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June 2020
08 Jun 2020 OMNIMax and BNZ work together to help BNZ customers get the most out of KiwiSaver
08 Jun 2020 What lockdown meant for landlords’ finances
08 Jun 2020 New record-low rate at 2.55%; What will alert level one mean for landlords?
08 Jun 2020 Non-Bank help for Advisers is here!
08 Jun 2020 CoFI submitters: Slow down
07 Jun 2020 Covid-19 rattles investor confidence
07 Jun 2020 COMMENT: Will level one mean level one for residential landlords?
05 Jun 2020 NZ shares fall as kiwi dollar weighs on offshore earners
05 Jun 2020 RBNZ 'doing its job'
05 Jun 2020 Bright spots in commercial outlook
05 Jun 2020 nib Foundation supports Lifeline to the tune of $150,000
05 Jun 2020 New record low fixed rate at 2.55%
05 Jun 2020 Financial Markets Authority takes ANZ to court
05 Jun 2020 Southern Cross Health latest claims statistics revealed
05 Jun 2020 Ex-Southern Cross executives launch new venture; TSB slashes rates
05 Jun 2020 FSCL told: Plan for succession, hold on to financial reserves
04 Jun 2020 Third consecutive day of gains on NZX as optimism persists
04 Jun 2020 Concerns over commercial rent dispute plan
04 Jun 2020 Ex-Southern Cross executives start new venture
04 Jun 2020 Bank LVR limits on hold; Co-operative Bank cuts rates
04 Jun 2020 Bank LVR limits on hold
04 Jun 2020 The health insurance sector now has a very powerful ally
04 Jun 2020 Bank LVR limits on hold
04 Jun 2020 CareSaver makes private equity investments
03 Jun 2020 Investors eye covid recovery
03 Jun 2020 Weak sales, resilient prices
03 Jun 2020 Time for financial advisers to step up on KiwiSaver
03 Jun 2020 Pie: Covid sharpened focus on changes required
03 Jun 2020 SBS revamps reverse mortgage; ASB helps bereaved borrowers
03 Jun 2020 Former BNZ bankers back new advice firm
03 Jun 2020 SBS revamps reverse mortgage product
03 Jun 2020 Market teeters on cliff edge - QV
02 Jun 2020 NZ shares soar as investors get FOMO
02 Jun 2020 Southern Cross halves staff numbers
02 Jun 2020 Compliance statement deadline extended
02 Jun 2020 AIA offers more commission
02 Jun 2020 AIA, ASB join forces to offer cover
02 Jun 2020 Consents fall could have been worse
02 Jun 2020 No post-Covid-19 dent in asking prices
02 Jun 2020 ANZ sells UDC – again
02 Jun 2020 ASB to help bereaved borrowers
02 Jun 2020 The risk of finding income in a low-interest-rate world
02 Jun 2020 Lending policies changing rapidly; TSB price match
02 Jun 2020 Three big things that are forcing consumers to re-think
02 Jun 2020 Lending policies changing rapidly
02 Jun 2020 FSCL's 'allegations against a very senior parliamentary officer'
01 Jun 2020 Financial advice saving retirement futures: Adviser
May 2020
29 May 2020 [The Wrap] Things returning to normal
29 May 2020 NZ shares outperform weaker global markets
29 May 2020 TSB relaunches price-match offer
29 May 2020 Major industrial development powers on
29 May 2020 The Covid edition
29 May 2020 Tough servicing tests remain; Westpac and TSB slash rates
29 May 2020 Holiday hotspots: what lies ahead?
29 May 2020 Tough servicing tests remain
29 May 2020 Digital advice the mass market solution: Carlyon
28 May 2020 Early market rise undone by fears over US-China tensions
28 May 2020 Fidelity Life chief executive stands down
28 May 2020 Resilience needed in face of change
28 May 2020 FMA warns adviser over advice to go conservative
28 May 2020 OUT NOW: ASSET May issue
28 May 2020 Reserve Bank believes rates will fall; BNZ cuts; Simplicity 2.5% rate
28 May 2020 Simplicity launches 2.5% floating rate
28 May 2020 Life insurers under threat – or are they?
28 May 2020 Guide to market recoveries
27 May 2020 Partners Life relaxes some Covid rules
27 May 2020 NZ shares buoyed by Mainfreight's upbeat outlook
27 May 2020 FMA: Providers working to help panicked switchers
27 May 2020 Reserve Bank governor believes rates can go lower
27 May 2020 New independent director at Partners Life
27 May 2020 Price expectations spiral down
27 May 2020 Reserve Bank fears loan losses and restructurings
27 May 2020 The Co-operative goes sub 3%; Mortgage lending drops to record low
27 May 2020 IP underwriting is complicated – improving, but complicated
27 May 2020 Retirement Commissioner: Collective effort from advisers needed
26 May 2020 Easing Covid 19 restrictions buoy market
26 May 2020 Mortgage lending slumps to record low in April
26 May 2020 Mortgage lending slumps to record low in April
26 May 2020 ASSET Magazine: How financial firms battle Covid
26 May 2020 Resimac eases criteria for investors
26 May 2020 Resimac eases criteria for investors
26 May 2020 FSC: Advisers more important than ever
25 May 2020 NZ shares gain in light trading as investors eye US-China tension
25 May 2020 Fitch runs Covid-19 ruler over industry
25 May 2020 Professional IQ launches level five version two
25 May 2020 nib supports mental health company
25 May 2020 Kiwibank launches record low rate: compare the market
25 May 2020 Warning association numbers could fall
22 May 2020 China's lack of growth targets weighs NZ market down
22 May 2020 [The Wrap] What did you do in the lockdown, Daddy?
22 May 2020 Kiwibank smashes record with 2.65% home loan
22 May 2020 Pepper writes 600 NZ loans; ASB ramps up price war with 2.69% mortgage
22 May 2020 Tapping into help with claims
22 May 2020 COMMENT: Housing supply increase is being hampered
22 May 2020 ASB ramps up price war with 2.69% mortgage
22 May 2020 BNZ tightens lending policy; Westpac and TSB match 2.79% record low
22 May 2020 BNZ tightens lending policy
22 May 2020 Will corporates embrace remote working?
21 May 2020 Investors grow wary; market falls for second consecutive day
21 May 2020 Downward pressures might push investors out
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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