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July 2023
19 Jul 2023 FMA on climate scenario analysis, sector reports
18 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket drifts as takeover bid rejected
18 Jul 2023 Banks’ mortgage stress tests are a joke
18 Jul 2023 Mortgage stress tests ‘a joke’
18 Jul 2023 Navigating the tides of change: New Zealand's financial industry
18 Jul 2023 Landlords keen on KiwiSaver for tenancy bonds
18 Jul 2023 Bayly, fund managers on KiwiSaver for tenancy bonds
18 Jul 2023 Bayly, fund managers on KiwiSaver for tenancy bonds
17 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket starts week with a dip on interest rate concerns
17 Jul 2023 The traits of successful mortgage advisers
17 Jul 2023 First property due diligence platform in New Zealand
15 Jul 2023 Why we need more female advisers
14 Jul 2023 Top 10 risks and opportunities for 2023 – A mid-year reflection
14 Jul 2023 The end of industry complacency: PwC 2023 Global Asset and Wealth Management Survey
13 Jul 2023 NZX50 lifts ahead of long weekend on low volumes
13 Jul 2023 New ticker for NZX
13 Jul 2023 House value rises predicted for early next year
13 Jul 2023 What did we learn about future home loan rates yesterday?
13 Jul 2023 New law - new rules
13 Jul 2023 Former Westpac Life business officially merged into Fidelity Life
13 Jul 2023 National MP Andrew Bayly’s to-do list of four
12 Jul 2023 Sharemarket has a muted response to Reserve Bank move
12 Jul 2023 OCR on hold: Where to for home loan rates?
12 Jul 2023 BREAKING News: OCR held for a change
12 Jul 2023 OCR Announcement: What the Reserve Bank said
12 Jul 2023 BREAKING: Official Cash Rate remains on hold
12 Jul 2023 Not concerned about the rise in complaints about mortgage advisers
12 Jul 2023 AIA NZ delivers on promised support to advisers
12 Jul 2023 [OPINION] Kiwi property vs Kiwi shares
12 Jul 2023 Rise in complaints about mortgage advisers ‘nothing to be concerned about’
12 Jul 2023 Consilium buys stake in Cambridge Partners
11 Jul 2023 NZ shares flat ahead of Reserve Bank rate decision
11 Jul 2023 XRB on new international climate reporting standards
11 Jul 2023 More pressure on mortgage holders
11 Jul 2023 More pressure on mortgage holders
11 Jul 2023 Expected rising interest rates to put more pressure on mortgage holders
11 Jul 2023 KiwiSaver gender gap widens further, average balances drop
10 Jul 2023 NZX 50 loses a week's gain in one day
10 Jul 2023 JAVLN acquires OfficeTech document management solution
10 Jul 2023 FMA to give confidentiality order recipients more support info
10 Jul 2023 Insurance advisers' pet hates could be their greatest advantage
10 Jul 2023 Sales slowly getting back to market driven cycle
10 Jul 2023 A break in OCR increases forecast
10 Jul 2023 The Big Squeeze
07 Jul 2023 NZ sharemarket makes gains despite headwinds
07 Jul 2023 Mortgage writing surges for NZ Mortgages
07 Jul 2023 Annuitas Management Limited makes two key appointments
07 Jul 2023 Mortgage writing surges for top adviser company
07 Jul 2023 The Australian Superannuation Performance Test: Sensible but flawed?
07 Jul 2023 Seeing the light
06 Jul 2023 Pacific Edge rises as wider sharemarket stutters
06 Jul 2023 Bluestone scales back New Zealand business
06 Jul 2023 The Greens chaotic thinking over rent controls
06 Jul 2023 LifeDirect and BizCover join forces to expand business
06 Jul 2023 Bluestone scales back NZ business
05 Jul 2023 NZX50 lifts to a seven week high
05 Jul 2023 Whineray and White join sustainable finance board
05 Jul 2023 One new aggregation platform; Take the Adviser Wellness survey
05 Jul 2023 TAP launches new full-service mortgage aggregation platform
05 Jul 2023 Generate gets thematic
04 Jul 2023 Aussie interest rate move boosts two sharemarkets
04 Jul 2023 Non-performing home loans are on the rise; Please take part in the Adviser Wellbeing survey
04 Jul 2023 Mortgage arrears rising quickly – RBNZ
04 Jul 2023 Property market listings stay at the bottom of the barrel
04 Jul 2023 Mortgage delinquencies in May at highest since March 2020
03 Jul 2023 Comvita a sweet spot in otherwise dull NZ sharemarket
03 Jul 2023 Fix long or short? Here's what ANZ says
03 Jul 2023 Has the country come out of recession?
03 Jul 2023 Don’t count on interest rates falling any time soon
03 Jul 2023 Research needed into central banks’ pandemic response
03 Jul 2023 [OPINION] When a Bill’s objective is vague, its provisions are rudderless
03 Jul 2023 Big rise in ASB mortgage rates
01 Jul 2023 Pathfinder nabs top gongs (again)
June 2023
30 Jun 2023 NZ sharemarket ends the week on a bright note
30 Jun 2023 Unqualified chartered engineer flouts rules and signs off hundreds of homes
30 Jun 2023 Tiger caught out for lax record keeping
30 Jun 2023 Two start-ups already positioned for open banking
29 Jun 2023 NZ sharemarket lifts on brighter economic news
29 Jun 2023 Responsible investing CEO resigns
29 Jun 2023 Banks prepare for rising bad debts; mortgage lending still in doldrums
29 Jun 2023 House prices and rents on the cusp of lifting
29 Jun 2023 Banks prepare for rising bad debts
29 Jun 2023 Kiwi funds fattened by fossil fuels
29 Jun 2023 Mortgage lending still in doldrums – no lift in sight
28 Jun 2023 NZ sharemarket follows international leads
28 Jun 2023 Sir John Key: NZ economy in recession but not dire
28 Jun 2023 Company tax miss, rising bank provisions point to recession biting
28 Jun 2023 Giselle Baker is new Fidelity head of data and analytics
28 Jun 2023 NZ economy in recession but not dire: John Key
27 Jun 2023 Investors slumber as stocks move with no apparent rhyme nor reason
27 Jun 2023 If the FMA comes knocking can you supply docs in time?
27 Jun 2023 Financial advisers pose lesser distribution risk says FMA
27 Jun 2023 Gordon Davidson to take the helm when CEO Donna Cooper departs
27 Jun 2023 TSB CEO Donna Cooper departs
27 Jun 2023 Rents lift for suburban retail property
27 Jun 2023 Chubb launches new SME insurance product
27 Jun 2023 Migration scramble not boosting demand
26 Jun 2023 NZ sharemarket dips as global uncertainty intensifies
26 Jun 2023 Devon offers short term global green bond fund
26 Jun 2023 ANZ thinks the hurdle for OCR hikes in the next few months is high
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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