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March 2020
12 Mar 2020 Groups apply for transitional licensing
12 Mar 2020 Financial adviser Barry Kloogh pleads guilty
12 Mar 2020 Housing market powers on – for now
12 Mar 2020 Jeff Royle targets industry leavers
12 Mar 2020 Affordability under pressure - ASB
12 Mar 2020 More career progression likely in new advice world: Shanks
11 Mar 2020 Stock rally stalls as US virus response disappoints
11 Mar 2020 Jeff Royle targets industry leavers
11 Mar 2020 Get on top of boarding house rules
11 Mar 2020 BNZ slashes long-term rates; ASB predicts mortgage rate cuts will be minor
11 Mar 2020 First grants made with holiday homes money
10 Mar 2020 NZ shares recover in modest decline as cooler heads prevail
10 Mar 2020 National plans to ditch rental regulations
10 Mar 2020 Mortgage rate drop will be minor: ASB
09 Mar 2020 Woman 'forgotten' during advice process
09 Mar 2020 NZX50 slumps 3% as investors flee for safe havens
09 Mar 2020 National would ditch proposed rental regulations
09 Mar 2020 Will mortgage rates fall much further?
09 Mar 2020 Property market may slow sharply
09 Mar 2020 Property market may slow sharply: Westpac
09 Mar 2020 MMC buys into Aust firm
09 Mar 2020 [GRTV] Investing's difficult at the moment top manager says
09 Mar 2020 Is your KiwiSaver manager diversified?
09 Mar 2020 Adviser should have stopped relationship scam, complaint says
08 Mar 2020 Kiwis shun professional advice: Report
07 Mar 2020 [The Wrap] Many advisers putting their businesses at risk
07 Mar 2020 UPDATED: Newpark loses second CEO
06 Mar 2020 NZ shares fall; virus fears heighten volatility
06 Mar 2020 Westpac makes big cuts
06 Mar 2020 Kepa appoints professional standards role
06 Mar 2020 Failure to lodge bonds earns major penalty
06 Mar 2020 Crunching the numbers
06 Mar 2020 New look Fidelity Life
06 Mar 2020 Will mortgage rates fall much further?
05 Mar 2020 [GRTV] Bevan Graham
05 Mar 2020 [GRTV] Henry Stokes
05 Mar 2020 [GRTV] Investing's difficult at the moment top manager says
05 Mar 2020 More growth for co-working office space
05 Mar 2020 Heartland goes direct to customers with 2.89% mortgage
05 Mar 2020 Heartland goes direct to customers with 2.89% mortgage
05 Mar 2020 Heartland trials digital mortgage product
05 Mar 2020 300 FAP applications – FMA 'not worried'
04 Mar 2020 Industry needs to act on CoFI, Financial Advice NZ says
04 Mar 2020 Utilities buoy sharemarket
04 Mar 2020 SuperCity sales soar up
04 Mar 2020 Turnaround times worsen; Housing NZ Corporation rate changes
04 Mar 2020 Managers grapple with Covid-19 disruption
04 Mar 2020 Values escape coronavirus contagion
03 Mar 2020 Six-day losing streak ends as central banks begin to act
03 Mar 2020 Turnaround times worsen
03 Mar 2020 Partners life changes may not be big enough
03 Mar 2020 Asteron makes changes to support advisers
03 Mar 2020 Tight lending concerns; ANZ pays out
03 Mar 2020 Survey reveals tight lending concerns
03 Mar 2020 The investment sidecar – why every KiwiSaver member needs one
03 Mar 2020 On the brink of a crisis
02 Mar 2020 FSC questions fossil fuels decision
02 Mar 2020 Simplicity trims fees
02 Mar 2020 NZ shares fall for sixth day as virus fears escalate
02 Mar 2020 ANZ pays $29.4 million over faulty loan calculator
02 Mar 2020 Removal of no-cause notice opposed by 45% of tenants
02 Mar 2020 Drop the quarter-acre dream to address supply shortage
02 Mar 2020 Coronavirus will lead to OCR cut this month: ANZ
02 Mar 2020 Coronavirus will lead to OCR cut this month: ANZ
02 Mar 2020 Balanced 'simpler' approach, minister says
02 Mar 2020 COMMENT: Act against radical tenancy changes
01 Mar 2020 Conservative funds out for default KiwiSaver; Fossil fuels banned
February 2020
28 Feb 2020 Companies take a hit a coronavirus fears spread
28 Feb 2020 [The Wrap] Generate hack a wake up call to all
28 Feb 2020 Nikko gets one back and adds another
28 Feb 2020 [UPDATED] Partners Life changes to shake the market
28 Feb 2020 Record January lending; Prospa plans extra NZ funding
28 Feb 2020 Listing next step for Stewart's variable annuity business
28 Feb 2020 Manawatu on the move
27 Feb 2020 Public Trust appoints directors
27 Feb 2020 Investors sell down energy stocks
27 Feb 2020 Record January home lending
27 Feb 2020 Propsa plans extra NZ funding
27 Feb 2020 Housing market boom won't last long
27 Feb 2020 Coronavirus outbreak: what it means for markets
26 Feb 2020 Kiwi market ranked fourth over 120 years
26 Feb 2020 Wealthpoint hires compliance expertise
26 Feb 2020 Pandemic fears drive NZ shares lower for a second day consecutive day
26 Feb 2020 Tenancy reform submissions due March 25
26 Feb 2020 Housing market boom won't last long: Westpac
26 Feb 2020 The cost of overstaying tenants
26 Feb 2020 Reforms pile pressure on landlords; Mike Pero hires
26 Feb 2020 Three new hires at Mike Pero Mortgages
26 Feb 2020 Tax change to boost listed funds
25 Feb 2020 NZ shares fall as the risk of global pandemic rises
25 Feb 2020 [GRTV] Time to change debate on replacement business
25 Feb 2020 [GRTV] Katrina Church
25 Feb 2020 Peer-to-peer lending up at Southern Cross
25 Feb 2020 How active is your KiwiSaver manager?
25 Feb 2020 Inland Revenue outlines GST plan
25 Feb 2020 Putting the case for income protection
24 Feb 2020 NZ shares tank following sudden spread of covid-19
24 Feb 2020 Nothing to worry about AMP Life says
24 Feb 2020 RTA reforms pile pressure on landlords
24 Feb 2020 Southern Cross loan book nears $225 million
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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