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August 2023
14 Aug 2023 Mint appoints senior investment analyst
14 Aug 2023 Predictions for OCR announcement
14 Aug 2023 Predictions for this week's OCR announcement
14 Aug 2023 AMP's NZ wealth management doubles KiwiSaver net cashflows
11 Aug 2023 NZ sharemarket ends the week with a lift
11 Aug 2023 Bank competition study; RBNZ 2023 Climate Stress Test
11 Aug 2023 ANZ Investments links up with Mercer; CIO leaving
11 Aug 2023 [OPINION] The country needs freedom from crazy council zoning laws
11 Aug 2023 Bank competition study on services, prices and profits
11 Aug 2023 KiwiSaver nudges $100b, Generate celebrates
10 Aug 2023 NZ sharemarket drifts on US and China uncertainty
10 Aug 2023 Mint trims costs but profits still fall; Simplicity, Pathfinder, Salt lift revenue
10 Aug 2023 Not as bad as the GFC
10 Aug 2023 Reserve Bank stress tests banks on climate risk
10 Aug 2023 No recession but tough times remain
10 Aug 2023 Times are tough for borrowers, but not as bad as the GFC
10 Aug 2023 Advisers boost Asteron's results
09 Aug 2023 Edgy sharemarket dips ahead of results season
09 Aug 2023 Another CCCFA review; ASB increases profit
09 Aug 2023 ASB annual profit up 6% in a year of two halves
09 Aug 2023 Ex Auckland Airport boss lands at Craigs
09 Aug 2023 Fatigued finance sector wondering about another CCCFA review
09 Aug 2023 First graduates from Fidelity's new adviser programme
09 Aug 2023 [GRTV] Can politicians be bipartisan on KiwiSaver?
08 Aug 2023 NZ sharemarket slides as investors digest fast food results
08 Aug 2023 Review of Loadings and Exclusions
08 Aug 2023 Life insurers well placed if shocks hit their industry and economy
08 Aug 2023 Wages rises and number of houses available biggest influences on rents
08 Aug 2023 Downturn slowly running out
08 Aug 2023 First RBNZ life insurance stress test shows industry well placed to withstand severe shocks
08 Aug 2023 Buying the soft-landing scenario
08 Aug 2023 TSB bank closes a third of its branches
08 Aug 2023 TSB closes a third of its branches
08 Aug 2023 Sharesies plans self-selecting KiwiSaver plan
07 Aug 2023 NZ sharemarket flat as Restaurant Brands' shares plummet
07 Aug 2023 The Power of Diversification: Expanding the Investor Toolkit
07 Aug 2023 A step too far
07 Aug 2023 Sales numbers lift from the doldrums but prices drop slightly
07 Aug 2023 Bigger claims can be considered by IFSO scheme
07 Aug 2023 Wage rises squeezed
07 Aug 2023 Amplifi boosts advice business
06 Aug 2023 How to drawdown money in retirement
05 Aug 2023 Trustees Executors partners with AIA NZ
05 Aug 2023 New fund week
05 Aug 2023 Changes to UniMed Board
04 Aug 2023 Wary investors keep the NZ sharemarket flat
04 Aug 2023 [The Wrap] Cagey Milford lifts dividends despite profit decline
04 Aug 2023 Annus horribilis for NZ Funds Management
03 Aug 2023 US rating downgrade rattles fragile investors and NZX50 dips
03 Aug 2023 Medtech key to new funds on InvestNow
03 Aug 2023 Conduct and the design of policy documents and product brochures
03 Aug 2023 OCR could remain high in 2025
03 Aug 2023 OCR to remain high in 2025
03 Aug 2023 Jarden to hive off profitable wealth business by March 2024
02 Aug 2023 The NZX50 remained steady as overseas markets get spooked
02 Aug 2023 Buyer confidence far from bullish
02 Aug 2023 Startup experts asks govt to ease KiwiSaver private equity rules
02 Aug 2023 Generate lifts profits as other managers report falling profits
02 Aug 2023 Mortgage borrowing hits a high
01 Aug 2023 NZ sharemarket dips on low volumes as Aust market moves up on inflation news
01 Aug 2023 Kiwibank's capital boost means it's no longer last
01 Aug 2023 Kiwibank gets more capital to grow mortgage business
01 Aug 2023 Fidelity makes two appoints to support advisers
01 Aug 2023 Govt tips in a further $225m of capital into Kiwibank
01 Aug 2023 Betashares introduces local range of innovative investment solutions
July 2023
31 Jul 2023 NZX50 jumps on index changes and higher confidence
31 Jul 2023 Exploring emerging markets
31 Jul 2023 ANZ Bank says interest rate rises end tailwind
31 Jul 2023 Bravura names third CEO in three years
31 Jul 2023 Interest rate rises end tailwind
28 Jul 2023 NZ50 ends the week on a flat note
28 Jul 2023 Finsure Group, is expanding into New Zealand with a well-known industry personality, Jenny Campbell
28 Jul 2023 Jenny Campbell's return to the mortgage industry
28 Jul 2023 Movers return to market could be slow
28 Jul 2023 First home buyers’ mortgage market share hits a record
28 Jul 2023 Australian mortgage aggregator comes to NZ
27 Jul 2023 NZX flat as major companies issue warnings
27 Jul 2023 Cryptocurrency Regulation: A non-Issue for New Zealand, but vigilance is key
27 Jul 2023 Salt Carbon Fund - short term pain, potential long term gain
26 Jul 2023 Hopes inflation tamed in Aust raises NZ sharemarket
26 Jul 2023 Vanguard in more hot water with Aussie watchdog
26 Jul 2023 [OPINION] Social stigma scaring off mom-and-pop investors
26 Jul 2023 Operation moonshot
25 Jul 2023 F&P Healthcare leads NZ market down after day of gains
25 Jul 2023 FMA now accepting licensing applications under CoFi regime
25 Jul 2023 Edmonds scales local Apex
24 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket starts the week on a positive note
24 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket trailed in Q2 but good longer term
24 Jul 2023 Inflation could be normalising above 2%
21 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket ends quiet week with an upward tick
21 Jul 2023 Housing price surges can be interest driven
21 Jul 2023 Explaining rising interest rates
21 Jul 2023 Fidelity appoints new chief executive
21 Jul 2023 Listings fall as property sales rise
20 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket subdued as the bulls charge on Wall Street
20 Jul 2023 Sharesies members looking bullish again
19 Jul 2023 Mortgage rate cuts a way off yet
19 Jul 2023 NZX50 rises on light volumes as inflation data is released
19 Jul 2023 Serious threats lead to eviction
19 Jul 2023 7 Reasons Why You Need a Digital Advice Process
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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