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January 2023
05 Jan 2023 Market continues to be full of New Year cheer
04 Jan 2023 NZ stocks rally into 2023, Ebos hits an all time high
December 2022
30 Dec 2022 NZ shares fall in last trading session of the year
29 Dec 2022 NZ market ignores international headwinds
29 Dec 2022 Fisher get KiwiSaver default status
29 Dec 2022 The latest billion dollar broker
29 Dec 2022 The latest billion dollar broker
27 Dec 2022 Equities 2023 – What’s the bigger risk?
23 Dec 2022 Artificial Intelligence (AI) about to become mainstream?
23 Dec 2022 Wall Street selloff casts shadow over NZ market
23 Dec 2022 Artificial Intelligence (AI) about to become mainstream?
22 Dec 2022 Reflections on the year we just had
22 Dec 2022 NZ shares turn over just $83m as market settles down for Christmas
21 Dec 2022 NZ market steady as kiwi nosedives against Japanese yen
21 Dec 2022 FMA files court proceedings against Tiger Brokers
21 Dec 2022 Sustainability lag risks NZ trade
21 Dec 2022 [Opinion] Conflict of interest queries ironic
21 Dec 2022 Accuro IT infrastructure compromised by cyber attack
21 Dec 2022 Mercer finally gets Macquarie
20 Dec 2022 Sad Santa? Christmas rally looking less and less likely for NZ market
20 Dec 2022 Sad Santa? Christmas rally looking less and less likely for NZ market
20 Dec 2022 Who could take over the Commerce portfolio?
20 Dec 2022 NZX companies rated on carbon and ESG
19 Dec 2022 NZ shares fall on start of Christmas week
19 Dec 2022 Retirement commissioner re appointed for second term
19 Dec 2022 Faint glimmer of hope but train still in the tunnel
19 Dec 2022 Who could take over the Commerce portfolio?
19 Dec 2022 Advisers generate few complaints
19 Dec 2022 AIA adds new BDM
19 Dec 2022 Effectively managing your cyber risk
16 Dec 2022 NZ market flat as Christmas period kicks off
16 Dec 2022 Pull back in construction sector long time coming
16 Dec 2022 Advisers can ride on non-bank coat-tails
16 Dec 2022 Climate disclosure standards are out
16 Dec 2022 Advisers can ride on non-bank coat-tails says broker
16 Dec 2022 Venture capital attracts another KiwiSaver
15 Dec 2022 Market close: Mayor Brown causes market turmoil over airport
15 Dec 2022 Large mortgage fraud case comes to an end
15 Dec 2022 FMA warns Pencarrow
15 Dec 2022 Property market slump deeper than predicted
15 Dec 2022 The rise of the digital investor
15 Dec 2022 Avanti does well once again in non-bank review
14 Dec 2022 NZ market flat as US inflation data surprises
14 Dec 2022 FMA files market manipulation case
14 Dec 2022 Beleaguered housing market takes a fresh leg lower
14 Dec 2022 Non-banks thrive; Liberty gets new BDM
14 Dec 2022 Otago study turns up ESG lemons
14 Dec 2022 Non-bank sector thrives despite uneven playing field – KPMG
13 Dec 2022 New Zealand’s market edges up ahead of US inflation data
13 Dec 2022 Liberty Finance appoints new BDM
13 Dec 2022 Westpac gets new chief economist
13 Dec 2022 Market flips – biggest dive in five years
13 Dec 2022 [BREAKING NEWS] CCCFA Minister departs
13 Dec 2022 Commerce Minister departs
13 Dec 2022 House values down more than $100,000 this year
13 Dec 2022 Privacy Commissioner ponders higher penalties
12 Dec 2022 NZ shares fall ahead of big financial news week
12 Dec 2022 What’s in store for next year
12 Dec 2022 AIA NZ broadens Living Trauma product range for children
12 Dec 2022 AIA NZ offers customers one year’s premium in new campaign
12 Dec 2022 Economy will be slowing but not reaching recession
12 Dec 2022 Economy will be slowing but not reaching recession – forecasts
12 Dec 2022 Privacy Commissioner ponders higher penalties
11 Dec 2022 Partners Life wins best life insurer award
11 Dec 2022 Big KiwiSaver providers go for digital tools for advice
11 Dec 2022 The price people pay for higher mortgage rates
09 Dec 2022 Heavyweight stocks edge NZ's market down
09 Dec 2022 Omega Capital adds experienced property finance specialist
09 Dec 2022 Kiwibank increases commission and rates
09 Dec 2022 Commerce minister tipped to leave parliament
09 Dec 2022 Seven thousand waitlisted for Sharesies KiwiSaver
08 Dec 2022 [Market Close] Fonterra units jump on earnings guidance
08 Dec 2022 Kiwibank raises commission payments for advisers
08 Dec 2022 Morningstar head of research departs
08 Dec 2022 Hastings-based FAP first of its kind to become B Corp
08 Dec 2022 Industry veteran retires leaving a 37 year legacy
08 Dec 2022 Asteron Life launches pilot programme
08 Dec 2022 Building material rebates dumped just ahead of Comcom report
08 Dec 2022 Tough conditions for investor buying
07 Dec 2022 Market slow, but not in full retreat
07 Dec 2022 Energy companies up as carbon prices drop
07 Dec 2022 Sharesies launches Kiwisaver scheme
07 Dec 2022 FMA aware of ASIC enforcement on Vanguard
06 Dec 2022 [Market Close] RBA hikes by non-surprising 25 basis points
06 Dec 2022 The true value of financial advice
05 Dec 2022 Kiwi hits 10-month high vs Aussie
05 Dec 2022 Florida threat to BlackRock ESG
05 Dec 2022 Kiwi plans on funding retirement
05 Dec 2022 Generate nabs Kiwi Wealth PM
05 Dec 2022 How inflation stole Christmas
03 Dec 2022 Regulations on family violence and assaults at tenancies explained
02 Dec 2022 NZ shares gain 2.5% this week
02 Dec 2022 What's happening with bank home loan rates?
02 Dec 2022 Fisher Funds finally brings Kiwi Wealth on board
02 Dec 2022 Average house price falls nearly $90,000 in past year
02 Dec 2022 New guidelines for being prepared for advisers under CoFI
02 Dec 2022 Go deeper than ESG ratings for the real deal
01 Dec 2022 Vale Dave Wilson
01 Dec 2022 NZ dollar hits three month high
01 Dec 2022 New guide climate change guide for directors
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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