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February 2023
28 Feb 2023 How to save a business during a natural disaster
27 Feb 2023 NZ market drags lower as Michael Hill sparkles
27 Feb 2023 Provisioning for loans brings loss to Prospa
27 Feb 2023 Retail bouncing back in all main centres
27 Feb 2023 Partners Life new Medical Claims systems update
27 Feb 2023 Advisers pleased with shape of CoFI law
24 Feb 2023 NZ market focused on aged-care stocks
24 Feb 2023 CoFI guidelines: What is fair conduct; adviser training and more
24 Feb 2023 [OPINION] What to do when you are not buying property
24 Feb 2023 NZX completes QuayStreet acquisition
24 Feb 2023 Property prices doubled since 2013
24 Feb 2023 Liberty makes two new appointments
24 Feb 2023 Latest movers and shakers; More on new conduct guidelines
23 Feb 2023 Milford CEO to depart
23 Feb 2023 NZ shares edge up as deluge of results hit market
23 Feb 2023 Kiwibank reaches more advisers; OCR rise response; Time is running out
23 Feb 2023 Kiwibank boosts earnings
23 Feb 2023 Mum and dad investors selling
22 Feb 2023 Bluestone gets a new NZ head
22 Feb 2023 NZ's market flat as Ebos impresses market and Spark disappoints
22 Feb 2023 What economists think of the latest OCR hike
22 Feb 2023 [BREAKING NEWS] The RBNZ makes big OCR call
22 Feb 2023 OCR Announcement: What the Reserve Bank said
22 Feb 2023 AIA's new parental leave policy
22 Feb 2023 Record highs for rents and record drops for house prices
22 Feb 2023 Pathfinder gets into bonds - green and orange
22 Feb 2023 Many advisers tied into strict contracts
22 Feb 2023 What’s the choice?
21 Feb 2023 Market responds to 'reporting season show and tell'
21 Feb 2023 First look at new conduct rules for advisers
21 Feb 2023 First clue on how new conduct rules will impact advisers
21 Feb 2023 The benefits of regular home inspections
20 Feb 2023 The axe falls at Kiwi Wealth
20 Feb 2023 NZ shares fall as Ryman completes capital raise bookbuild
20 Feb 2023 How CoFI will affect advisers
20 Feb 2023 nib puts out half- year results
20 Feb 2023 Financial Advice NZ teams up with training provider
20 Feb 2023 House resale profits slump markedly
19 Feb 2023 AMP profit falls on declining markets
17 Feb 2023 NZ market flat as My Food Bag shares get slammed
17 Feb 2023 Curveball thrown
17 Feb 2023 Holding back OCR wrong response to cyclone - economists
17 Feb 2023 Q4 triage for last year’s KiwiSaver carnage
16 Feb 2023 Skellerup shares dive while delivering record first-half
16 Feb 2023 Calls to pause OCR hikes; New BDM at FMT
16 Feb 2023 Kiwibank says RBNZ should pause OCR hikes
16 Feb 2023 Thrive and survive in year of challenges
16 Feb 2023 First Mortgage Trust appoints new BDM as they continue to grow in the South Island
16 Feb 2023 FMA finalises document for regulatory returns
15 Feb 2023 ASB's numbers are in; What's happening on Feb 28?
15 Feb 2023 Ryman capital raising surprises market amidst earnings season
15 Feb 2023 ASB pushes up its earnings
15 Feb 2023 AIA adds new Vitality Coach
15 Feb 2023 Consensus reached on slight falls in inflation
15 Feb 2023 InvestNow takes aim at Mindful Money
14 Feb 2023 New player says its gaining ground
14 Feb 2023 Vulcan Steel result drives share price plummet
14 Feb 2023 Did you know about CCCFA relief?
14 Feb 2023 Invoice finance firm adds sales manager
14 Feb 2023 House sales plummet to lowest ever
14 Feb 2023 Small CCCFA relief to relief to storm victims
14 Feb 2023 Any sign house price drops are stabilising is fiction
14 Feb 2023 Private market PIE funds coming
14 Feb 2023 MDRT’s two year focus on growth
14 Feb 2023 Rents higher under property managers
14 Feb 2023 Australian rules an “impediment” to giving financial advice – report
13 Feb 2023 10 top tips to survive 2023 (and prosper)
13 Feb 2023 NZ market falls as earnings season kicks off
13 Feb 2023 How landlords can survive the cost of living crisis
12 Feb 2023 New head of Oz equities at Pie
12 Feb 2023 The global inflation bogeyman slips away
10 Feb 2023 NZ King Salmon shares bounce up almost 10%
10 Feb 2023 Property investor comeback not likely for a while
10 Feb 2023 Tenancy Tribunal slices rent increase
10 Feb 2023 Recommending products without expert research - new Code guidance
09 Feb 2023 Take the cash
09 Feb 2023 NZ market doesn't like Mainfreight's update
09 Feb 2023 Selling more insurance in a economic slowdown
09 Feb 2023 Advisers told to make disclosure easy
09 Feb 2023 Not the time for rent freeze calls
09 Feb 2023 Helping to scale the coming interest rate rate cliff
08 Feb 2023 Freightways edges up on ASX-listing plans
08 Feb 2023 Advisers not smothered in red tape: Minister; Resimac's new fixed rates
08 Feb 2023 Financial services not smothered in red tape: new Minister
08 Feb 2023 Construction costs rise expected in wake of floods
08 Feb 2023 Asteron Life delivers "great result'
08 Feb 2023 Will Election 2023 have an impact on property market activity?
08 Feb 2023 Nikko boss to return to the UK
08 Feb 2023 The sad reality of the local benchmarking scene
07 Feb 2023 Earnings season countdown begins as RBA hikes 25 basis points
07 Feb 2023 Resimac says its new fixed rates offer relief for specialist borrowers
07 Feb 2023 Mint appoints head of distribution
07 Feb 2023 Financial advisers told not to rush on CPD credits
03 Feb 2023 Industry must share the blame for CCCFA failures: Minister
03 Feb 2023 New commerce minister blames industry for CCCFA
03 Feb 2023 NZ shares edge up as market positivity continues
03 Feb 2023 Sharesies restructure announced
03 Feb 2023 From the courtroom to the trading floor
03 Feb 2023 Crystal ball gazing into 2023
02 Feb 2023 Home loan rate pricing gets interesting
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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