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April 2021
01 Apr 2021 Prospa included in Business Finance Guarantee scheme
01 Apr 2021 Responsible goes retail: why Mint has opened the SRI tin
March 2021
31 Mar 2021 Shares rise as tough quarter ends
31 Mar 2021 ASB chairman to take a walk
31 Mar 2021 Concerns over valuation turnarounds; Bluestone bolsters Auckland presence
31 Mar 2021 Bluestone bolsters Auckland presence
31 Mar 2021 Concern over valuation turnarounds
31 Mar 2021 Cybercrime rise: Advisers need to be on guard
30 Mar 2021 Auckland Airport takes off; NZ shares gain
30 Mar 2021 Persistent failure to lodge bonds: First ever court case
30 Mar 2021 Insurance professionals get time to shine
30 Mar 2021 Sharp drop in building consents
30 Mar 2021 Cigna retains strong AM Best financial rating
30 Mar 2021 BNZ keeps lending tight amid turnaround struggle
30 Mar 2021 New FSPR reporting: What you need to know
29 Mar 2021 Serko cracks $7 as NZ shares rise
29 Mar 2021 BNZ keeps lending tight amid turnaround struggle
29 Mar 2021 Cigna retains high Financial Strength Rating
29 Mar 2021 Housing market on war footing
29 Mar 2021 How housing reforms could impact interest rates
29 Mar 2021 Hot in the Hutt
29 Mar 2021 How housing reforms could impact interest rates
29 Mar 2021 Manager takes a bet on cryptocurrency
26 Mar 2021 NZ shares finish week 1% lower
26 Mar 2021 Craigs Investment Partners’ CEO calling it a day
26 Mar 2021 AIA adds more benefits to Vitality; Changes Airpoints
26 Mar 2021 Wealthpoints adds expanded general insurance offering
26 Mar 2021 Mint NZ SRI fund now accessible to retail clients
26 Mar 2021 Big banks weigh affordability changes
26 Mar 2021 Big banks weigh affordability changes
26 Mar 2021 War of words over nukes
25 Mar 2021 Property stocks attract attention
25 Mar 2021 The year for property politicking
25 Mar 2021 ANZ reviews investor lending; Westpac NZ sale process
25 Mar 2021 ANZ reviews investor lending amid reforms
25 Mar 2021 Westpac confirms NZ sale process
25 Mar 2021 PI relief for small advice firm
24 Mar 2021 COMMENT: The good, the bad and the ugly
24 Mar 2021 Retirement stocks fall on housing policy
24 Mar 2021 Westpac Group weighs NZ sale
24 Mar 2021 Pathfinder first carbon-neutral KiwiSaver
24 Mar 2021 Mortgage Express Wairarapa appointment
24 Mar 2021 Advisers slam housing reforms; Westpac censured by Reserve Bank
24 Mar 2021 Advisers slam housing market reforms
24 Mar 2021 Trust tax disclosure changes: What advisers need to know
24 Mar 2021 Westpac censured by Reserve Bank over governance
23 Mar 2021 Pushpay shares surge as new investor buys cornerstone
23 Mar 2021 Scrapping tax deductibility not the way to go
23 Mar 2021 Policy ‘not rooted in reality’
23 Mar 2021 Challenging times ahead for investors: Westpac
23 Mar 2021 Years before changes make any difference
23 Mar 2021 Govt whacks property investors
23 Mar 2021 Government announces investor clampdown
23 Mar 2021 Government unveils investor clampdown
23 Mar 2021 Interest-only lending changes loom
23 Mar 2021 Wealthpoint adds general insurance to help advisers grow their businesses
22 Mar 2021 Client servicing is a big issue under the new rules
22 Mar 2021 Electricity stocks shed $42m of value
22 Mar 2021 Getting cross over Cancer cover
22 Mar 2021 Shuffling the top deck at Fidelity Life
22 Mar 2021 Fixing still in borrowers best interests
22 Mar 2021 Former NZ Super Fund employee to review fund
22 Mar 2021 Focus on commission disclosure, Mike Pero Mortgages changes
22 Mar 2021 Focus on commission disclosure
22 Mar 2021 Mike Pero recruits new advisers
20 Mar 2021 Investors could be bitten hard this year
19 Mar 2021 NZ shares rise as index funds rebalance
19 Mar 2021 James Greig to lead FMA monitoring of new regime
19 Mar 2021 Fidelity aims for sustainable commission structure
19 Mar 2021 Hunter Investment Management positioned for growth with new hire
19 Mar 2021 Long term rate time?; New mortgage lender; Loan Market hires
19 Mar 2021 Are long-term rates the best bet?
19 Mar 2021 New mortgage lender for developers
19 Mar 2021 Tenant’s hardship brings up legal issues
19 Mar 2021 New path forged: Alvarium and Pathfinder merge
18 Mar 2021 Investors ignore weak GDP data
18 Mar 2021 Alvarium bring two directors on board
18 Mar 2021 Fund opens housing development options
18 Mar 2021 Tenancy terminated after house empty for a year
18 Mar 2021 Disclosure warning as new regulations come into effect
18 Mar 2021 New hires at Loan Market
18 Mar 2021 The Kiwi Adviser Network launches; January lending boom
18 Mar 2021 The Kiwi Adviser Network launches
18 Mar 2021 Boom: 88 KiwiSaver funds invested in nukes
17 Mar 2021 SNAP: Five day rally ends
17 Mar 2021 Record lending in January: Reserve Bank data shows
17 Mar 2021 Hawkes Bay Financial Adviser Brad MacDonald joins Plus4
17 Mar 2021 Will LVRs have a significant impact?
17 Mar 2021 New adviser laws create opportunities
17 Mar 2021 FMA chief executive resigns
17 Mar 2021 Q&A: The Kiwi Adviser Network
16 Mar 2021 NZ shares rise for fifth day straight
16 Mar 2021 Meteoric market to continue until mid-year
16 Mar 2021 Better research wanted for privacy probe into landlords
16 Mar 2021 Harassment ends with substantial damages award
16 Mar 2021 Thoughts on the new regime
16 Mar 2021 Swings and roundabouts of new regime
15 Mar 2021 Shares surge on Infratil's $3b Tilt sale
15 Mar 2021 Shanks: What is next for financial advisers?
15 Mar 2021 Advisers welcome new regime
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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