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August 2020
24 Aug 2020 Adviser calls to ditch default schemes
24 Aug 2020 Money Week an opportunity to reach out, Financial Advice NZ says
22 Aug 2020 Advisers offered support package
21 Aug 2020 NZ shares rise on bullish earnings
21 Aug 2020 Asteron Life profit drops
21 Aug 2020 Reverse mortgages an option for struggling borrowers?; Investor market share increases
21 Aug 2020 Start date for regime unlikely to change again
20 Aug 2020 Heavyweight stocks drag market down
20 Aug 2020 Reverse mortgages an option for struggling borrowers: Heartland
20 Aug 2020 Simplicity launches 2.25% floating rate
20 Aug 2020 Investors' market share on the rise
20 Aug 2020 ANZ puts aside $79 million for bad loans; Tenancy reforms become law
20 Aug 2020 AIA reveals grant winners
20 Aug 2020 Treasury, MBIE mull options for KiwiSaver default scheme
19 Aug 2020 Investors hit pause on market rally. Find out why.
19 Aug 2020 Super Fund scores As for responsible investment
19 Aug 2020 Court of Appeal backs Asteron Life in battle with former broker
19 Aug 2020 ANZ sets aside an extra $79 million for bad loans
19 Aug 2020 Changes to RTA now in force
19 Aug 2020 BNZ joins rivals with negative OCR forecast
19 Aug 2020 Election not an issue for property buyers & sellers
19 Aug 2020 FinTech expert bolsters Mosaic FSI advisory board
19 Aug 2020 Mike Pero Mortgages makes new hires; How can the market operate at level three?
19 Aug 2020 Mike Pero Mortgages makes new appointments
19 Aug 2020 Advisers to be offered branded investment platforms
18 Aug 2020 Shares rise, dollar softens as negative cash rate predicted
18 Aug 2020 Data supports markets
18 Aug 2020 TSB launches 2.49% one year rate; OCR predicted to go negative
18 Aug 2020 Negative OCR on the way: ASB and ANZ
18 Aug 2020 Analysts pick Covid-19 losers on NZX
17 Aug 2020 Shares rise as negative interest rates loom
17 Aug 2020 Mortgage deferral scheme extended to March
17 Aug 2020 Deferral scheme extended to March
17 Aug 2020 COMMENT: Real estate possible at level three
17 Aug 2020 Aon to offer free wills in a new deal with Footprint
17 Aug 2020 Advisers ready for extended lockdown; Wairarapa Building Society cuts rates
17 Aug 2020 Advisers ready for extended lockdown
17 Aug 2020 What does ‘treat fairly’ mean in new conduct law?
17 Aug 2020 MMC lands new investment manager
17 Aug 2020 FSCL says client complaint a non-disclosure warning
17 Aug 2020 Covid-19 driving financial services change: McEwan
17 Aug 2020 Public Trust appoints CFO
14 Aug 2020 Credit Suisse and Jarden end their relationship
14 Aug 2020 Domestic bellwether stock Freightways leds NZX lower
14 Aug 2020 Vernon steps into AMP Australia role - for a while
14 Aug 2020 Pepper updates its online mortgage selector tool
14 Aug 2020 Covid-19 return could derail market boom
14 Aug 2020 Why mortgage rates are likely to fall even lower
14 Aug 2020 AMP reports profit drop amid 'solid' result
13 Aug 2020 NZ shares flat as tech rally balances covid fears
13 Aug 2020 Why mortgage rates are likely to fall even lower
13 Aug 2020 Mortgage deferrals to be extended as Reserve Bank tries to push down rates
13 Aug 2020 a2: could the milk be starting to turn?
13 Aug 2020 Advisers adjust to heightened alert levels
12 Aug 2020 Reserve Bank measures limit virus-driven stock slide
12 Aug 2020 Mortgage deferral programme to be extended
12 Aug 2020 Mortgage deferral programme to be extended: Orr
12 Aug 2020 OCR on hold but QE expanded to $100 billion
12 Aug 2020 OCR decision revealed
12 Aug 2020 How Covid-19 has impacted Partners Life
12 Aug 2020 The return of Covid-19: what it means for landlords
12 Aug 2020 Advisers brace for second lockdown; ASB profits drop 20%; OCR decision later
12 Aug 2020 Advisers prepare for second lockdown
12 Aug 2020 ASB profits drop 20%
12 Aug 2020 Record gold prices 'could go higher'
11 Aug 2020 Sharemarket investors go bargain hunting
11 Aug 2020 New advisers join Loan Market
11 Aug 2020 How elections impact on the market
11 Aug 2020 Kainga Ora rate cuts; Greens propose further tenancy reforms
11 Aug 2020 Financial advice makes NZers better off
10 Aug 2020 Local market in lock-step with ASX
10 Aug 2020 Greens propose more landlord regulations
10 Aug 2020 OCR preview: all eyes on quantitative easing; SBS rate cuts
10 Aug 2020 OCR Preview: All eyes on quantitative easing
10 Aug 2020 [GRTV] Too many KiwiSaver managers not adding value
10 Aug 2020 MMC adds to its executive team
10 Aug 2020 Win for financial advisers as CoFI tweaked
10 Aug 2020 Free financial advice on offer
07 Aug 2020 Fidelity Life adds to board
07 Aug 2020 Energy sector leads sharemarket lower
07 Aug 2020 Mint strengthens SRI rating with UNPRI
07 Aug 2020 Kiwibank predicts 6% fall in house prices; Warning over new tenancy laws
07 Aug 2020 Kiwibank expects 6% fall in house prices
07 Aug 2020 Death of small advice firms exaggerated: FMA
06 Aug 2020 NZ shares flat as Tiwai smelter rumours swirl
06 Aug 2020 Persistent RTA breaches cost landlord
06 Aug 2020 Shake-up at AMP
06 Aug 2020 New rental laws will have unexpected outcomes
06 Aug 2020 Borrowers pay down home loans in lockdown
06 Aug 2020 The Co-operative Bank slashes home loan rates
06 Aug 2020 Fund history should reset after reclassification, adviser says
05 Aug 2020 Gold soars on global uncertainty; shares sink
05 Aug 2020 The clock is ticking on getting a transitional licence…
05 Aug 2020 Tied Agency 2.0 – spelt out
05 Aug 2020 It starts with governance
05 Aug 2020 Resimac slashes prime rates
05 Aug 2020 Radical tenancy reforms now law
05 Aug 2020 Is the market resurgence coming to an end?
05 Aug 2020 Financial Advice NZ ponders questions of experience in Trusted Adviser consultation
04 Aug 2020 Better news out of US and Europe drives NZX rally
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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.
3 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