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December 2023
11 Dec 2023 Permanent stop order made against financial adviser
11 Dec 2023 Emotional harm award to tenant after power and water cut off
09 Dec 2023 [OPINION] What I would like to see in 2024
08 Dec 2023 NZ sharemarket closes the week flat
08 Dec 2023 ChatGPT, the Magnificent Seven, Ozempic, and Higher-for-longer
08 Dec 2023 Squeeze on all over the economy
08 Dec 2023 Lindsay learns the benefits and pitfalls of the product he sold for 52 years the hard way
08 Dec 2023 Shuttered FAP owes around $8 million
08 Dec 2023 Shuttered FAP owes around $8 million
07 Dec 2023 NZ sharemarket lifts into positive territory for the year
07 Dec 2023 Haakie to move on
07 Dec 2023 Reality difference between numbers of loan applications and people in market
07 Dec 2023 Apartment market takes a dive
06 Dec 2023 NZ sharemarket close to wiping out its deficit for the year
06 Dec 2023 Kelvin Davidson takes a deep dive into the mortgage market stats
06 Dec 2023 Ten things to know about mortgage debt
06 Dec 2023 [GRTV] Get the country’s under insurance back on the agenda
06 Dec 2023 Auckland housing market rebounding
06 Dec 2023 Most of the NZX 50 now links top exec pay to ESG
05 Dec 2023 NZ shares drift as Aussie central bank holds rates while talking tough
05 Dec 2023 ANZ names new CIO
05 Dec 2023 Forsyth Barr buys Hobson Wealth to create $30b in funds under advice
05 Dec 2023 Mostly passive AMP Wealth gets active with climate impact fund
05 Dec 2023 More new high growth funds launched
05 Dec 2023 RBNZ tough talk questioned: Give us a breather FANZ says
05 Dec 2023 Financial Advice NZ wants new govt to give advisers a breather
05 Dec 2023 Market doesn't believe RBNZ's tough talk
05 Dec 2023 Tenant left with damages bill despite not being responsible
04 Dec 2023 NZ sharemarket flat as index newcomers shine
04 Dec 2023 NZ Super Fund appoints acting CEO
04 Dec 2023 Interest-only loans spurned as mortgage arrears increase
04 Dec 2023 Private landlords should be included in bill – Property Brokers
01 Dec 2023 Asteron Life takes out top gong for 4th time
01 Dec 2023 NZ sharemarket ends first day of summer on a positive note
01 Dec 2023 Sustainable investment grows down under
01 Dec 2023 Lessons Charlie Munger taught businesses
01 Dec 2023 OCR assumptions don’t add up
November 2023
30 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket rallies with $670m turnover on index changes
30 Nov 2023 RBNZ dashes hope of 2024 interest rate cut; Record immigration to blame
30 Nov 2023 Too expensive and wrong – new property manager regulations needed
30 Nov 2023 Record immigration to blame for rates staying higher for longer: RBNZ
30 Nov 2023 Future of banking study uncertain
29 Nov 2023 Reserve Bank casts shadow over NZ sharemarket
29 Nov 2023 RBNZ dashes hope of 2024 interest rate cut
29 Nov 2023 BREAKING: OCR held, but comes with a warning
29 Nov 2023 OCR held, but comes with a warning
29 Nov 2023 Remove CCCFA red tape
29 Nov 2023 Mortgage lending should be removed from CCCFA
29 Nov 2023 Weaker than expected
29 Nov 2023 [GRTV] Coolabah Capital: new funds and long-short strategies
29 Nov 2023 Sharesies KiwiSaver, including self-select feature, goes to market
28 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket bounces as energy stocks lift
28 Nov 2023 Loan applications rise despite lending difficulties
28 Nov 2023 ASB's mortgage book shrinks
28 Nov 2023 Auckland FAP has its licence cancelled
28 Nov 2023 The ‘Magnificent Seven’ and the Rise of Self-Directed Investing
28 Nov 2023 First to get licence, others encouraged to follow
28 Nov 2023 New Government – new property rules
28 Nov 2023 Level 5 certificate draft up for feedback in new year
27 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket falls as investor await Reserve Bank news
27 Nov 2023 Generate commits NZD55 million to private equity
27 Nov 2023 ASB's mortgage book shrinks as ANZ, Kiwibank grow market share
27 Nov 2023 Economists, markets debate timing of first OCR cut
27 Nov 2023 NZXWT speeds things up with new API
26 Nov 2023 ASB gets aggressive
25 Nov 2023 Milford appoints new board member
25 Nov 2023 Smoker or non-smoker? Are you sure?
25 Nov 2023 RBNZ stays on hold as economists, markets debate timing of first OCR cut
24 Nov 2023 NZ shares perk up as coalition details announced
24 Nov 2023 NZ shares perk up as coalition details announced
24 Nov 2023 RIAA becomes twin-headed organisation
24 Nov 2023 The first bank rate cut
24 Nov 2023 US-based TA Associates mulls sale of 34% Fisher Funds stake
24 Nov 2023 Sustainable impact fund typically 10-15% of portfolio for ethical investors
23 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket adrift and directionless
23 Nov 2023 Payments NZ wants changes; TMM annual survey
23 Nov 2023 Payments NZ wants changes to open banking bill
22 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket holds steady as Ebos dips
22 Nov 2023 Savvy cash offering to boost money management
22 Nov 2023 [The Wrap] The danger in FMA focusing on “fair outcomes”
21 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket slips as Wall St rally continues
21 Nov 2023 Accuro members vote overwhelmingly in favour of UniMed merger
21 Nov 2023 Whyte steps down as Lifetime chairman
21 Nov 2023 Solving the rental shortage – new legislation and a change of attitude
21 Nov 2023 You can tell us about the mortgage market
21 Nov 2023 When OCR cuts will start
21 Nov 2023 OCR cuts and when they will start
21 Nov 2023 [GRTV]Selecting the right fund manager
20 Nov 2023 NZ sharemarket has late bounce
20 Nov 2023 JAVLN signs up Aussie's BJS Insurance Group for three years
20 Nov 2023 Auckland – globally expensive rents and not enough places to live
19 Nov 2023 Financial advisers unimpressed by Boomer Dad video
19 Nov 2023 Pie's new funds could start with significant tailwind
17 Nov 2023 NZ shares dip as investors wait on Ebos
17 Nov 2023 How is inflation impacting renewables?
17 Nov 2023 AIA Vitality numbers
17 Nov 2023 Robson gets new role at Milford
17 Nov 2023 Four educators represented on Level 5 working group
17 Nov 2023 Concerns over FMA's new approach to regulating
17 Nov 2023 Immigration – the good and the risks
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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.
2 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