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April 2021
21 Apr 2021 Squirrel launches 95% mortgage
21 Apr 2021 Partners Life focuses on advisers with new appointment
21 Apr 2021 Winners from new housing policies
21 Apr 2021 A KiwiSaver's pandemic panic
20 Apr 2021 NZ shares sink as investors watch for inflation
20 Apr 2021 Speedy uptake of property fund offer
20 Apr 2021 Landlord misses out on substantial rent arrears
20 Apr 2021 Guardians of NZ Super makes new appointment to NZ Equities team
20 Apr 2021 Housing supply catching up with demand
20 Apr 2021 Heartland launches cut-price revolving credit product
20 Apr 2021 Housing market's unlikely Covid boost
20 Apr 2021 Effective vaccine, better earnings spur on markets
20 Apr 2021 Housing market's unlikely Covid boost
20 Apr 2021 Aussie advisers: Not keen on digital advice
20 Apr 2021 PAA Legacy Trust announces new chair
19 Apr 2021 NZ shares rise on trans-Tasman bubble
19 Apr 2021 If in doubt - disclose
19 Apr 2021 Latest ASSET Magazine out now
19 Apr 2021 Private funders seek deals; Avanti hires
19 Apr 2021 Enormous leap in housing stock value
19 Apr 2021 Private fund activity grows
19 Apr 2021 Advisers’ role in the National Strategy for Financial Capability
19 Apr 2021 MMC further expands its executive team
17 Apr 2021 The billion-dollar man - Duff ends 63-year insurance career
16 Apr 2021 BlackRock dumps $1 billion stake in Meridian and Contact
16 Apr 2021 Cigna applies new commissions for advisers
16 Apr 2021 Housing policies’ effects: Few and far between
16 Apr 2021 Avanti aims for experience in top roles
16 Apr 2021 Banks given clean bill of health — but will Aussie lenders sell NZ operations?
16 Apr 2021 Compass Life heads in a new direction after buy-out
15 Apr 2021 North Shore’s a sure thing
15 Apr 2021 Investors cash up $100m for renewable energy sell-off
15 Apr 2021 Banks and non-banks given clean bill of health
15 Apr 2021 House prices hit new highs
15 Apr 2021 Lower for longer rate environment ahead
15 Apr 2021 US fraudster dies in prison
15 Apr 2021 Advisers should lead from the front on climate disclosure
14 Apr 2021 Market ‘perfectly priced’ for placeholder monetary review
14 Apr 2021 MMC deliver high client service levels despite disruptive times
14 Apr 2021 Role changes for Fidelity Life executives
14 Apr 2021 Economists react as OCR kept on hold
14 Apr 2021 Salt adds new global funds manager to the mix
14 Apr 2021 OCR decision revealed
14 Apr 2021 Mortgaged investors still buying, but the game has changed
14 Apr 2021 Active+ appoints new chief executive
14 Apr 2021 One year of nib Covid-19 support for members and community
14 Apr 2021 Booster hops on the craft beer bus
14 Apr 2021 Advisers’ part to play: FMA KiwiSaver fee guidance
13 Apr 2021 Aussie investors spot value in A2 Milk
13 Apr 2021 Gangs wreck Ōtara woman’s tenancy
13 Apr 2021 Asteron adds to North Island management team
13 Apr 2021 OCR could be on hold for four years
13 Apr 2021 FMA breaks down the data
13 Apr 2021 Rates could be on hold for four years
13 Apr 2021 Pandemic shifting the dial on residential design
12 Apr 2021 Shares sink on shock CEO resignations
12 Apr 2021 Partners Life back big-screen documentary
12 Apr 2021 OCR predictions revealed; SBS rate hikes
12 Apr 2021 Top ANZ executive to leave in June
12 Apr 2021 OCR Preview Survey: Rate to hold
12 Apr 2021 The best in ethical investing to be awarded
12 Apr 2021 nib brings back popular offer
10 Apr 2021 From army life to life insurance - a big gun leaves the industry
09 Apr 2021 Pacific Edge surges; NZX 50 falls
09 Apr 2021 Will advisers apply for full licences?
09 Apr 2021 Landlord polls: Rents will lift, sales will be low
09 Apr 2021 Live Webinar with Kris Pedersen Mortgages
09 Apr 2021 QuoteMonster appoints new general manager
09 Apr 2021 Valocity aims to cut valuation turnaround times
09 Apr 2021 Valocity aims to cut valuation turnaround times
09 Apr 2021 NZ Super Fund: Links to Myanmar military
08 Apr 2021 A2 helps NZ shares play catch up
08 Apr 2021 Cigna unveils significant changes
08 Apr 2021 Reverse mortgage enquiries soar
08 Apr 2021 Biggest month in agency’s history
08 Apr 2021 Are interest-only lending limits less likely?; Heretaunga Building Society rate cut
08 Apr 2021 Keeping compliance costs down
07 Apr 2021 AMP Capital loses two senior members
07 Apr 2021 NZ shares climb as global economy tipped for recover
07 Apr 2021 Are interest-only lending limits now less likely?
07 Apr 2021 Two new Guardians appointed
07 Apr 2021 HSBC fixed rates creep up; Landlords feel the heat
07 Apr 2021 HSBC fixed rates creep up
06 Apr 2021 Interest in interest rates is rising
06 Apr 2021 Renewable energy stocks begin final descent
06 Apr 2021 Could biodiversity be used as a financial instrument?
06 Apr 2021 Landlords feeling the heat – Government won’t care
06 Apr 2021 Recognising an outstanding career
06 Apr 2021 Have you been thinking enough about qualifications?
06 Apr 2021 Cash will be king for property investors
06 Apr 2021 Registered valuation chaos; Specialist property lender role
06 Apr 2021 Registered valuation chaos
06 Apr 2021 Are robots the future of advice?
02 Apr 2021 [The Wrap] FSLAA isn't the only big change advisers need to be aware of
01 Apr 2021 Thrills and spills for small cap stocks
01 Apr 2021 Things we really haven't been thinking about too much
01 Apr 2021 Pheasant spreads his wings
01 Apr 2021 AMP chief to exit, ANZ deputy to replace
01 Apr 2021 FMT's Kinzett to retire; Prospa added to government business loan scheme
01 Apr 2021 FMT's Tony Kinzett to retire
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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