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November 2020
27 Nov 2020 Milford continues Australian expansion
27 Nov 2020 DTIs: what do advisers think?
27 Nov 2020 Reserve Bank eyes DTIs
27 Nov 2020 Why life expectancy has improved – and how much further we can go?
27 Nov 2020 Kernel finishes first year with capital raise
27 Nov 2020 Fidelity Life’s transformation continues with top culture award
26 Nov 2020 New digital partnership for nib
26 Nov 2020 NZX50 runs out of puff as Kiwi marches higher
26 Nov 2020 Reserve Bank eyes DTIs
26 Nov 2020 Health Funds Association NZ and Financial Services Council to merge
26 Nov 2020 Evidence mounts for NZ property market rebound
26 Nov 2020 COMMENT:
26 Nov 2020 Fidelity Life bags top culture award
26 Nov 2020 Record October mortgage lending; Is a negative OCR now less likely?
26 Nov 2020 Nikko AM disrupts KiwiSaver market with high performing ARK fund
25 Nov 2020 Shares soar amid flurry of local news
25 Nov 2020 Record October mortgage lending
25 Nov 2020 Is a negative OCR now less likely?
25 Nov 2020 Swan flies in; Graham lands new gig
25 Nov 2020 DTIs and high LVR lending a risk; Robertson intervenes on housing; BNZ brings back LVRs
25 Nov 2020 Financial Stability Report: DTI and high-risk lending a concern
25 Nov 2020 AMP Capital insider flies into top job
24 Nov 2020 Kiwi dollar spikes as RBNZ challenged on house prices
24 Nov 2020 Craigs makes three changes at the top
24 Nov 2020 Finance minister intervenes on house prices
24 Nov 2020 Finance minister intervenes on house prices
24 Nov 2020 BNZ reintroduces LVR limits
24 Nov 2020 How many people are still asking for home loan help?; ICBC rate cuts
24 Nov 2020 How many people are still asking for home loan help?
24 Nov 2020 NZ investors targeted by scammers: Why advisers need to take note
23 Nov 2020 NZ shares rally as retail data rebounds
23 Nov 2020 Tough conditions for first home buyers
23 Nov 2020 Tough conditions for first home buyers
22 Nov 2020 [The Wrap] What to make of changes in dealer group land
20 Nov 2020 NZ shares fall on Ryman result and strong currency
20 Nov 2020 Pathfinder wins big at the 2020 Sustainable Business Awards
20 Nov 2020 AMP's move to passive creates opportunities for active managers
20 Nov 2020 Industry calls for Welcome Home Loan changes; BNZ axes branches
20 Nov 2020 Professional indemnity insurance: What advisers need to know
19 Nov 2020 Hawkes Bay adviser joins Milestone
19 Nov 2020 Tourism Holdings leads second fall for NZ shares
19 Nov 2020 Harmoney floats
19 Nov 2020 Industry keen for Welcome Home Loan changes
19 Nov 2020 SHARE and Newpark confirm merger; Countdown to healthy homes
19 Nov 2020 BNZ to shut 38 branches
19 Nov 2020 FMA seeks consultation on proposed guidance for advertising
18 Nov 2020 A2 Milk ends 11-day share market rally
18 Nov 2020 SHARE confirms Newpark acquisition
18 Nov 2020 SHARE confirms Newpark acquisition
18 Nov 2020 Newpark sold to surprise buyer; NZFSG-Kepa merger closes; Big bank broker boss retires
18 Nov 2020 Newpark sold to a surprise buyer
18 Nov 2020 Newpark sold to a surprise buyer
18 Nov 2020 Select Wealth Management launches adviser focused KiwiSaver scheme
18 Nov 2020 NZFSG-Kepa finalise merger
17 Nov 2020 Second vaccine sees investors eye recovery
17 Nov 2020 FMA release full licence application guide
17 Nov 2020 New director appointed to Lifetime board
17 Nov 2020 Liberty Financial plans IPO; How low will mortgage rates go?
17 Nov 2020 Liberty Financial plans stock market float
17 Nov 2020 First quarter claims rise, nib report
17 Nov 2020 Just 14 days until new healthy homes standards kick in
17 Nov 2020 PRI’s updated framework a challenge for responsible investors
16 Nov 2020 Fidelity Life dials up new tech
16 Nov 2020 NZ shares and dollar rise as optimism lingers
16 Nov 2020 How low will one and two-year rates go?
16 Nov 2020 New Loan Market CEO; Will we get negative rates?; ANZ brings back LVRs
16 Nov 2020 Perception of conflict of interest serious as the real thing
16 Nov 2020 Why negative rates might not be needed
15 Nov 2020 [The Wrap] Are banks heading for the advice exit door?
13 Nov 2020 F&P Healthcare drives gain as investors hedged on pandemic
13 Nov 2020 Loan Market names new CEO
13 Nov 2020 ANZ reintroduces investor LVRs
13 Nov 2020 Does liability for advice stop when clients are sold?
13 Nov 2020 ASB slashes rates, brings back investor LVRs; Advisers divided on LVR return
13 Nov 2020 Westpac and Forsyth Barr confirm strategic partnership
12 Nov 2020 Big bank broker boss retires
12 Nov 2020 Shares flat as volatile prices settle
12 Nov 2020 ASB brings back investor LVRs
12 Nov 2020 Financial Advice NZ and FMA partner to launch full licensing application guide
12 Nov 2020 New Zealand death rates low, despite Covid-19
12 Nov 2020 Advisers divided on LVR return
12 Nov 2020 Have the odds of a negative OCR fallen?; Orr defends LVR decision
12 Nov 2020 Does New Zealand really need four dispute resolution schemes?
11 Nov 2020 Dollar soars as investors price out negative cash rate
11 Nov 2020 Orr has no regrets on scrapping LVR limits
11 Nov 2020 Economists react to bank funding programme
11 Nov 2020 OCR decision revealed
11 Nov 2020 Reserve Bank looks to bring back lending restrictions
11 Nov 2020 LVR limits set to return; Bank capital rules delayed; How will RBNZ push down rates?
11 Nov 2020 LVR limits set to return
11 Nov 2020 What is the Reserve Bank's new plan to cut interest rates?
11 Nov 2020 Bank capital rules delayed until 2022
11 Nov 2020 Biden win boosts potential ESG boom
10 Nov 2020 Vaccine hopes prompt rotation into hardest hit covid stocks
10 Nov 2020 Southern Cross/ProCare partnership opens up virtual GP service
10 Nov 2020 Heartland 2.5% floating rate; ASB using DTI test; Pepper promise
10 Nov 2020 Adviser consultancy firms say full licensing provisions bring mandate for change
10 Nov 2020 ASB using debt-to-income ratios
09 Nov 2020 NZX 50 hits record; kiwi dollar at 18-month high
09 Nov 2020 Pepper makes trail pledge
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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