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November 2019
06 Nov 2019 Bluestone and NZFSG cut down turnaround times
06 Nov 2019 Record low rates fuel market resurgence
05 Nov 2019 Market timing push could short-change investors
05 Nov 2019 Finzo adds compliance expertise
05 Nov 2019 Insolvency changes upset burnt investors
05 Nov 2019 NZ shares nudge up amid growing optimism over US-China trade
05 Nov 2019 Markets price 50% chance of OCR cut: BNZ
05 Nov 2019 AIA among transformation top performers
05 Nov 2019 COMMENT: The truth about tenancy terminations
05 Nov 2019 Westpac profits rise; new housing development agency
05 Nov 2019 Reserve Bank points to insurer solvency review
05 Nov 2019 Changes to Partners Life distribution team
05 Nov 2019 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the best lifecycle of them all?
04 Nov 2019 NZ shares rise on improved US-China trade outlook
04 Nov 2019 Westpac NZ annual profit rises 3%; RBNZ releases it from capital purgatory
04 Nov 2019 Westpac makes $964 million profit
04 Nov 2019 SuperCity on the rise?
04 Nov 2019 Nikko makes board appointment
04 Nov 2019 As Fred Dagg said: We don’t know how lucky we are
04 Nov 2019 Westpac given all-clear on capital
04 Nov 2019 ANZ CEO talks adviser pay
01 Nov 2019 Ethical investing using Maori values; new multi-asset fund
01 Nov 2019 Tiwai still plagues power companies; property rises
01 Nov 2019 Surprise Retirement Commissioner appointment
01 Nov 2019 Fidelity adds chief customer officer
01 Nov 2019 Harbour fights back over CBL failure
01 Nov 2019 ANZ pulling affordability lever on home loans rather than price
01 Nov 2019 ANZ ponders capital rules; Westpac predicts OCR to hold
01 Nov 2019 Dealer group decides to close its doors
01 Nov 2019 Tight supply, rising prices
01 Nov 2019 FSCL loses ombudsman fight
October 2019
31 Oct 2019 NZX50 falls 1.3% in October; investors ponder smelter future, index reweighting
31 Oct 2019 Strong growth in multi-unit dwelling consents
31 Oct 2019 ANZ grapples with New Zealand capital question
31 Oct 2019 From food bags to Pie
31 Oct 2019 Supplier choices limited under the new regime?
31 Oct 2019 Peter Lee's planning firm grows
31 Oct 2019 As confusion reigns and opinions are strong, is it all a bit much?
31 Oct 2019 Boiling Hot Property
31 Oct 2019 Westpac predicts OCR will be put on hold
31 Oct 2019 Fund managers may have climate-change duty of care
31 Oct 2019 Adviser group reaches data 'milestone'
31 Oct 2019 Demand challenges for commercial sector
30 Oct 2019 Profit drop for nib
30 Oct 2019 Shares dip; Kiwi Property capital raising hogs the headlines; Plenty to look forward to tomorrow
30 Oct 2019 Group FAPs could limit choice of suppliers: Newpark
30 Oct 2019 Craigs adds to its KiwiSaver, Super and Savings team
30 Oct 2019 ASB predicts home loan outlook
30 Oct 2019 FMA reports on 'watershed' year
30 Oct 2019 Support for advisers 'vital'
30 Oct 2019 No one fast enough: Shanks
30 Oct 2019 Investors prepared to switch for ethical funds, report shows
29 Oct 2019 NZ shares edge higher on growing hopes for US-China trade
29 Oct 2019 Mortgage rates fall by 1.2% in 18 months: ASB
29 Oct 2019 Smaller properties, better rent growth
29 Oct 2019 FMA gets litigation fund boost
29 Oct 2019 Pepper's official NZ launch; Conference preview
29 Oct 2019 ANZ moves to defeat Ross Asset class action early
29 Oct 2019 How advisers can help SMEs with their seasonal cash flow issues
29 Oct 2019 Should Meridian call Rio’s bluff?
29 Oct 2019 Increase Govt KiwiSaver contribution: Commission
27 Oct 2019 Will KiwiSavers be denied control of their savings?
25 Oct 2019 NZX50 stumbles over smelter scare
25 Oct 2019 Kiwis at risk of losing in passive investing “bubble”
25 Oct 2019 Kiwibank rate cut; Strong September loan volumes
25 Oct 2019 Licensing fee increase
24 Oct 2019 TMM Conference sneak preview
24 Oct 2019 NZ shares fall as yield stocks face selling
24 Oct 2019 Strong September for home lending
24 Oct 2019 AMP reports fall in NZ AUM
24 Oct 2019 Transitional licensing delayed
24 Oct 2019 Trevor Slater rejoins FDRS
24 Oct 2019 LVR loosening likely?
24 Oct 2019 New online CPD course for advisers launches
23 Oct 2019 Plus4 adds adviser in Wellington
23 Oct 2019 Investors dump power companies on smelter scare
23 Oct 2019 Pepper salts up New Zealand market
23 Oct 2019 LVR loosening likely - ANZ
23 Oct 2019 New income manager at Milford
23 Oct 2019 Resimac speeds up applications; Tribunal case highlights meth danger
23 Oct 2019 Resimac speeds up application process
23 Oct 2019 Could this be the next big tech innovation?
23 Oct 2019 Passive managers reject criticism [+ WHITE PAPER]
22 Oct 2019 Fidelity: Profit down as claims up
22 Oct 2019 NZ shares follow Asia higher; SkyCity falls as fire rages
22 Oct 2019 TMM Conference preview; Peters criticises Kiwibank
22 Oct 2019 The importance of luck (and recognising it)
22 Oct 2019 Retirement Commissioner: Consider KiwiSpend
21 Oct 2019 NZ shares edge lower as global ructions weigh; Tourism Holdings sinks
21 Oct 2019 Strong meth suspicions call for testing
21 Oct 2019 ANZ outlines stance on FAPs; SBS rate cut and rebrand
21 Oct 2019 ANZ reveals stance on FAPs
21 Oct 2019 What is the advice risk?
21 Oct 2019 Wealthpoint expands head office team
21 Oct 2019 Winston Peters calls for Kiwibank overhaul
21 Oct 2019 Mercer questions sustainability of NZ pension scheme
21 Oct 2019 SBS targets big banks with new 2 year rate
20 Oct 2019 Advisers should pass level five with few problems: Hill
20 Oct 2019 Another KiwiSaver scheme cuts fees
19 Oct 2019 Edmonds adds a touch of salt to team
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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