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March 2021
15 Mar 2021 FMA welcomes advisers to new regime
15 Mar 2021 Minister Clark welcomes FSLAA with nod of confidence to the industry
15 Mar 2021 March 15 — the new regime is here
15 Mar 2021 Regulation change to broaden and strengthen industry: Dale-Jones
14 Mar 2021 [The Wrap] Are you ready for the new world
13 Mar 2021 House prices and numbers sold soar
12 Mar 2021 US stimulus sign off sees NZ shares surge
12 Mar 2021 Select Wealth' parent company scores gold
12 Mar 2021 Banking on digital transformation – how Teams is reshaping financial services.
12 Mar 2021 Banking on digital transformation – how Teams is reshaping financial services.
12 Mar 2021 Housing confidence falling, rate hike expectations
12 Mar 2021 Is property market confidence falling?
12 Mar 2021 Title fight: FSCL vs Ombudsman drags on
11 Mar 2021 Travel stocks rally on Aussie reopening
11 Mar 2021 ‘Spring cleaning on steroids’ for March 15
11 Mar 2021 Basecorp raises $250m and cuts rates
11 Mar 2021 AMP Capital sells global shares fund to Canadian firm
10 Mar 2021 Housing crisis needs building surge
10 Mar 2021 Is demand for investment property dwindling?
10 Mar 2021 NZ shares rise as bond yields ease
10 Mar 2021 Housing crisis needs building surge
10 Mar 2021 Basecorp eyes expansion with $250 million funding
10 Mar 2021 NZFSG excited by adviser channel growth
10 Mar 2021 NZFSG excited by adviser channel growth
10 Mar 2021 KiwiSaver funds bankroll community housing
09 Mar 2021 Shares climb on US fiscal stimulus
09 Mar 2021 Investor activity waning?
09 Mar 2021 Investor activity waning?
09 Mar 2021 More women needed in industry: NZ Super Fund boss
09 Mar 2021 Unlicensed advisers need a contingency plan: FMA
08 Mar 2021 Fidelity names its top advisers
08 Mar 2021 F&P Healthcare pulls NZX 50 lower
08 Mar 2021 Live Webinar with Kris Pedersen Mortgages
08 Mar 2021 Time to lock in long term rates?; Kainga Ora rate cuts
08 Mar 2021 Time to lock in long-term rates?
08 Mar 2021 Adviser learns her fate from FADC
05 Mar 2021 Shares fall as My Food Bag debut disappoints
05 Mar 2021 Industry feedback refines Insurance Solvency Standards
05 Mar 2021 Investor demand expected to diminish as LVRs kick in
05 Mar 2021 FMA warns adviser for KiwiSaver advice
05 Mar 2021 New lending rules likely
05 Mar 2021 New lending rules likely
05 Mar 2021 Earning credits by learning money
05 Mar 2021 Harbour reanchors its index funds
05 Mar 2021 Alternative capital pathways on the up: FMA reports
04 Mar 2021 Shares tumble as Synlait pulls guidance
04 Mar 2021 Fidelity Life adviser awards announced
04 Mar 2021 New aggregator gets cybersecurity boost; Westpac economist off to Treasury
04 Mar 2021 New aggregator gets cybersecurity boost
04 Mar 2021 RIAA calls on industry to think beyond carbon
03 Mar 2021 Shares flat and dollar higher as dairy prices boom
03 Mar 2021 ‘Director for hire’ sentenced for FSPR abuse
03 Mar 2021 Westpac chief economist off to the Treasury
03 Mar 2021 Housing market shows possible first shoots of downward slide
03 Mar 2021 Rising rates to end housing boom; Pepper picks new BDMs
03 Mar 2021 Pepper picks new BDMs
03 Mar 2021 Rising rates to end housing boom
03 Mar 2021 How can the industry engage with retail investor craze?
02 Mar 2021 A2 drives share market recovery
02 Mar 2021 New build loan boost
02 Mar 2021 New build loan boost
02 Mar 2021 Provincial towns worst hit by housing affordability issues
02 Mar 2021 How share splits and consolidation affect the value of a business
02 Mar 2021 Strategi offers ‘Covid assistance pack’ to advisers
01 Mar 2021 NZ shares bounce after dire February
01 Mar 2021 One bank steps back from advisers — another comes forward
01 Mar 2021 One bank steps back from advisers – another comes forward
01 Mar 2021 Are interest rates rising?; Back to lockdown
01 Mar 2021 Are interest rates on the rise?
February 2021
26 Feb 2021 NZ shares snap six-day decline
26 Feb 2021 AMP Capital: Ares and AMP pursue 60/40 partnership
26 Feb 2021 TSB cuts adviser accreditations
26 Feb 2021 Auckland has the worst unaffordable housing market globally
26 Feb 2021 TSB cuts broker accreditations
26 Feb 2021 Concern adviser outreach may be shackled by FMA ad guidance
26 Feb 2021 Prospa NZ loans pass $100 million mark
25 Feb 2021 a2 sends NZX 50 to 4-month low
25 Feb 2021 NZX sponsor Snowball to roll listings down the pipeline
25 Feb 2021 House prices added to Reserve Bank remit
25 Feb 2021 House prices added to Reserve Bank remit
25 Feb 2021 Down to work within a week of forming partnership
24 Feb 2021 Shares fall as investors call RBNZ's bluff
24 Feb 2021 RBNZ governor wants lower loan rates
24 Feb 2021 RBNZ plots steady course: economists react
24 Feb 2021 OCR decision revealed
24 Feb 2021 New Delta appointment: Growth and vision focused
24 Feb 2021 Bank profits plummet ... to $4.4 billion
24 Feb 2021 Bank profits plummet ... to $4.4 billion
24 Feb 2021 Many advisers not ready for D-Day
23 Feb 2021 NZX 50 dips towards technical correction
23 Feb 2021 Q & A: Should I shift to a digital advice process?
23 Feb 2021 [Opinion] A solution for NZ's housing crisis
23 Feb 2021 Is Value back, or do Growth managers still reign?
23 Feb 2021 Are investors backing off?; Record December; Heartland digital loan continues
23 Feb 2021 Are investors backing off?; Record December; Heartland digital loan continues
23 Feb 2021 Are investors backing off?; Record December; Heartland digital loan continues
23 Feb 2021 Are investors backing off?
23 Feb 2021 Jumping lessons: what all investors can learn from GameStop loss
23 Feb 2021 Heartland digital home loan set to stay
23 Feb 2021 Guaranteed medical cover policy wordings
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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?
2 weeks ago Simon Rule