bubble risk for halo regions
04 Apr 2017 Rate hikes continue to trickle through
04 Apr 2017 New Simplicity Investment Funds could save Kiwis $1/2 billion annually in fees
04 Apr 2017 PAA: Draft bill essentially 'demoting the AFAs'
04 Apr 2017 New role for Fidelity man
04 Apr 2017 Mortgage Express, Q Advisor Group signal closer ties
03 Apr 2017 Warminger appeals High Court ruling
03 Apr 2017 Tackle restrictions on development - report
03 Apr 2017 Investors' learned behaviour in need of revision?
03 Apr 2017 The Co-Op Bank now pricing loans on risk
03 Apr 2017 Dunedin experiencing growth
03 Apr 2017 ANZ to refuse handwritten applications
03 Apr 2017 Industry rallies to make its voice heard
01 Apr 2017 Auckland property listings jump up
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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