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September 2021
17 Sep 2021 Rents remain at all-time highs
17 Sep 2021 Removed to use on NZPI
17 Sep 2021 What office staff expect in a workplace
17 Sep 2021 Hardship clients face credit challenges
17 Sep 2021 Hardship clients face credit issues
17 Sep 2021 Jarden promotes new recruit
17 Sep 2021 FMA licensing workshops popular with Fidelity Life advisers
17 Sep 2021 How many Kiwis has KiwiSaver Saved?
16 Sep 2021 NZ shares down on ‘staggering’ GDP number
16 Sep 2021 BNZ cuts KiwiSaver and managed fund fees
16 Sep 2021 Southern Cross boosts surplus profits; Claims paid tops $1 bill
16 Sep 2021 FSC conference changes announced
16 Sep 2021 Major rate hikes at big four banks; Prospa raises A$200m
16 Sep 2021 Major rate hikes at big four banks
16 Sep 2021 Scam complaints rise sharply
16 Sep 2021 Prospa raises A$200 million for business lending
16 Sep 2021 BNZ latest to cut KiwiSaver fees
16 Sep 2021 First Mortgage Trust appoints BDM
15 Sep 2021 NZ shares slightly lower with US inflation data
15 Sep 2021 Mortgage rates have hit low point; TSB hikes; Nest Home Loans hires
15 Sep 2021 Mortgage rates have troughed: ASB
15 Sep 2021 Tereora drives off from life insurance
15 Sep 2021 New names at Nest Home Loans
15 Sep 2021 New recruit to focus on AML compliance
15 Sep 2021 Best ever returns for NZ Super Fund
14 Sep 2021 F&P Healthcare drags NZX50 down
14 Sep 2021 Big returns for NZ Super Fund
14 Sep 2021 Bulletproof house prices continue to climb
14 Sep 2021 OCR hike likely despite extended lockdown; New Auckland franchise owner for Mike Pero
14 Sep 2021 Key consultations to protect policyholders
14 Sep 2021 New Auckland franchise owner for Mike Pero
14 Sep 2021 ANZ appoints new head of funds management
14 Sep 2021 Cryptocurrencies: MPs hear the good, bad and ugly
13 Sep 2021 Who would have thought: Shares rise despite lockdown extension
13 Sep 2021 OCR hike likely despite lockdown: ANZ
13 Sep 2021 Cigna NZ announces two new deals
13 Sep 2021 CLSAP NZ fined for AML breaches
13 Sep 2021 QuayStreet names new Head of Global Equity
13 Sep 2021 New CEO for the FMA
13 Sep 2021 Government torpedoes fail to sink housing market
13 Sep 2021 Kiwibank and SBS rate hikes; CCCFA changes pushed back to December
13 Sep 2021 Housing affordability a long way off
13 Sep 2021 Riviera of the South shines
12 Sep 2021 Saturn brings KiwiSaver business into its orbit
12 Sep 2021 [The Wrap] Building a bigger moat around advice businesses
11 Sep 2021 Robotics and superconductor wire make it into Booster's KiwiSaver portfolios
11 Sep 2021 Select Wealth supports Women’s Refuge
10 Sep 2021 Shares down & dollar up as market predicts rate hike
10 Sep 2021 CCCFA changes delayed
10 Sep 2021 Insurance industry complaints on the rise
10 Sep 2021 Avanti raises $350m; New build buyer risks grow
10 Sep 2021 Avanti closes out biggest ever NZ securitisation
10 Sep 2021 Changes at Southern Cross Trust
10 Sep 2021 New-build buyer risks grow
10 Sep 2021 Loss leader or game-changer? - the first zero-fee KiwiSaver fund
09 Sep 2021 Profit taking pulls NZ shares down
09 Sep 2021 Asteron Life support businesses with premium relief options
09 Sep 2021 Co-op hikes rates; Further house price boom unlikely
09 Sep 2021 Building on a roll
09 Sep 2021 More Kiwi fund managers make RIAA 'Responsible Leaders' list
08 Sep 2021 NZ shares snap 7-day rally
08 Sep 2021 Delta fails to dampen equity markets
08 Sep 2021 AIA offers one month free on new policies
08 Sep 2021 Kiwi investors leading the Responsible Investment charge
08 Sep 2021 No market rebound expected post lockdown
08 Sep 2021 Mortgage rate movement in August revealed; Bascand to leave RBNZ
08 Sep 2021 Special mortgage rates flat in August
08 Sep 2021 RBNZ deputy governor Bascand to step down
08 Sep 2021 Responsible investment growth outpaces wider market
07 Sep 2021 Partners Life adds to Banqer High literacy programme
07 Sep 2021 NZ shares rise as nationwide lockdown ends
07 Sep 2021 Reserve Bank deputy on the move
07 Sep 2021 Fiducian expands NZ presence
07 Sep 2021 House sales and prices hardly reduced by lockdown
07 Sep 2021 Death by 10,000 paper cuts
07 Sep 2021 ASB to honour pricing in level four; Westpac and Kainga Ora rate hikes
07 Sep 2021 ASB to honour pricing during alert level four
07 Sep 2021 Trusted Adviser status defended after FoxPlan censure
06 Sep 2021 AIA NZ recruits internationally experienced CTO
06 Sep 2021 NZX 50 makes seven day gain run
06 Sep 2021 BNZ goes live with MMC’s registry services for KiwiSaver
06 Sep 2021 Lockdown turmoil for ASB customers; Tighter LVR restrictions for owner-occupiers
06 Sep 2021 Lockdown issues hit home loans
06 Sep 2021 Advisers facing a perfect storm
05 Sep 2021 [The Wrap] KiwiSaver for free who would have thought of that?
03 Sep 2021 Sky TV leads NZX50 higher
03 Sep 2021 Tighter LVR restrictions for owner-occupiers
03 Sep 2021 Short house price surge possible post lockdown
03 Sep 2021 Hey guys, find out which parts of the body break down by age
03 Sep 2021 FSC ReGenerations Conference postponed
03 Sep 2021 Lockdowns don’t stop market rumbling on
03 Sep 2021 Prospa bounces back from first lockdown
03 Sep 2021 Lifetime acquires significant Auckland advice group
03 Sep 2021 Prospa bounces back from first lockdown
02 Sep 2021 Warning to insurance advisers selling up
02 Sep 2021 NZ shares settle after action packed earnings season
02 Sep 2021 NZ shares settle after action packed earnings season
02 Sep 2021 Asteron offers Best Doctors package to advisers
02 Sep 2021 Mercer beefs up its not-for-profit sector
02 Sep 2021 Listings cool: Expected to bounce back quickly
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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