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October 2021
06 Oct 2021 Areas that are cheaper to buy than rent dwindling
06 Oct 2021 Partners Life lifts the cost of level life cover
06 Oct 2021 Bankers Association agrees rules can be difficult
06 Oct 2021 Fisher Funds buys Aon’s Kiwisaver scheme
05 Oct 2021 NZ shares fall in tech sell-off
05 Oct 2021 Consilium appoints Chief Operating Officer
05 Oct 2021 RBNZ holds back Solvency Standards
05 Oct 2021 New tax rules: What investors need to know
05 Oct 2021 Departing bank CEO fires a warning; Survey reminder
05 Oct 2021 ‘Take a mo’ when investing
05 Oct 2021 Retiring bank chief slams state regulation
04 Oct 2021 Fidelity Life brings in three new partnership managers
04 Oct 2021 Changes to tenancy terminations
04 Oct 2021 House price rises waning amid tighter lending coming
04 Oct 2021 RBNZ likely to lift base interest rate on Wednesday
04 Oct 2021 FNZ feathers its nest buying Hatch from Kiwi Wealth
02 Oct 2021 IIS brings high risk Bitcoin fund to market
02 Oct 2021 Fund rollout season continues
02 Oct 2021 Green bond market gets a boost
02 Oct 2021 [The Wrap] Solving the KiwiSaver value for money equation
01 Oct 2021 NZ shares end week on a flat note
01 Oct 2021 Adviser wellbeing - how people thrive in times of change
01 Oct 2021 Manager salts up its fund menu
01 Oct 2021 New record for building consents
01 Oct 2021 Bad backs dominate health cover claims
01 Oct 2021 ANZ scales up, drops membership fees
01 Oct 2021 Cigna beefs up tech team
01 Oct 2021 Does reporting season really matter.
01 Oct 2021 Mortgage rates expected to be at 4% plus within a year
01 Oct 2021 KiwiSaver fees - Sam says the big players are ripping you off
September 2021
30 Sep 2021 One NZ share surged 20% today
30 Sep 2021 National digital currency/future of cash consultation opens
30 Sep 2021 AIA and Iress intergrate Xplan quoting system
30 Sep 2021 Methamphetamine: Landlords call for more clarity
30 Sep 2021 Chang steps into acting general counsel role
30 Sep 2021 'Hole in one' cover and the design of insurance products
30 Sep 2021 Crypto out, but new funds in
30 Sep 2021 FMA steps up enforcement of AML breaches
30 Sep 2021 Health insurer offers free counselling sessions
30 Sep 2021 Measuring adviser wellbeing in NZ
29 Sep 2021 NZ shares fall with global rout
29 Sep 2021 Investors target newly built homes
29 Sep 2021 Property tax changes announced; Biggest banks big rate increases; NEW TMM Out now
29 Sep 2021 FMA extends regulatory relief - focus on good conduct
28 Sep 2021 Market Close: F&P Healthcare falls along with Aussie peers
28 Sep 2021 New builds: 20-year exemption from tax changes
28 Sep 2021 [UPDATED] Feedback prompts changes to Asteron's trauma cover
28 Sep 2021 Why work when houses make more money?
28 Sep 2021 KiwiSaver funds soar, non-contributors still a worry
28 Sep 2021 Harbour buys global fixed interest fund
28 Sep 2021 Can infrastructure investments provide protection from rising inflation?
27 Sep 2021 Rising bond yields push shares down
27 Sep 2021 nib foundation joins Clearhead partnership with former All Black
27 Sep 2021 Meth alarms for rentals
27 Sep 2021 Growth in house prices to fall significantly next year
26 Sep 2021 [The Wrap] It's time to check in on advisers' wellbeing
24 Sep 2021 Pacific Edge up 6%; while index dips
24 Sep 2021 [OBITUARY] Highly respected adviser passes on
24 Sep 2021 Tax deductibility rules could be revealed next week
24 Sep 2021 Advisers angered by BNZ pricing move; Westpac NZ appoints new chief executive
24 Sep 2021 Westpac NZ appoints new CEO
24 Sep 2021 Westpac appoints new chief executive
24 Sep 2021 AMLHUB integrates with RealMe to fight money laundering
24 Sep 2021 Rent levels countrywide
24 Sep 2021 Advisers angered by new BNZ pricing conditions
24 Sep 2021 Pathfinder and Newton Ross in NASDAQ listing
23 Sep 2021 Important Information
23 Sep 2021 Fonterra fund leads NZX 50 higher
23 Sep 2021 The future of financial advice - readers have their say
23 Sep 2021 Life cover - the hard sell for Kiwi insurers
23 Sep 2021 Investors continue to shy away from buying more property
23 Sep 2021 Co-op rate increases; Smaller hikes to follow next month; Full licensing latest
23 Sep 2021 JMI Wealth adds two new advisers
23 Sep 2021 October rate increases to follow recent moves
23 Sep 2021 [GRTV] What's driving adviser burnout?
22 Sep 2021 NZ shares up with Evergrande lurking in background
22 Sep 2021 Broker complaint dismissed
22 Sep 2021 David McClatchy joins several boards
22 Sep 2021 Experts ponder compulsory KiwiSaver
22 Sep 2021 NZ Green employs investment analysts
22 Sep 2021 Kiwibank lockdown rate hikes
22 Sep 2021 Kiwibank lockdown rate hikes
21 Sep 2021 NZ shares flat as global markets fear Evergrande crisis
21 Sep 2021 How much more life insurance needs to be sold
21 Sep 2021 Full licencing - what does it look like?
21 Sep 2021 Life insurers up for awards
21 Sep 2021 More changes at the top for Craigs IP
21 Sep 2021 CCCFA an opportunity for advisers; Borrowers abandon one year terms
21 Sep 2021 CCCFA an opportunity for advisers
21 Sep 2021 Borrowers abandon one year rates
21 Sep 2021 Traffic builds on the road to full licensing
20 Sep 2021 NZ shares consolidate from Friday rally
20 Sep 2021 FMG gets a new CEO for Christmas
20 Sep 2021 NZX Wealth Tech signs up boutique advice firm
20 Sep 2021 Westpac and BNZ follow with lockdown rate hikes
20 Sep 2021 Westpac and BNZ follow with lockdown rate hikes
20 Sep 2021 MMC picks up another default KiwiSaver provider
20 Sep 2021 What we know about the new FMA CEO
17 Sep 2021 Passive funds push NZX 50 higher
17 Sep 2021 Craigs IP exec heads to NZX Wealth
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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