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December 2019
12 Dec 2019 Home a-loan this Christmas
12 Dec 2019 Short term the cheapest option over next five years: ASB
11 Dec 2019 NZ shares nudge higher; ports gain ahead of Northport study
11 Dec 2019 Earnings deliver, trade fears fade
11 Dec 2019 nib and Cigna join forces
11 Dec 2019 Partners Life tweaks policies
11 Dec 2019 High rents the new normal
11 Dec 2019 ASB and Westpac delay licensing decision
11 Dec 2019 ASB and Westpac delay licensing decision
11 Dec 2019 [GRTV] Harbour Asset Management – Andrew Bascand
11 Dec 2019 Platform wars heat up
11 Dec 2019 Investment ahead for Aegis
10 Dec 2019 NZ shares rise as A2 recovers
10 Dec 2019 Defining “clean and tidy”
10 Dec 2019 HealthLink and Konnect NET to merge
10 Dec 2019 SHARE becomes mortgage aggregator
10 Dec 2019 SHARE becomes mortgage aggregator
10 Dec 2019 Half of CBL investors join Harbour-led class action case
10 Dec 2019 COMMENT: Landlords obligations to tenants
09 Dec 2019 Salt reopens fund
09 Dec 2019 Link launches micro-investing app
09 Dec 2019 MBIE expects advisers to bear costs of regime change
09 Dec 2019 A2 CEO’s shock exit weighs on stock market
09 Dec 2019 A2 Milk boss steps down, NZSA says board must be held to account
09 Dec 2019 Buyer sentiment at seven year high
09 Dec 2019 Warning on borrowing rates; Kiwibank rate rise
09 Dec 2019 Warning on borrowing rates
09 Dec 2019 CEO of health insurer stepping down
09 Dec 2019 Clients expect deep RI understanding: Kiwi Wealth
06 Dec 2019 NZ shares edge higher as US-China trade talks drag on
06 Dec 2019 ANZ welcomes final capital proposals
06 Dec 2019 Putting the RBNZ's new capital rules into perspective
06 Dec 2019 [Opinion] Putting the RBNZ's new capital rules into perspective
06 Dec 2019 Putting RBNZ's new capital rules into perspective
06 Dec 2019 Advisers share top concerns
06 Dec 2019 Has property had its day in the sun?
05 Dec 2019 Low emissions, higher value, report suggests
05 Dec 2019 Proposed changes should help industry, insurers say
05 Dec 2019 Banks rally on Reserve Bank capital decision
05 Dec 2019 Reserve Bank reveals new capital rules
05 Dec 2019 OCR to fall less than expected?; Property Investor Survey
05 Dec 2019 Transfer times and why they matter
05 Dec 2019 OCR to trough at 0.75%: ASB
05 Dec 2019 Lifetime sheds advisers
04 Dec 2019 BNZ Investments mints new independent director
04 Dec 2019 [GRTV] Apathy still reigns amongst advisers
04 Dec 2019 NZ shares dip on eve of major regulatory decisions
04 Dec 2019 [GRTV] Potential FAP costs and CRM intricacies
04 Dec 2019 [GRTV] Potential FAP costs and CRM intricacies
04 Dec 2019 Share your views on property investing
04 Dec 2019 Property Investor Survey; SBS rate cut
04 Dec 2019 Govt reveals plans to change insurance rules
04 Dec 2019 Values pick up the pace
04 Dec 2019 Fund managers: One for the team
03 Dec 2019 Ballantyne: Advisers don't own clients
03 Dec 2019 Young people should budget to live to 100, actuaries say
03 Dec 2019 Legg Mason Brandywine Global bond fund now on FNZ
03 Dec 2019 NZ shares join global decline; US tariff move weighs on exporters
03 Dec 2019 Auckland’s November sales at four year high
03 Dec 2019 ANZ rate changes; Advisers face New Year cash squeeze
03 Dec 2019 Fidelity scores top award for third consecutive year
03 Dec 2019 Advisers face New Year cash squeeze: Prospa
03 Dec 2019 Advisers pan KiwiSaver settings
03 Dec 2019 Ross investors seek $75 million from ANZ
02 Dec 2019 Five day streak of gains ends; Gentracks leads market lower
02 Dec 2019 Finance clause change to hit home buyers: REINZ
02 Dec 2019 Morningstar completes acquisition
02 Dec 2019 Finance clause change to hit home buyers: REINZ
02 Dec 2019 Findex seeds fund launch
02 Dec 2019 Rates continue to fall; investor lending rises
02 Dec 2019 Supply remains tight nationwide
02 Dec 2019 Rate cuts continue despite RBNZ decision
01 Dec 2019 First FAP licences issued
November 2019
30 Nov 2019 [The Wrap] Advice is more than just fees; Celebrating the best
30 Nov 2019 What’s a defensive stock in 2020?
29 Nov 2019 NZX50 gains 4.9% in November as M&A boosts retirement sector
29 Nov 2019 [GRTV] Ballantyne on conduct and culture; who owns the client; the future of dealer groups and more
29 Nov 2019 Southern Cross AGM highlights growth
29 Nov 2019 Wellywood on the rise
29 Nov 2019 Fund Manager of Year battle between active and passive
28 Nov 2019 MMC catches big fish to run new platform
28 Nov 2019 NZX50 hits record; buoyed by business confidence, M&A
28 Nov 2019 Imagine being forced to give bad advice
28 Nov 2019 Commercial disrupter proves popular
27 Nov 2019 JMI: Advice businesses riding wave
27 Nov 2019 Reserve Bank flags commission rates, solvency
27 Nov 2019 NZ shares gain as F&P has solid first half
27 Nov 2019 LVRs kept on hold
27 Nov 2019 LVR speed limits on hold; Westpac NZ plays down impact of scandal
27 Nov 2019 LVR speed limits kept on hold
27 Nov 2019 Westpac NZ plays down impact of money laundering scandal
27 Nov 2019 KiwiSaver providers: Balanced is better – hold the RI
26 Nov 2019 FAP applications begin
26 Nov 2019 MSCI reweighting drives mammoth volume on NZX
26 Nov 2019 Investor lending on the increase
26 Nov 2019 COMMENT: Unlawful premises – moving past Anderson v FM Custodians
26 Nov 2019 Westpac cuts 1 year special rate
26 Nov 2019 Using an adviser adds more than 5% to a client's portfolio
25 Nov 2019 Optimism over US-China trade deal welcomed by the market; Cracks at Metroglass
25 Nov 2019 Finalists in Fund Manager of the Year Awards revealed
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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