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July 2021
22 Jul 2021 Shares drift sideways as RBNZ bond buying ends
22 Jul 2021 Valuation profession adapts and changes
22 Jul 2021 Build-to-rent not limited to cities
22 Jul 2021 Accountants slam interest deductibility changes
22 Jul 2021 Accountants slam interest deductibility changes
22 Jul 2021 Murder House memories: why KiwiSaver investors need to brush-up on good financial habits
22 Jul 2021 FMA report slams insurers
21 Jul 2021 NZ shares climb while covid variant still looms large
21 Jul 2021 Council of Financial Regulators website goes live
21 Jul 2021 Flood claims cost almost $45 million
21 Jul 2021 Client concern over rising interest rates
21 Jul 2021 Cryptocurrency; Advisers wary but must evolve
20 Jul 2021 NZ shares recover early losses
20 Jul 2021 Client concern over rate rises
20 Jul 2021 FMA focus - Money laundering, cybercrime, disclosure and more
20 Jul 2021 The FSPR is moving in directions we haven’t discussed
20 Jul 2021 Westpac drops KiwiSaver fees
20 Jul 2021 Higher rates look inevitable
20 Jul 2021 ASB joins AMP on the BlackRock bandwagon
19 Jul 2021 More ships dock at Harbour
19 Jul 2021 Shares slide as covid continues to wreak havoc
19 Jul 2021 Economists lean towards OCR hike next month
19 Jul 2021 FMA publishes annual corporate plan
19 Jul 2021 AIA grant helps Tools Down with tradies' mental health
19 Jul 2021 Challenger banks hike rates; Small investors pull back
19 Jul 2021 Small investors pull back
18 Jul 2021 A good year minted
16 Jul 2021 Share market shuffles sideways as inflation soars
16 Jul 2021 Compliance Refinery expands
16 Jul 2021 Kiwibank cuts two-year rate, raises others
16 Jul 2021 Investors kicking back
16 Jul 2021 LVRs kicking in for Auckland house prices
16 Jul 2021 Rate hikes: ANZ, BNZ and Westpac follow ASB
16 Jul 2021 Banks keen on crypto conversation
15 Jul 2021 Kiwi dollar hangs onto gains after RBNZ boost
15 Jul 2021 Woman loses over $100k in Forex scam
15 Jul 2021 OCR reaction: higher interest rates tipped for next month
15 Jul 2021 New independent director for Craigs IP
15 Jul 2021 InvestNow platform opening up to advisers
14 Jul 2021 Swift market reaction as RBNZ calls time on money printing
14 Jul 2021 OCR reaction: higher interest rates expected
14 Jul 2021 OCR decision revealed
14 Jul 2021 Dire shortage of properties for sale
14 Jul 2021 Cigna scholarship boost for aspiring actuary
14 Jul 2021 Equitise fined for financial statement fail
14 Jul 2021 ASB rate hikes across the board; Pepper's Milburn steps down
14 Jul 2021 ASB rate hikes across the board; Pepper's Milburn steps down
14 Jul 2021 Pepper's Milburn steps down; replaced by Saoud
14 Jul 2021 ASB hikes rates across the board
14 Jul 2021 Confidence up but wealth gap grows
13 Jul 2021 My Food Bag buoyed by Aussie takeover
13 Jul 2021 Investors urged to bolt in long-term rates
13 Jul 2021 Soaring house prices fuel OCR hike talk; Housing supply at risk
13 Jul 2021 AIA Vitality partners with Countdown and New Balance
13 Jul 2021 Soaring house prices fuel OCR hike talk
13 Jul 2021 Financial stress – more common than you might think
13 Jul 2021 Ending a 40-year career - the true cost of a FADC decision
12 Jul 2021 Vista climbs on Black Widow debut
12 Jul 2021 RBNZ issues Relationship Charter survey results
12 Jul 2021 ICNZ launches te reo Maori title
12 Jul 2021 Guardian Trust and Covenant sold to Asian entity
12 Jul 2021 [Opinion] How investors could solve the housing crisis
12 Jul 2021 Housing supply at risk
12 Jul 2021 Interest rates key to fighting house price boom
12 Jul 2021 Housing market ‘stronger than a month ago’
12 Jul 2021 OCR preview survey: economists look ahead
12 Jul 2021 OCR preview survey: economists look ahead
12 Jul 2021 Tight times for Winterless North
11 Jul 2021 [The Wrap] Hurrah! Big banks exit life insurance
09 Jul 2021 Well-known names join ACC Investment committee
09 Jul 2021 Investors sell risk assets as delta variant causes alarm
09 Jul 2021 8 Steps to a beautiful annual operating plan
09 Jul 2021 Fidelity Life appoints new chief sales and service officer
09 Jul 2021 Expansion accelerates taper talk
09 Jul 2021 Mortgage strategy dilemma
09 Jul 2021 Mortgage strategy dilemma
09 Jul 2021 FMA passes 10-year milestone
08 Jul 2021 Pacific Edge gains while market flatlines
08 Jul 2021 Mercer NZ commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
08 Jul 2021 Reserve Bank to consult on the future of cash
08 Jul 2021 Economists predict November interest rate hike
08 Jul 2021 Sold sign goes up at AMP Capital
07 Jul 2021 For the first time FMA strips a manager
07 Jul 2021 Investor confidence up - but beware the bursting bubble
07 Jul 2021 NZ shares shuffle sideways as investors rejig portfolios
07 Jul 2021 November OCR hike: Predict Westpac and ANZ
07 Jul 2021 Franklin Templeton joins Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
07 Jul 2021 OCR hike tipped for November; Westpac chair retires
07 Jul 2021 Advisers should talk to advisers about professional indemnity
06 Jul 2021 Auckland Airport took off yesterday, but landed today
06 Jul 2021 Westpac New Zealand chair retires
06 Jul 2021 OCR to rise in November: ASB
06 Jul 2021 Fidelity buys Westpac Life
06 Jul 2021 BNZ and Westpac stay out of new build battle; Kinzett successor at FMT named
05 Jul 2021 Auckland Airport jumps on Sydney Airport takeover bid
05 Jul 2021 BNZ and Westpac stay out of new build loan battle
05 Jul 2021 Prices continue to rise unabated
05 Jul 2021 Professional IQ farewells its chief executive
05 Jul 2021 How SMEs can ease late payment pain to facilitate growth
05 Jul 2021 Landlord confused by new laws and forms
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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