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March 2022
29 Mar 2022 ANZ improves its governance: RBNZ
29 Mar 2022 Two financial planning groups merge
28 Mar 2022 F&P Healthcare continues to weigh on NZX50
28 Mar 2022 Net outflow of migrants could affect mortgage market
28 Mar 2022 How to deal with the regulator in times of tougher enforcement
25 Mar 2022 NZ shares finish week down 1%
25 Mar 2022 MBIE gives timeline for CCCFA reforms
25 Mar 2022 Even in the toughest of markets earnings growth is rewarded
25 Mar 2022 [OPINION] Who will buy KiwiWealth? And why it matters
24 Mar 2022 F&P Healthcare falls for second day
24 Mar 2022 Meet a Young Gun; What's happening with refixes at the big bank?
24 Mar 2022 High valuations and rising interest rates = Volatility
23 Mar 2022 F&P Healthcare sends NZX 50 lower as covid restrictions lift
23 Mar 2022 [Obituary] Michael Garner
23 Mar 2022 Home loan rates are rising: What's the best lending strategy
23 Mar 2022 Earning power should stop huge house price falls
23 Mar 2022 Drugs testing not enough to evict tenant
23 Mar 2022 Incorporate ESG: a legal checklist
23 Mar 2022 Mercer adds head of sustainability
22 Mar 2022 Accuro removes time limit on claims
22 Mar 2022 Shares rise as bond yields surge
22 Mar 2022 Govt's proposed income insurance scheme may hurt insurers
22 Mar 2022 Kiwis need better financial advice, says new FMA boss
22 Mar 2022 ANZ appoints head of RI
21 Mar 2022 Magellan co-founder Hamish Douglass resigns
21 Mar 2022 NZ shares flat as market stabilise
21 Mar 2022 Heartland pledges speedy mortgage processing
21 Mar 2022 Partners Life gets new CFO
20 Mar 2022 AMP Capital to disappear this week
19 Mar 2022 How to work out a good property investment
18 Mar 2022 Pushpay leads NZ shares higher
18 Mar 2022 Highly experience director takes over Milford chair; TEA gets HR man
18 Mar 2022 ASB spent all its cheap RBNZ money; Kan turns one
18 Mar 2022 ASB turns off the tap on new home build
18 Mar 2022 FMA didn't disclose Booster conflict
18 Mar 2022 Sellers hold on to price expectations as FOOP rears its head
18 Mar 2022 Tweaking CCCFA changes won’t rescue housing market from price falls
18 Mar 2022 Don’t worry about prices - buying opportunities improving fast
18 Mar 2022 FMA puts finishing touches on draft conduct guidelines
18 Mar 2022 Kiwi Adviser Network turns one
17 Mar 2022 Markets buoyed by Russia/Ukraine peace talks
17 Mar 2022 Strong economic rebound in December quarter – Stats NZ
17 Mar 2022 CCCFA may be changing, but not quickly; BNZ ups rates
17 Mar 2022 Advisers told full licencing will become more streamlined
17 Mar 2022 Brightline traps remain
16 Mar 2022 NZ shares gain on open border and cheaper oil
16 Mar 2022 Free mental health service continued for three months
16 Mar 2022 Partners Life medical premiums set to go up 12%
16 Mar 2022 Financial Advice veteran retires with warning note on new regulations
16 Mar 2022 Milford adds new BDM
16 Mar 2022 [Opinion]Two years of COVID – what have we learnt in the property world?
16 Mar 2022 CCCFA reform inches forward; cabinet paper admits to flaws
16 Mar 2022 FSC launches locum agreement guide for financial advisers
15 Mar 2022 Pumping oil prices stall market
15 Mar 2022 New highs set for one and two year rates
15 Mar 2022 Prospa says more funds are needed by SMEs after two tough years
15 Mar 2022 Outsource office admin advisers told
14 Mar 2022 Travel stocks jump on hastened border opening
14 Mar 2022 Residential property sales hit a trough
14 Mar 2022 CCCFA changes don't go far enough; Industry trailblazer dies
14 Mar 2022 Magellan continues to bleed funds
14 Mar 2022 Overcomplicating Advice
14 Mar 2022 [Obituary] Insurance industry trailblazer Chris Coon dies
14 Mar 2022 Changes inside Pie Funds
14 Mar 2022 CCCFA changes need to go further – Bankers Association
14 Mar 2022 Strong economic growth forecast for December quarter – but don't celebrate yet
14 Mar 2022 Strategi Institute gains Tertiary Education Commission Board approval to support on-job training
14 Mar 2022 RBNZ seeks feedback on compulsory inspections and insurance enforcement
13 Mar 2022 Kloogh investors lose most of their money
12 Mar 2022 RBNZ plans to life company on-site inspections
11 Mar 2022 Inflation hacks share prices
11 Mar 2022 What advisers think of the CCCFA changes
11 Mar 2022 FSC creeps further into adviser land
11 Mar 2022 Podcasts for advisers
11 Mar 2022 Mortgage advisers welcome CCCFA reform, but more detail needed
11 Mar 2022 We'll call your clients: Edwards
11 Mar 2022 Recent M&A activity, what is driving it and what it means
11 Mar 2022 Harbour Investment Outlook - Ukraine invasion heightens already elevated volatility
11 Mar 2022 [BREAKING NEWS] CCCFA changes coming
11 Mar 2022 A win for borrowers; CCCFA changes won
11 Mar 2022 Cathie Wood: some answers for jittery Ark investors
10 Mar 2022 NZ shares rally as oil prices retreat
10 Mar 2022 Ownership changes at SuperCity Mortgages
10 Mar 2022 After 50 years, Brian Klee decides to hang up his shingle
09 Mar 2022 NZ shares stabilise as buyers bag bargains
09 Mar 2022 Low-fee Simplicity runs foul of FMA with misleading ad campaign
09 Mar 2022 Banks rack up massive profits
09 Mar 2022 Banking business booms – KPMG survey
09 Mar 2022 Life insurance covers up but claims down through pandemic
08 Mar 2022 Stagflation fear sends NZ shares sliding
08 Mar 2022 Bolton steps back; bank boss steps in; ANZ doubles down on interest rate rises
08 Mar 2022 Bolton steps back; bank boss steps in
08 Mar 2022 Even higher interest rates forecast
08 Mar 2022 KiwiWealth officially for sale
08 Mar 2022 Women disadvantaged by working from home; Brightline test answers
08 Mar 2022 Women disadvantaged by working from home – report
08 Mar 2022 Financing the invasion of Ukraine
07 Mar 2022 TMMO Daily news
07 Mar 2022 NZ shares slide as oil prices spike
07 Mar 2022 Accountants provide simple answer to brightline test
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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