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June 2020
25 Jun 2020 Covid fears cast pall on sharemarket (again); Air NZ drops
25 Jun 2020 Mortgage borrowing rebounds in May
25 Jun 2020 SuperCity yields improving
25 Jun 2020 What’s going on in the rental market
25 Jun 2020 Date set for new regime
25 Jun 2020 OCR reaction: more action to push rates lower?
24 Jun 2020 Financial advice's 'golden opportunity'
24 Jun 2020 Investors chasing yield push the sharemarket higher
24 Jun 2020 QE the preferred tool for lower rates: economists
24 Jun 2020 OCR decision revealed
24 Jun 2020 S&P forecast 10% house price fall
24 Jun 2020 BNZ and Resimac cut rates; OCR decision later
24 Jun 2020 Financial Advice NZ launches Trusted Adviser
24 Jun 2020 Mid-year outlook: Recovery on the horizon
23 Jun 2020 Logical appointment at National Capital
23 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as Ebos shareholder sells down; covid jitters remain
23 Jun 2020 Resimac cuts specialist floating rates
23 Jun 2020 Mould complaint doesn’t warrant reduced tenancy term
23 Jun 2020 All clear for AMP Life sale
23 Jun 2020 Reaction to full licensing details; Nelson Building Society rate cuts
23 Jun 2020 Mixed response to full licensing details
23 Jun 2020 NZ Funds adds adviser
22 Jun 2020 No annual returns this year
22 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as fears of a second covid wave rise
22 Jun 2020 OCR Preview Survey: key things to watch; Kiwibank rate cut
22 Jun 2020 OCR Preview Survey: OCR set to remain on hold
22 Jun 2020 Maple-Brown Abbott adds two as ESG focus increases
21 Jun 2020 Changes at Mike Pero Mortgages
20 Jun 2020 Advisers 'firebreaker' for clients, Botica says
19 Jun 2020 NZ shares rise; index moves push Port of Tauranga to record
19 Jun 2020 Select Wealth creates new head
19 Jun 2020 Market outlook: what economists have to say
19 Jun 2020 ASB eases lending policy, cuts rates; Go Home Loans rate cuts
19 Jun 2020 Ways to sell more insurance
19 Jun 2020 Retirement Income Group hits growth milestone
18 Jun 2020 KiwiSaver data shows top performers
18 Jun 2020 Air NZ's share price brought back to earth; Heightened pandemic fears weigh on the market
18 Jun 2020 ASSET June Disclaimers
18 Jun 2020 Tenancy termination ban lifted
18 Jun 2020 Huge surge in buyer demand
18 Jun 2020 CareSaver appoints new head of client engagement
18 Jun 2020 Advisers join Mortgage Link
18 Jun 2020 QE could push mortgage rates lower; FMA reveals full licensing details
18 Jun 2020 ASB eases lending policy
17 Jun 2020 Licence classes welcomed, more clarity needed on some criteria: Shanks
17 Jun 2020 Market posts its biggest gain since March; A2 and F&P take the lead
17 Jun 2020 ACC to decarbonise it portfolio
17 Jun 2020 QE could push mortgage rates even lower: ASB
17 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Watch out for some market surprises: Gaynor
17 Jun 2020 FAP or Fiction - Five Clues
17 Jun 2020 Southland comes up trumps for investors
17 Jun 2020 FMA finally shows what full licensing looks like
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze; Allow KiwiSaver for investment properties?
17 Jun 2020 New-to-bank lending freeze
16 Jun 2020 'At some point someone needs to be allowed to lose some money'
16 Jun 2020 US Fed stimulus drives global rally; Including NZ
16 Jun 2020 COMMENT: Allow KiwiSaver for investment properties
16 Jun 2020 Positive signs in property market; Re-opening could affect OCR
16 Jun 2020 Considering the trans-Tasman bubble
16 Jun 2020 Beating expectations
16 Jun 2020 Investors offered rural exposure – without the risk
15 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as new virus cases appear in China
15 Jun 2020 Strong comeback could affect OCR outlook
15 Jun 2020 Funeral cover dead and buried
15 Jun 2020 Market feels Covid-19 impact
15 Jun 2020 Cash backs creep up; Kiwibank cuts
15 Jun 2020 Cash backs creep up
14 Jun 2020 Newpark plots new future, tells advisers to make a choice
12 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as Asia joins global sell-off
12 Jun 2020 Melanie Purdey
12 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Full Interview: Sam Tremethick
12 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Melanie Purdey
12 Jun 2020 [GRTV] Clear value proposition is key
12 Jun 2020 Wind up emergency tenancy provisions now - REINZ
12 Jun 2020 Trading NZPIF places
12 Jun 2020 Kiwibank slashes 1% from floating rates; Newpark seeks investment; ICBC cut;
11 Jun 2020 Cold water poured on V-shaped recovery
11 Jun 2020 BNZ to put all staff through courses
11 Jun 2020 Level one: the new normal
11 Jun 2020 Kiwibank cuts 1% from floating rates, rivals cut fixed rates
11 Jun 2020 ANZ launches 2.65% one-year special
11 Jun 2020 Nikko opens platform to advisers
11 Jun 2020 Industry unites in message to select committee
10 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as world waits on the Fed
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 AMP ditches offices
10 Jun 2020 Investors hunt for bargains
10 Jun 2020 Shake-up for Lifetime
10 Jun 2020 nib extends its COVID-19 member support package
09 Jun 2020 Strong kiwi weighs on exporters pushing sharemarket down
09 Jun 2020 [GRTV] FAP or Fiction?
09 Jun 2020 $75m on offer for new developments
09 Jun 2020 Optimism about level one; First Mortgage Trust makes key hires
09 Jun 2020 First Mortgage Trust makes business development hires
09 Jun 2020 Advisers optimistic about alert level one
09 Jun 2020 Adviser sector facing lumpy income, uncertain times – and opportunities
08 Jun 2020 NZX50 back in positive territory on optimism over recovery
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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