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September 2021
02 Sep 2021 Resimac increases NZ adviser business; ASB hikes longer term loans
02 Sep 2021 Resimac writing more prime loans and dealing with more advisers
02 Sep 2021 Resimac grows NZ lending
02 Sep 2021 Sharesies fronts up after AML Act breaches
01 Sep 2021 Sanford shares surge as Ngāi Tahu fishes for value
01 Sep 2021 Fears over prolonged lockdown; Record building consents
01 Sep 2021 First zero fee KiwiSaver fund arrives
August 2021
31 Aug 2021 Sky TV leads NZX50 for second day
31 Aug 2021 QuayStreet adds new analyst
31 Aug 2021 Taking care of your team in lockdown
31 Aug 2021 TSB fined $3.5m for anti-money laundering act breaches
31 Aug 2021 Fears over extended lockdown
31 Aug 2021 New records in building industry consents
31 Aug 2021 Housing shortage pumps prices
31 Aug 2021 When borrowers feel the pinch; Record rent increases
31 Aug 2021 Jarden hit with $40k penalty
30 Aug 2021 Consumer stocks led NZX 50 higher
30 Aug 2021 OCR hikes hit borrowers six months later
30 Aug 2021 Health insurance claims top $400m in last quarter
30 Aug 2021 Property finance specialist joins the Eightfold Group
30 Aug 2021 Huge profit in house resales
30 Aug 2021 House prices forecasting more judgment-based than science
30 Aug 2021 Kiwi Adviser Network passes 100 adviser mark
30 Aug 2021 Kiwi Adviser Network reaches 100 adviser mark
29 Aug 2021 [The Wrap] Who's tougher? FMA or ASIC
28 Aug 2021 Record rent increases
27 Aug 2021 Vista helps NZX50 end week up 1.3%
27 Aug 2021 Building costs a massive headache for industry
27 Aug 2021 CCCFA changes: what advisers need to know
27 Aug 2021 CCCFA changes: What advisers need to know
27 Aug 2021 NZX Wealth Technologies profitable and aiming at big targets
26 Aug 2021 AML deadlines extended
26 Aug 2021 NZ shares down as A2 Milk sheds $600m
26 Aug 2021 Advisers boost Heartland reverse mortgage book
26 Aug 2021 RBNZ price fall prediction countered
26 Aug 2021 Kiwibank mortgages up 11% as profit doubles
26 Aug 2021 Cigna appoints experienced lawyer to its leadership team
26 Aug 2021 Be warned: A big OCR increase in October likely
26 Aug 2021 RBNZ eyed 50 basis point OCR hike
26 Aug 2021 Climate fund makes first investment
26 Aug 2021 Kiwibank profits double, mortgage book up 11%
26 Aug 2021 Big banks offer business relief
25 Aug 2021 Kiwi dollar up as RBNZ signals rate hikes
25 Aug 2021 BNZ CEO departs
25 Aug 2021 Fossil fuel investment drops 'but not fast enough'
25 Aug 2021 Tribunal: Black mould leads to substantial compensation order
24 Aug 2021 ANZ does a u-turn on rate increases
24 Aug 2021 NZX50 holds at 13,000 after strong earnings results
24 Aug 2021 [Watch] August property market update
24 Aug 2021 Policy Servicing: What to do now and how is Covid changing things
24 Aug 2021 Home loans for humans
24 Aug 2021 Residential market confidence remains elevated
24 Aug 2021 Westpac offers business relief
23 Aug 2021 ANZ makes confidential deal with Ross victims
23 Aug 2021 Z Energy pushes NZX 50 above 13,000 points
23 Aug 2021 Craigs welcomes back former staffer
23 Aug 2021 nib makes $27 million profit after 'challenging year'
23 Aug 2021 Sharesies snapped for AML breaches
23 Aug 2021 Regional Insights report: Auckland market cools most
23 Aug 2021 Milford establishes a new foundation
23 Aug 2021 Old Aegis platform gets a new look
21 Aug 2021 Lockdown 'net positive' for NZ sharemarket
20 Aug 2021 ‘Bonkers’ housing market off the chart
20 Aug 2021 Fall in real house prices expected by Reserve Bank
20 Aug 2021 Advisers can run a FAP - but it's not easy
20 Aug 2021 Why DIY investing and professional advice can see eye-to-eye
19 Aug 2021 Experienced BDM moves to Cigna
19 Aug 2021 Chorus shares lift as ComCom values its assets
19 Aug 2021 Financial services lockdown update - FMA hopes to add to list
19 Aug 2021 Reserve Bank predicts fall in house prices; Eyes on October rate hike
19 Aug 2021 Reserve Bank predicts fall in house prices
19 Aug 2021 People are punting on insurance – we have to stop them
19 Aug 2021 Avanti adds to its property finance team
19 Aug 2021 Economists react to rate hold decision
18 Aug 2021 Shares up as RBNZ defers rate hike
18 Aug 2021 OCR decision revealed
18 Aug 2021 Delta outbreak set to halt rate hike
18 Aug 2021 Delta outbreak set to halt rate hike
18 Aug 2021 Booster invests into financial advice business
17 Aug 2021 Markets tumble as covid case found
17 Aug 2021 Rent shock for abandoning rental
17 Aug 2021 ANZ hikes rates ahead of RBNZ decision
17 Aug 2021 ANZ hikes rates ahead of RBNZ decision
17 Aug 2021 Economic strength brings RBNZ into play
16 Aug 2021 Short sellers send A2 shares up
16 Aug 2021 a2 shares jump as Aussie media reheats Nestle rumours
16 Aug 2021 OCR Preview Survey; Squirrel product receives 1000 applications
16 Aug 2021 OCR Preview Survey: Economists predict first hike since 2014
16 Aug 2021 Squirrel 95% mortgage passes 1000 applications
16 Aug 2021 Top city - top prices
15 Aug 2021 AMP's New Zealand renovation continues
14 Aug 2021 [The Wrap] Time to focus on fund manager fees?
14 Aug 2021 Real house price falls predicted from next year
13 Aug 2021 NZ shares up as investors ignore uncertainty
13 Aug 2021 AIA NZ improves mental health underwriting
13 Aug 2021 Housing market: Still hot but cooling
13 Aug 2021 Experienced advisers head to Kiwi Adviser Network
13 Aug 2021 Kiwi Adviser Network lures experienced advisers
13 Aug 2021 World first fund joins InvestNow
12 Aug 2021 FMA accuses gold mine boss of market manipulation
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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