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August 2021
12 Aug 2021 NZ shares fall as nervy investors wait on RBNZ
12 Aug 2021 Investor mortgage lending waning
12 Aug 2021 Lifetime strengthens investment committee
12 Aug 2021 ASB home lending jumps; Commercial real estate outlook
12 Aug 2021 Prices cool over past three months
12 Aug 2021 Cryptocurrency - a key part of a diversified portfolio
12 Aug 2021 Booster's Tahi fund makes another investment
11 Aug 2021 F&P Healthcare sucks life out of market
11 Aug 2021 ASB profit up 40% as home lending soars
11 Aug 2021 Kainga Ora rate changes; Mortgage strategy update
11 Aug 2021 ESG an empty buzzword
11 Aug 2021 Westpac warned for AML failures
11 Aug 2021 Industrial buildings: Adapt or fail
11 Aug 2021 Marathon court battle comes to an end
10 Aug 2021 $100 billion mark cracked
10 Aug 2021 Investors prepare for earnings next week
10 Aug 2021 Long-term mortgages becoming more attractive
10 Aug 2021 Homecoming for Tainui Group Holdings new CIO
10 Aug 2021 Beating up investors with yet more regulations
10 Aug 2021 TSB rate changes; Growing talk of 50 basis point OCR hike
10 Aug 2021 Adviser opportunities have never been better
10 Aug 2021 Pathfinder joins the $100 million club
09 Aug 2021 NZ shares fall as bond yields climb
09 Aug 2021 House price madness probably slowing
09 Aug 2021 Outside odds of 50 basis point rate hike
09 Aug 2021 Kiwibank hikes 2 year rate
09 Aug 2021 Check your cover and win a prize - ICNZ
06 Aug 2021 NZ shares up as Refining NZ shareholders vote to end refining
06 Aug 2021 Devon adds to board
06 Aug 2021 Inspiring and energising - Financial Advice NZ
06 Aug 2021 Inflation; transitory traveller or a more permanent fixture?
05 Aug 2021 Trading session left unfinished as NZX halts market
05 Aug 2021 Consilium appoints former MP to its board
05 Aug 2021 KiwiSaver rides the waves
05 Aug 2021 FSCL case highlights need for better record keeping
05 Aug 2021 Change at the top for Christian Savings
05 Aug 2021 Landlords given latitude over family violence and assaults
05 Aug 2021 Online investing platforms - breaking barriers, transforming attitudes
04 Aug 2021 Sticky investment for Pathfinder
04 Aug 2021 2000 new investors flock to latest commercial property deal
04 Aug 2021 NZ shares up as labour data shows economy running hot
04 Aug 2021 Award-winning exec joins Aurora
04 Aug 2021 Milford remains the gorilla of the funds management industry; others bleed
04 Aug 2021 Vendor demands heighten risk for movers
04 Aug 2021 Tenants refuse property viewing
03 Aug 2021 Logistics stocks led NZ shares marginally lower
03 Aug 2021 Tower hits the water with boat insurance offering
03 Aug 2021 $10k scholarship for insurance professionals opens
03 Aug 2021 Reserve Bank gets serious about 'risky lending'
03 Aug 2021 Income protection: Why taxable losses are not the right advice
03 Aug 2021 Companies office deregisters 458 FSPs
02 Aug 2021 Big growth stocks lead NZ shares higher
02 Aug 2021 nib campaign offers free cover for kids
02 Aug 2021 Stock shortages, prices boom
02 Aug 2021 Valuation issues worsen
01 Aug 2021 Once in a lifetime business - Take two
July 2021
31 Jul 2021 Changes at T Rowe Price
30 Jul 2021 NZ shares surrender yesterday’s gain
30 Jul 2021 Record building consents continue
30 Jul 2021 House prices continue to ease
30 Jul 2021 FSCL case highlights clawback danger
30 Jul 2021 Fisher Funds donates $500k to mental health charities
30 Jul 2021 Tribunal: Tenants’ bond ‘kept in a tin’
29 Jul 2021 Mainfreight surges to $83
29 Jul 2021 FSCL case highlights clawback danger
29 Jul 2021 AIA admits to fair dealing breaches - could face $700k fine
29 Jul 2021 FMA releases cyber-safety fact sheet
29 Jul 2021 Rents on the rise again
29 Jul 2021 ICBC cuts 6 month rate, raises others
28 Jul 2021 Regulation fears spill into currency markets
28 Jul 2021 Canstar's top five Kiwi health insurers
28 Jul 2021 Commercial property sales booming
28 Jul 2021 Kiwis concerned about retirement savings
28 Jul 2021 FMA pings adviser for unauthorised advice
28 Jul 2021 SBS plans first home buyer product; Property market turning?
28 Jul 2021 SBS plans new first home buyer product
28 Jul 2021 RE-WRITE DONE. DON'T RUN THIS. Most Kiwis support compulsory KiwiSaver
28 Jul 2021 PI scheme cover extended due to IT issues
27 Jul 2021 a2 Milk drops another 4% on regulation risk
27 Jul 2021 FMA issues scam warning
27 Jul 2021 Consultation opens for rollout of Financial Market Infrastructure Act
27 Jul 2021 Clients switching to three-year terms; Lending hits $8.5 bn in June
27 Jul 2021 How overpaying claims leads to product innovation
27 Jul 2021 Clients switching to three-year terms
27 Jul 2021 CoFI debate back on agenda
26 Jul 2021 a2 shares plunge as Chinese regulator flexes its muscles
26 Jul 2021 Mortgage lending boom continues through June
26 Jul 2021 Prospa NZ business soars
26 Jul 2021 House prices close to turning
26 Jul 2021 Auckland feels effect of LVR limits
26 Jul 2021 Input from insurers on solvency standards
26 Jul 2021 Average Auckland rent $600+
25 Jul 2021 Eye-watering price growth in Wellington
24 Jul 2021 [GRTV] Time for a new code for managers
23 Jul 2021 NZ shares rise on 'covid-fear trade'
23 Jul 2021 Prospa prospers with fourth-quarter growth
23 Jul 2021 Underwriting delays for nib special offer
23 Jul 2021 Valuation profession adapts
23 Jul 2021 Valuation profession adapts
23 Jul 2021 Consumer data right goes to Parliament
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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