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July 2021
05 Jul 2021 First Mortgage Managers names Tony Kinzett successor
03 Jul 2021 [GRTV] Looking after advisers' mental health
02 Jul 2021 a2 Milk drives positive finish to the week
02 Jul 2021 How SMEs can ease late payment pain to facilitate growth
02 Jul 2021 ANZ relaxes apartment lending criteria; Nelson Building Society cuts rates
02 Jul 2021 Macquarie rumoured to be looking at AMP Capital
02 Jul 2021 ASB KiwiSaver comes out poorly in survey
01 Jul 2021 Property stocks hit records
01 Jul 2021 ANZ eases apartment lending rules
01 Jul 2021 Housing streaks past $1.5 trillion but growth stalling
01 Jul 2021 House price growth slows
01 Jul 2021 Housing price growth slows: CoreLogic
01 Jul 2021 Fisher Funds appoints new chief investment officer
01 Jul 2021 Financial adviser deregistrations underway
June 2021
30 Jun 2021 Fonterra Fund leads NZ shares higher
30 Jun 2021 FMA review of NZX shows room for improvement
30 Jun 2021 ASB new build offer surpasses $2bn mark; Borrowers can handle higher rates
30 Jun 2021 ASB 1.79% offer surpasses $2 billion mark
30 Jun 2021 With its shares down over 50% year to date has The a2 Milk Company become of interest for value investors
30 Jun 2021 Pathfinder finds its mojo
29 Jun 2021 NZ shares rise as tourism stocks recover
29 Jun 2021 Borrowers can handle higher interest rates: ASB
29 Jun 2021 West Coast best bet for investors
29 Jun 2021 Hyde to lead asset allocation team
29 Jun 2021 EQC offloads disaster claim management to Kiwi insurers
29 Jun 2021 Surge of landlords planning rent increases
29 Jun 2021 Westpac the latest bank to tip earlier rate hike
29 Jun 2021 'Finfluencers' now on regulator's radar
28 Jun 2021 Travel stocks drop as trans-Tasman bubble deflates
28 Jun 2021 Westpac tips earlier rate hike, house price decline in late 2022
28 Jun 2021 Cigna extends multi-benefit discount
28 Jun 2021 Ethical Investing NZ recruits financial planner
28 Jun 2021 Multi-unit insurance cover: The lowdown
28 Jun 2021 Death rates and the impact of the End of Life Choice Act
28 Jun 2021 Claim against Bond Centre thrown out
28 Jun 2021 Tower partnership improves process for disaster claims
28 Jun 2021 ANZ's 1.68% rate; Lending strong in May; New non-bank funds
28 Jun 2021 ANZ 1.68% new build rate shakes up market
28 Jun 2021 Women win financial stakes
28 Jun 2021 Mortgage lending holds up in May
27 Jun 2021 Trade-ups out of reach for many
27 Jun 2021 Alpha First Lending- Non Bank Funds Available Now
25 Jun 2021 Kiwi, stocks bounce back from Fed scare
25 Jun 2021 Risk of higher OCR this year
25 Jun 2021 Incentivise landlords and tenants win
25 Jun 2021 Record commercial property returns; Mike Pero hire
25 Jun 2021 Lockdown opens up tickets for Ethical Investment awards
25 Jun 2021 Mike Pero Timaru hire
25 Jun 2021 New advice rules more flexible than advisers think
24 Jun 2021 NZ shares flat but THL bounces on profit upgrade
24 Jun 2021 Commercial property returns all-time high
24 Jun 2021 Tech and the real estate trajectory
24 Jun 2021 Westpac abandons NZ sale plan
24 Jun 2021 Westpac abandons NZ sale plan
23 Jun 2021 NZ shares up as investors look for data signals
23 Jun 2021 Carter makes way for St John on ANZ NZ board
23 Jun 2021 Fix rates now bank urges
23 Jun 2021 Home lending drives record bank profits
23 Jun 2021 Mortgage growth drives record bank profits
23 Jun 2021 Another milestone reached - the road to full licensing lies ahead
22 Jun 2021 ‘Sanity’ returns to market
22 Jun 2021 Tribunal: Five years with a leaky roof
22 Jun 2021 nib offers cover for non-PHARMAC medicines
22 Jun 2021 Complaints and the problem with professional indemnity insurance
22 Jun 2021 Investor activity falls; Astute helps newcomers; ICBC rate changes
22 Jun 2021 Investor activity falls
22 Jun 2021 Astute launches mentorship scheme
21 Jun 2021 NZ shares decline as A2 Milk pulls back
21 Jun 2021 Interest rate hike expectations grow
21 Jun 2021 SBS rate cuts; People moves latest
21 Jun 2021 First Mortgage Managers appoints first female director
20 Jun 2021 PMG to buy two substantial properties
18 Jun 2021 a2 Milk jumps; Kiwi dips below 70 US cents
18 Jun 2021 Email: Serious breach of tenant’s privacy
18 Jun 2021 Five new funds for ethical investors
18 Jun 2021 DTIs won’t improve life for landlords and tenants
18 Jun 2021 Simplicity cuts floating rate to 1.9%
18 Jun 2021 ANZ predicts OCR hike in February; ASB to repay $9m over break-fee blunder; Westpac rate cuts
18 Jun 2021 Cigna signals changes to its growing distribution team
18 Jun 2021 Digital investment 'no longer on the fringe'
17 Jun 2021 Sharemarket and Kiwi dollar tumbles as US Fed pencils in rate hikes
17 Jun 2021 Unusual tenancy relationship ends up at tribunal
17 Jun 2021 ANZ predicts February OCR hike following GDP growth
17 Jun 2021 ASB repays $9m over break-fee blunder
17 Jun 2021 House prices ramping up nationwide
17 Jun 2021 Concern over DTI implementation; Co-operative Bank goes sub 2%
17 Jun 2021 Adviser concern over DTI threat
17 Jun 2021 Covid-related KiwiSaver switches less likely with an adviser
16 Jun 2021 Markets waits on US Fed...
16 Jun 2021 What DTI limits might look like
16 Jun 2021 Another Government tool aimed at investors
16 Jun 2021 Win a day with an AIA NZ Vitality ambassador
16 Jun 2021 First Mortgage Managers appoint its first female director
16 Jun 2021 DTIs move closer to reality; Prosper-MySolutions tie-up; BNZ rate changes
16 Jun 2021 Debt-to-income limits move closer
16 Jun 2021 Reserve Bank cools on interest-only limits
16 Jun 2021 Propser and mySolutions team up
16 Jun 2021 How office space will transform
16 Jun 2021 Micro-investing platforms - the future is now
15 Jun 2021 F&P Healthcare shares surge as competitor recalls dangerous products
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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.
2 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