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May 2022
19 May 2022 [WATCH] How would God's portfolio perform?
18 May 2022 FMA ramps up opposition to trail commissions
18 May 2022 Meridian leads NZ stocks higher
18 May 2022 Prices for development land set to skyrocket
18 May 2022 Are your clients happy?
18 May 2022 Conduct bill into new phase
17 May 2022 NZ shares slide on recession risk
17 May 2022 Complaints expected to rise
17 May 2022 CBD retail and recovery chances
17 May 2022 Borrowers in difficulty need to deal with it early
17 May 2022 How do adviser businesses grow?
17 May 2022 NZ Super Fund hit hard by global market volatility
16 May 2022 NZ shares fall as Ryman drops 7%
16 May 2022 Brian Gaynor dies
16 May 2022 ASB expects an inflation adjusted 20% drop in house prices
13 May 2022 NZ and Aussie dollars drop to two-year low
13 May 2022 [GRTV] AIA rolls out direct life insurance plans
13 May 2022 Interest rates biting investors as market correction kicks in
13 May 2022 Conduct requirements a step closer
12 May 2022 Hot inflation sends shares lower
12 May 2022 [OPINION] Budget 2022 should back build-to-rent communities
12 May 2022 Massive housing shortage turning but rental crisis looming
12 May 2022 Financial Advice New Zealand hopes for COFI changes
11 May 2022 NZ shares stabilise after slide
11 May 2022 Magellan appoints new CEO
11 May 2022 Tricky turbulent transition
11 May 2022 Generate cuts fees, launches new KiwiSaver funds
10 May 2022 NZ stocks struggle against dismal international headwinds
10 May 2022 Ethical Investment conference and awards details
10 May 2022 Westpac predicting 15% fall in house prices
10 May 2022 Westpac’s results more good news for advisers
10 May 2022 Fidelity Life turnaround promise
10 May 2022 Mosaic adds two principal consultants
10 May 2022 Nadia Lim comments throw ESG into sharp relief
10 May 2022 Westpac’s results more good news for advisers
09 May 2022 Shares tumble as China tightens lockdown
09 May 2022 Westpac profit falls but says the result is solid
09 May 2022 Asset sale helps as major bank wrestles with RBNZ criticism
09 May 2022 [OPINION] Top RI adviser speaks out on Nadia Lim furore
09 May 2022 Amplifi buys first financial planning business
07 May 2022 Want crypto, clean energy or property with your KiwiSaver?
06 May 2022 NZ shares had a bad hangover after a rough night globally
06 May 2022 Latest lending volumes revealed
06 May 2022 New mortgage lending still slim
06 May 2022 Fund managers blacklist firm
05 May 2022 NZ shares rise as Fed rate hike misses the mark
05 May 2022 ANZ results a time for advisers to celebrate
05 May 2022 Advisers crack a major milestone
05 May 2022 BNZ profit grows
05 May 2022 Falling house prices slowly entrenching
05 May 2022 Why timing the market is a fool’s game
05 May 2022 Kiwi Wealth makes two investment appointments
04 May 2022 Investors stick to sidelines ahead of ‘colossal’ Fed meeting
04 May 2022 FMT makes two key appointments
04 May 2022 How did ANZ go in the past six months?
04 May 2022 ANZ grows home loan market share and profit
04 May 2022 Auckland sales and prices plummet
04 May 2022 Financial Advice NZ appoints professional development boss
04 May 2022 MMC now part of Apex
03 May 2022 IkeGPS snatches NZX top spot; RBA rate hike surprises
03 May 2022 Two cities drop out of the $1 million market
03 May 2022 Partners first life company to cloud platform
03 May 2022 [Obituary] Bill Lisle
03 May 2022 Investors federation has plans to fix rental crisis
03 May 2022 Mortgage applications take fall
03 May 2022 Mortgage applications plummet
03 May 2022 What are the chances of meeting someone who needs help with their insurance?
03 May 2022 Experts criticise govt for haste and lack of input into proposed income insurance scheme
02 May 2022 NZ shares follow US fall
02 May 2022 Cigna pays 93% of claims
02 May 2022 Landlord tax could breach tax principles
02 May 2022 Southern Cross offers special health insurance deal to iwi’s elders
02 May 2022 Should we have simpler products?
02 May 2022 Wāhine wellbeing work welcomed
02 May 2022 Sale of Kiwi Insurance to nib completed
April 2022
30 Apr 2022 House prices could tumble at the same time across the country
29 Apr 2022 NZ shares tread water
29 Apr 2022 When a rising tide no longer lifts all boats
29 Apr 2022 The big bank we didn't know about
29 Apr 2022 The big bank we didn't know about
29 Apr 2022 [GRTV] Rising interest rates drive investors into value stocks
29 Apr 2022 [GRTV] Rising interest rates drive investors into value stocks
28 Apr 2022 Relief rally sweeps NZ sharemarket
28 Apr 2022 Prospa loan originations up 64%
28 Apr 2022 Prospa loan originations up 64%
28 Apr 2022 Investors still sitting on the fence
28 Apr 2022 Ethical investing: survey reveals key messages for advisers and fund managers
27 Apr 2022 Pushpay recovery comes to a halt as global woes dent local market
27 Apr 2022 RBNZ pushing ahead with DTIs
27 Apr 2022 Resimac taking banks on
27 Apr 2022 RBNZ to press on with DTIs
27 Apr 2022 Skyrocketing rents matching record inflation
27 Apr 2022 Construction costs soar
27 Apr 2022 Running a customer-centric business: how the FMA wants to see it done
26 Apr 2022 NZ shares struggle as Pushpay finds a suitor
26 Apr 2022 Important tax speech from minister
26 Apr 2022 No new taxes but a big tax enquiry – Revenue Minister
26 Apr 2022 [GRTV] April full interview
26 Apr 2022 Retailers opening stores that don’t sell anything
26 Apr 2022 New default KiwiSaver funds start in reverse
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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