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October 2020
20 Oct 2020 Kiwi dollar hits three month high against Aussie
20 Oct 2020 2.25% one year rate from the Co-op
20 Oct 2020 AMP change KiwiSaver from active to passive
20 Oct 2020 COMMENT: Is a post-election market surge likely?
20 Oct 2020 Negative OCR still needed: Westpac
20 Oct 2020 Negative OCR still needed - Westpac
19 Oct 2020 Markets unrattled by election, electricity sector falls
19 Oct 2020 Avanti hires credit specialist
19 Oct 2020 Negative official cash rate still needed: Westpac
19 Oct 2020 High LVR loans: what does the data say?
19 Oct 2020 High LVR lending: what does the data say?
19 Oct 2020 Hunter: KiwiSaver funds in global shares liable for tax slippage
18 Oct 2020 Going beyond the returns: embracing fintech to deepen human connections
18 Oct 2020 Election, recovery and vaccine uncertainty
16 Oct 2020 Power rally pauses ahead of election
16 Oct 2020 Something’s gotta give on prices
16 Oct 2020 LVR limits will return for investors
16 Oct 2020 LVR limits tipped to return for investors next year; ASB 18 month rate cut
16 Oct 2020 [FSC Conference] The rise of the machines; Robo like a toddler
16 Oct 2020 FSC finds New Zealanders’ financial resilience shines through tough times
16 Oct 2020 LVR limits will return for investors: Alexander
15 Oct 2020 Equity rally stalls as caution returns
15 Oct 2020 Asteron (and Suncorp) appoints new boss
15 Oct 2020 Tough conditions for the self-employed
15 Oct 2020 COMMENT: Property investment tax advantages
15 Oct 2020 [FSC Conference] We need to talk about retirement; National MP calls for compulsory super
15 Oct 2020 Full licence provisions to be released by mid-November
14 Oct 2020 Mainfreight leads shares higher
14 Oct 2020 Tough conditions for self-employed borrowers
14 Oct 2020 New board members announced at Financial Advice NZ
14 Oct 2020 What do clients think of their advisers?; Why house prices will keep rising
14 Oct 2020 Market correction? Don’t hold your breath.
14 Oct 2020 South Canterbury Finance final rites
14 Oct 2020 Trusted Adviser mark finally launched
14 Oct 2020 [FSC Conference] Robertson v Goldsmith; Fixing income protection; RBNZ update
14 Oct 2020 What do clients think of mortgage advisers?
13 Oct 2020 NZ shares rise for tenth session
13 Oct 2020 CPA announce finalists for Integrated Reporting Awards
13 Oct 2020 Avanti's Winterbottom promoted-
13 Oct 2020 Sales, prices skyrocket in defiant market
13 Oct 2020 Income protection: Lessons from over the ditch
13 Oct 2020 Why Heartland launched a sub 2% rate — the lowest ever in NZ
13 Oct 2020 FMT hires new BDM
13 Oct 2020 Licensing insurance for financial advisers
13 Oct 2020 InvestNow launch KiwiSaver scheme
12 Oct 2020 Contact leads shares higher
12 Oct 2020 Q&A: Why Heartland launched a sub-2% rate
12 Oct 2020 Heartland launches market-leading 1.99% mortgage
12 Oct 2020 [GRTV] Financial advice transformed my life: Shanks
12 Oct 2020 [GRTV] The winners and losers from Covid-19
12 Oct 2020 [GRTV] Depressing imbalances in IP market: Hutchinson
12 Oct 2020 Investment in Auckland’s CBD will survive
12 Oct 2020 Concerns over NZFSG-Kepa deal; SBS Bank rate cuts
12 Oct 2020 Concerns over NZFSG-Kepa deal
10 Oct 2020 [GRTV] Financial advice transformed my life: Shanks
09 Oct 2020 Hot property market drives shares higher
09 Oct 2020 Wealthpoint creates new head of investments role
09 Oct 2020 Changes at Avanti
09 Oct 2020 Are banks more flexible on high LVR?; Four ways low rates have boosted the market
09 Oct 2020 Four ways low rates have boosted the market
09 Oct 2020 COMMENT: Accessing commercial property assets
09 Oct 2020 Super Fund gains through carbon reduction
08 Oct 2020 NZ shares surge as Trump puts stimulus back on table
08 Oct 2020 Are banks treating high LVR customers any differently?
08 Oct 2020 No sign of investor exodus
08 Oct 2020 Heretaunga Building Society rate cuts
08 Oct 2020 KiwiSaver supermarkets – real competition for corner dairy schemes
08 Oct 2020 Milestone offers ‘Investment Development Day’ for IFA advisers
07 Oct 2020 Kiwi falls as Trump spikes stimulus deal
07 Oct 2020 Hunters v gathers in the new world
07 Oct 2020 Mike Pero hires in Auckland and Christchurch; Are returning Kiwis driving market?
07 Oct 2020 Mike Pero Mortgages bolsters Auckland and Christchurch teams
07 Oct 2020 FMA tells online investors to do their homework
06 Oct 2020 Travel stocks lead stock market higher
06 Oct 2020 How Global Finance plans to help clients after Covid
06 Oct 2020 Are returning Kiwis really a market driver?
06 Oct 2020 Small business boost; National plans landlord changes
06 Oct 2020 [GRTV] The winners and losers from Covid-19
06 Oct 2020 The power of social media
05 Oct 2020 NZ shares rise with Aussie market
05 Oct 2020 Tenancy reforms, tax changes would go under National
05 Oct 2020 Small business loan boost
05 Oct 2020 Cigna Life appoint new GM of distribution
05 Oct 2020 Big damage pay-out awarded to landlord
05 Oct 2020 Frustration over home loan processing
05 Oct 2020 Frustration over home loan processing
04 Oct 2020 Tender for default KiwiSaver funds finally arrives
02 Oct 2020 Shares edge higher as Aussie border opens
02 Oct 2020 Labour plans to regulate property managers
02 Oct 2020 AIA rolls out new claims management service
02 Oct 2020 Booming sales in the Super City
02 Oct 2020 Mortgage Express hires ex-Kiwibank AFA
02 Oct 2020 Why Kepa and NZFSG merged; Mortgage Express hire from Kiwibank
02 Oct 2020 COMMENT: The true cost to build a house
02 Oct 2020 FMA KiwiSaver report: Contributions, fund-switching and fees
01 Oct 2020 Healthcare stocks lead market higher
01 Oct 2020 [The Wrap] How the mighty have fallen (or are wavering)
01 Oct 2020 Fidelity Life to stop upfront commission on inflation increases
01 Oct 2020 Reserve Bank relaunches Insurance Act review
01 Oct 2020 ASB cuts four and five year fixed rates; Values on the rise again
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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