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December 2025
31 Dec 2025 NZWXT gets news CEO and expands Craigs relationship
30 Dec 2025 Holiday blues make for quiet end to NZX year
29 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket flat in post-Christmas trading
29 Dec 2025 Wealthpoint eyes independent FAPs for 2026
29 Dec 2025 AIA’s Angela Busby to retire
24 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket edges higher in quiet pre-Christmas trading session
24 Dec 2025 Reflecting back on 2025
23 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket ends up again, end of year in sight
23 Dec 2025 Record levels of first home buyers taking out low deposit loans
22 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket starts Xmas week up 1.31%
19 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket rallies on index changes, confidence survey
18 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket drops on more AI worries on Wall Street
18 Dec 2025 Another blow to advisers over trail commissions
18 Dec 2025 Another blow to advisers over trail commissions
18 Dec 2025 Advisers’ vigilance against cyber criminals critical over summer break
18 Dec 2025 MDRT Academy tightens criteria after first NZ year
17 Dec 2025 Aussie deal boosts Freightways but NZ sharemarket down
17 Dec 2025 AI player claims 60% of advice market; Time to be cyber vigilant
17 Dec 2025 OMNIMax appoints a new development manager; Jason Butler Departs
17 Dec 2025 RBNZ: new rules will mean lower interest rates for borrowers
17 Dec 2025 Afterburner AI does deals to cover 60% of mortgage advice industry
16 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket steady after fiscal update
15 Dec 2025 Trisha Edmonds pops up
15 Dec 2025 Squirrel invests in taking The Squirrel Effect to Kiwis
15 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket flat, up 0.01%
15 Dec 2025 Robust recovery tipped by Kiwibank
15 Dec 2025 ANZ too hikes rates; Kiwibank says the RBNZ stuffed up its communications last week
15 Dec 2025 Investing for Impact: Growing wealth while creating meaningful change
15 Dec 2025 Removing FBT on insurance would cut premiums, FSC says
13 Dec 2025 Two stories that caught our eye this week
12 Dec 2025 NZ stocks eke out gain as investors tread water
12 Dec 2025 Opes censured by FMA for poor practices
11 Dec 2025 Retirement stocks benefit on quiet day for NZ sharemarket
11 Dec 2025 Using AI to provide advice may be breaking the law; First impressions of new RBNZ guv; Westpac asking questions
11 Dec 2025 AI financial advice maybe breaching the law
11 Dec 2025 Booster's innovation fund grows its pipeline of opportunities
10 Dec 2025 Gentrack sell-off drives NZ sharemarket down
10 Dec 2025 New RBNZ gov Anna Breman: so far, so good
10 Dec 2025 Westpac asks RBNZ to comment on conditions
10 Dec 2025 All Generate's funds get the ethical tick
10 Dec 2025 And just like that rates start rising; Westpac hikes interest rates
09 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket down 0.2%
09 Dec 2025 Generate lowers fees
09 Dec 2025 Life expectancy should be bigger news than it is
08 Dec 2025 NZX sharemarket flat, up 0.02%
08 Dec 2025 Chapter of economic bad news closing - ASB
08 Dec 2025 The Technology Everyone Got Right (but it didn’t necessarily make them rich)
05 Dec 2025 FMA chair Stobo under investigation
05 Dec 2025 Fisher and Paykel Healthcare drives NZ stocks to weaker finish
05 Dec 2025 Clarity for Clarity Funds
05 Dec 2025 Mortgage pain could return before Christmas
05 Dec 2025 Golden moment as new funds go live
04 Dec 2025 Ebos Group sell-off pushes down NZ sharemarket
04 Dec 2025 Good house buying conditions, but little activity; What's going on?
04 Dec 2025 Buyers sitting on the sidelines in best time to buy in a decade
04 Dec 2025 FundRock searches for a new leader
04 Dec 2025 Castlepoint funds take unexpected hit
04 Dec 2025 Yeo steps back from BIML board
03 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket lifts late as dairy stocks gain
03 Dec 2025 AIA launches cheaper trauma product aimed at cost-pressed customers
03 Dec 2025 Should you care about Aged Care?
03 Dec 2025 Another FAP licence taken away
02 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket up despite crypto concerns
02 Dec 2025 Differing views on 50-year mortgage
02 Dec 2025 Big fall in mortgages rolling over onto lower rates still to come
02 Dec 2025 Loan Market on a roll; Lots more rollovers to come
01 Dec 2025 Partners Life named top life insurer
01 Dec 2025 NZ sharemarket starts December down 0.3%
01 Dec 2025 Loan Market's 2025 Professional Development Day Highlights Standout Year and Bold Growth Vision
01 Dec 2025 Questions are being asked about bank cashbacks
01 Dec 2025 Will banks be able to process applications qualifying for cash backs in time?
November 2025
28 Nov 2025 NZ stocks end firmly as outlook brightens
27 Nov 2025 [Steve Wright] Why advisers must read policy wordings - Part One
27 Nov 2025 Ryman and Tower lift but gentailers pull NZ sharemarket lower
27 Nov 2025 Another FAP licence taken away
27 Nov 2025 Mindful Money sends SOS to fund managers to save the oceans
26 Nov 2025 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare drives sharemarket up
26 Nov 2025 OCR Wrap; Who has cut the most?
26 Nov 2025 RBNZ has probably done cutting with OCR now at 2.25%
26 Nov 2025 BREAKING NEWS: OCR cut
26 Nov 2025 OCR Cut: What the RBNZ said
26 Nov 2025 OCR looming; FANZ supports KiwiSaver changes; Latest housing market update
26 Nov 2025 Houses selling at a loss hit a 12 year high
26 Nov 2025 Fin Advice NZ backs retirement report
25 Nov 2025 NZ sharemarket finishes flat, down 0.1%
24 Nov 2025 NZ sharemarket starts week up 0.6%
24 Nov 2025 Huge surge in borrowers chasing big cash back offers
21 Nov 2025 Nvidia slump drags Wall Street and NZ sharemarket lower
21 Nov 2025 OCR Preview: How far is far enough for the RBNZ?
21 Nov 2025 OCR Preview: How far is far enough for the RBNZ?
21 Nov 2025 Rising costs require fresh thinking, AIA NZ CEO says
20 Nov 2025 Nvidia earnings boost global markets as NZ sharemarket closes up
20 Nov 2025 Flat market won’t generate much capital gains tax
19 Nov 2025 NZ sharemarket dips as big stocks weigh despite KMD gains
19 Nov 2025 Asteron Life gets ratings boost
19 Nov 2025 Westpac likely to book surprise wind-fall by ending trail commissions
19 Nov 2025 Mixed reviews from advisers on FMA regulation
19 Nov 2025 Westpac likely to book one-off profit by axing trail commissions
19 Nov 2025 Banks’ profit on everyday accounts to come under scrutiny
18 Nov 2025 NZ sharemarket falls over 1%
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
1 week ago Raymond Yang
Who is responsible for notifying policy changes?
There is no doubt the obligation is on the insurer who the contract is with. Clearly it would be prudent for an adviser to assist once given clear information by an insurer to assist with the communication but to extend this further. For an insurer to attempt to slide this onto an advisers plate is abdication. The adviser can not change the contract.
1 week ago Darryl Scott
FMA CEO on leave
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the fundamental flaw in the legislation came about partly through the event that Murray mentions, and also through the negligence of the Select Committee in ignoring the single most cited recommendation in all the submissions (over 34% from memory) of drawing a distinction between product sales and financial advice. To add to their misdemeanour, the Committee then added a paragraph to the Bill confirming that recommendation of one product only constituted financial advice - or words to that effect. The inherent conflict of interest lies in an individual retained by a Class 4 licensee being required to adhere to a code of conduct that requires prioritisation of client interests. To expect a product sales person to subordinate their contractual obligation to their employer is unrealistic, unworkable, and unreasonable. To emphasise, I have no issue with a product provider marketing and selling their own products - but not behind the opaque veil of legislation intended to govern financial advice. If MBIE ever gets around to review FSLAA, Financial Advisers, FANZ, and all other interested stakeholders should mount a fully-funded intensive campaign to persuade our employees in Wellington to remove class 4 licensees from FSLAA, and replace their obligations within an amended CoFI Act.
2 weeks ago David Whyte
FMA CEO on leave
@Murray: The reps seemed to be acting on their personal interests rather than the interests of advisers. Conflict of interest, isn't it?
2 weeks ago w k
KiwiSaver funds shake off Middle East tension
In this recent presentation of mine https://www.knowrisk.co.nz I show that the average Balanced KiwiSaver fund has added approximately +0.43% over and above the gross average policy Benchmark's return's. However, the averge annual costs of -0.97% for Balanced funds have eroded that to be slighly below BMK after costs consistent with typical SPIVA studies. Note this cost number is for the 45 Balanced Funds used only - for all KiwiSaver Funds it is closer to -0.70% p.a. The presentation goes on to show that quite a bit of return is being left on the table by the one size fits all view of risk.
2 weeks ago P Urbani