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January 2017
23 Jan 2017 Fidelity appoints chief customer officer
23 Jan 2017 Fixed income losses painful
23 Jan 2017 A pleasant surprise
23 Jan 2017 Super City affordability slides further
20 Jan 2017 Slow building consent trend concerning
20 Jan 2017 Before you renovate
19 Jan 2017 Slowing consent trend a concern
19 Jan 2017 Heartland hires new CFO
19 Jan 2017 AMP's Jack Regan reflects on 10 years at the helm
19 Jan 2017 The big one goes
18 Jan 2017 More Auckland apartments needed
18 Jan 2017 The Co-operative Bank ups floating and fixed
18 Jan 2017 The top five professions this year
17 Jan 2017 ANZ rings in new leadership changes
17 Jan 2017 Declining sales, subdued market
17 Jan 2017 Declining sales, subdued market
16 Jan 2017 New general manager for Aegis
16 Jan 2017 BNZ appoints retail and marketing director
16 Jan 2017 Capital rental market booming
16 Jan 2017 Aegis boss moves to Sovereign role
16 Jan 2017 Aegis loses $375 mill to new platform
16 Jan 2017 One little change
16 Jan 2017 Pathfinder to screen its Water Fund for nasties
13 Jan 2017 Westpac increases fixed rates. See changes
13 Jan 2017 Regional market in spotlight
13 Jan 2017 The great Central Bank unwind
13 Jan 2017 What to expect from the housing market in 2017
13 Jan 2017 Taking control of the budget
12 Jan 2017 Regions fire up as Auckland cools
12 Jan 2017 UDC gets downgraded on sale news
12 Jan 2017 Further lending restrictions 'not needed'
12 Jan 2017 UDC gets downgraded on sale news
11 Jan 2017 white
11 Jan 2017 No more lending restrictions needed
11 Jan 2017 ANZ sells UDC Finance
11 Jan 2017 ANZ sells UDC Finance
11 Jan 2017 ..and today it is BNZ's turn to increase rates
11 Jan 2017 LVRs continue to bite – QV
11 Jan 2017 NZ QROPS offered in Australia
10 Jan 2017 Tread carefully with building products
10 Jan 2017 Kiwibank next to move rates
10 Jan 2017 ASIC loses case against LM Investment managers
09 Jan 2017 ASB moves all fixed rates higher
09 Jan 2017 International planning firm to open Auckland office
09 Jan 2017 Super City prices plateau
06 Jan 2017 ASB and Bank Direct hike all fixed rates
06 Jan 2017 Food for thought
05 Jan 2017 Ballantyne honoured for her work
04 Jan 2017 Looking towards 2017
03 Jan 2017 Former CFO takes over ANZ Retail and Business Banking role
03 Jan 2017 Rating company gives its view on Sovereign
03 Jan 2017 Cortesi courts current members
December 2016
30 Dec 2016 Wrapping it up: The year in review
28 Dec 2016 Rare rate change
28 Dec 2016 Property in the blood
27 Dec 2016 Obituary: John Body
23 Dec 2016 Promoting warmer, drier rentals
23 Dec 2016 Not so normal Christmas
23 Dec 2016 Philip's Christmas message
22 Dec 2016 Things we wish we could insure against over the holidays
22 Dec 2016 Capital’s time to shine
22 Dec 2016 Shake-up for apartment laws
22 Dec 2016 More than one reason why rates rising
22 Dec 2016 Cigna Life
22 Dec 2016 Non-bank lender experience good growth
21 Dec 2016 Surprise spike in mortgage lending
21 Dec 2016 OCR hikes on the horizon
21 Dec 2016 Guide to good conduct
21 Dec 2016 Dispute over $2 mill life policy heads back to court
21 Dec 2016 Happy rental tidings for landlords
21 Dec 2016 No end in sight for record migration
20 Dec 2016 Milford Private Equity Fund II oversubscribed
20 Dec 2016 TOP tax policy criticised
20 Dec 2016 Co-Operative Bank CEO moves on
20 Dec 2016 A mixed bag of goodies to end the year
20 Dec 2016 ANZ hikes
20 Dec 2016 Couillault maps out Hobson's path
20 Dec 2016 Sealing the deal
19 Dec 2016 Rising rates, quieter market
19 Dec 2016 Mortgage advisers get a new minister
19 Dec 2016 Lifetime Group gets life business, sells general
19 Dec 2016 FMA not happy with AML reporting (+ Special Guide)
19 Dec 2016 Flat consents add to Akld supply woes
19 Dec 2016 $1 million penalty for Hamilton price fixer
18 Dec 2016 The personal finance design revolution
18 Dec 2016 Financial Advisers get new minister
16 Dec 2016 An adviser's guide to AML Compliance
16 Dec 2016 TripleA Advisers Association appoints independent chair
16 Dec 2016 Lifetime Group gears up for mortgages
16 Dec 2016 Apartment solution stumbling
16 Dec 2016 New fund out; Booster in
16 Dec 2016 Sovereign's medical changes welcomed
16 Dec 2016 A year of two halves for non-bank sector
16 Dec 2016 Rising rates, quieter market
15 Dec 2016 $320,000 fine for Youi insurance
15 Dec 2016 US Fed hike: When a tiny move matters
15 Dec 2016 Apartment solution stumbling
15 Dec 2016 Sovereign makes changes to health cover
15 Dec 2016 Another Ozzy fund turns up
15 Dec 2016 NZ rates boost with Fed move
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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