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October 2026
15 Oct 2026 Fisher Funds names new CIO
15 Oct 2026 NZX 50 shrugs off hot US inflation to rally from morning low
15 Oct 2026 KiwiSaver becomes election battleground as fund bosses clash over compulsion, Total Rem
15 Oct 2026 [GRTV] Lifting the hood on KiwiSaver promises this election
14 Oct 2026 NZX 50 inches higher ahead of US inflation data; Chinese tourists recover
14 Oct 2026 From a driverless car in Shenzhen to opportunities at home
14 Oct 2026 Squirrel contemplates NZX listing
13 Oct 2026 NZX 50 slides as fears over Chinese AI competition knock Asian markets
13 Oct 2026 Three way race for top insurance award
13 Oct 2026 Adviser use of ETFs likely to continue to grow, Smart says
13 Oct 2026 Advice clients’ KiwiSaver balances shine
12 Oct 2026 NZX 50 ekes out small gain as Gentrack, Vista join tech rally
09 Oct 2026 NZX 50 gains this week as F&P Healthcare tests new territory
08 Oct 2026 F&P Healthcare, power companies spur late rally for NZX 50
08 Oct 2026 AI adoption passes the tipping point
07 Oct 2026 NZX 50 joins decline across Asia; Infratil stumbles as CDC valuation dips
07 Oct 2026 Default switch may have pushed more KiwiSaver members to riskier funds
06 Oct 2026 NZX 50 ekes out small gain as Gentrack, Vista join tech rally
06 Oct 2026 FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
05 Oct 2026 F&P Healthcare pulls NZX 50 higher in late reversal
05 Oct 2026 US inflation impacts New Zealand mortgage rates
05 Oct 2026 NZX Wealth Technologies adds to product and relationship teams
04 Oct 2026 [Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver in play; but outcome unclear
04 Oct 2026 ACT wants to make KiwiSaver earnings tax exempt
04 Oct 2026 Lifetime to buy Britannia and possibly get an equity injection
02 Oct 2026 NZX 50 slides as whippy bond markets knock rate-sensitive stocks
02 Oct 2026 Booster bifs a bit more money at innovation fund
01 Oct 2026 KiwiSaver non-contributing rates high, but there is some nuance to them
01 Oct 2026 NZX 50 starts October on a sour note as bond markets keep groaning
01 Oct 2026 ANZ Investments' new Head of Asset Allocation
01 Oct 2026 Heartland shareholders approve TSB deal
September 2026
30 Sep 2026 Hallenstein Glasson shines; NZX 50 climbs 1.6% in Sept quarter
30 Sep 2026 Hardship withdrawals fall but may be short-lived
30 Sep 2026 [Obituary] Josh Bronkhorst
30 Sep 2026 Mindful Money founder steps down
29 Sep 2026 Ryman hits 16 year low; Hallenstein Glasson Holdings hit an all-time high
29 Sep 2026 Diversifying doesn’t mean more cost
29 Sep 2026 FMA extends no action relief for climate reporting entities
29 Sep 2026 Make your fees more visible: Anderson
29 Sep 2026 Three new tools on Good Returns
28 Sep 2026 Lodestone pushes ahead with $100m IPO; NZX 50 powered higher
28 Sep 2026 [OBITUARY] Ross Collett: A true insurance adviser legend
28 Sep 2026 Generate launches GoCIO for private wealth advisers
26 Sep 2026 Chubb Life expands Life Lens eligibility across full Assurance Extra range
25 Sep 2026 NZX 50 navigates rising bond yields to end week higher
25 Sep 2026 Five new hires at QuayStreet
25 Sep 2026 Fisher Funds makes first direct investment under its private equity programme
25 Sep 2026 Booster to buy Lifetime advice group
25 Sep 2026 The Devil’s Advocate may be an adviser’s best friend
25 Sep 2026 Financial Are Advisers Writing on Policy Issues - Good
25 Sep 2026 RIAA seeks feedback on harm-avoidance review
24 Sep 2026 NZX 50 ekes out small gain as softer dollar buoys exporters
23 Sep 2026 NZX 50 falls as gentailers slide; KMD drops on soft outlook
23 Sep 2026 KiwiSaver fees cheaper than Australian super, research suggests
22 Sep 2026 NZX 50 extends rally as Meta’s Muse charms markets; KMD hits 2-mth high
22 Sep 2026 SIFA puts quality ahead of growth
21 Sep 2026 NZX 50 joins Asia rally as oil prices ease on cooling supply fears
21 Sep 2026 Could an old exclusion cost your client at claim time?
21 Sep 2026 Tower launches a faster way to connect clients with insurance cover
21 Sep 2026 Growth at Link points to adviser channel opportunities
21 Sep 2026 What's driving adviser-led KiwiSaver switches?
20 Sep 2026 OCR pass on rates vary from two days to five weeks
18 Sep 2026 NZX 50 posts weekly gain as Fed hike reassures investors
18 Sep 2026 Angus Dale-Jones: Level 5 is minimum standard for advisers
18 Sep 2026 Level 5 is a minimum, not best practice: Dale-Jones
17 Sep 2026 NZX 50 gains for a 2nd day as Fed hike settles bond markets
16 Sep 2026 NZX 50 rallies as Infratil upgrades earnings outlook; Fed looms
16 Sep 2026 Antipodes to buy Bennelong
16 Sep 2026 Trustees Executors, New Zealand’s first Trustee Company, Starts Next Chapter
16 Sep 2026 [Steve Wright] The role and contribution of insurance to NZ healthcare.
16 Sep 2026 SPIVA says active funds still struggling
16 Sep 2026 FIF legislation revealed
16 Sep 2026 Newest non-bank lender officially launched
15 Sep 2026 NZX 50 hits 2 ½-month low as Infratil knocked by AI
15 Sep 2026 Asteron Life invests in growth with senior actuarial, underwriting and claims hires
15 Sep 2026 Second big bank CEO departs
14 Sep 2026 NZX 50 slides as AI concerns knock Infratil; Lodestone eyes IPO
14 Sep 2026 Call for FMA to investigate SPIVA scorecard
13 Sep 2026 What’s holding back NZ’s ETF market?
11 Sep 2026 Sharemarket posts biggest weekly slide since 2022 as oil spikes, rate hikes feared
11 Sep 2026 The Cloud Comes Home: New Zealand's Data Centre Moment
11 Sep 2026 Tella widens CRM platform’s capabilities
10 Sep 2026 NZX 50 joins global rout as oil prices remain elevated; US inflation looms
10 Sep 2026 TAP plugs Hive KiwiSaver into its business
09 Sep 2026 NZX 50 ekes out gain in late rally; bank economists get less gloomy
09 Sep 2026 Why the Active vs Passive Debate Is More Complicated Than One Number
09 Sep 2026 Amova: long-dated NZ govt bond yields reward investors
08 Sep 2026 NZX 50 slides as inflation fears cast pall across Asia
08 Sep 2026 Political attention on first home buyers ramps up
08 Sep 2026 Wealthpoint sees growth in investment and mortgage advice
07 Sep 2026 NZX 50 slides as Fed hike bets weigh on rate sensitive stocks
07 Sep 2026 NZFSG calls out banks for chasing advisers' clients
06 Sep 2026 [GRTV] Advisers risk losing clients if they ignore ethical investing: Vennell
05 Sep 2026 [Weekly Wrap] What would Gordon and Shirley think?
04 Sep 2026 NZX 50 returns to positive territory this week as bond markets settle
04 Sep 2026 Partners Life to pay $630m for Fidelity Life
04 Sep 2026 New funding model to free up money for developers and builders
03 Sep 2026 NZX 50 lags Asia as Meridian, Precinct shed dividend rights
03 Sep 2026 Barrass resigns as FMA chief executive
03 Sep 2026 Fidelity Life sold to Partners
Latest News
Adviser use of ETFs likely to continue to grow, Smart says
Adviser use of ETFs likely to continue to grow, Smart says
2 min read
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
6 min read
[Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver in play; but outcome unclear
[Weekly Wrap] KiwiSaver in play; but outcome unclear
2 min read
Lifetime to buy Britannia and possibly get an equity injection
Lifetime to buy Britannia and possibly get an equity injection
2 min read
Latest Comments
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
Advisers can probably be forgiven for believing the ‘goalposts’ keep shifting, because they probably are, and there is a likely explanation for that, it’s called “prevalence-induced concept change”, a term coined by Harvard researcher Daniel Gilbert. Also called the ‘Blue Dot Effect’, this is a psychological tendency for humans to invent new risks, or expand existing minor issues into major ones, in the absence or reduction in the incidence of real threats. As real threats diminish, our brains tend to look for and redefine what threats are, making us see problems where there might be none, essentially making ‘mountains out of molehills’. Evolution has hard-wired us to expect threats regardless of whether there are any. As Daniel Gilbert says “Solving problems causes us to expand our definitions of them. When problems become rare, we count more things as problems”.
19 hours ago Steve Wright
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
Advisers outline their latest expectations for FMA Advice firms are raising the bar for their expectations of the FMA, warning that having vague requirements and constantly increasing expectations is no longer going to be tolerated. Adviser told FMA’s Michael Hewes that Advisers expect the FMA to demonstrate their systems are working, not by having systems that work, but by having records that show they do. So far their records is one adviser was found in a monitoring visit that lost their registration. Hundreds of monitoring visits, lost of angst and censures and chest puffing but the record currently stands at one. For advisers, the message from the FMA is not to create more paperwork. It’s to make sure a client file clearly has the paperwork that shows why advice was given and how conflicts were managed, and whether the client understood the recommendation. Advisers make the paperwork to meet these requirements, and now we’re being criticised for creating the extra paperwork. We have noticed and adage when they go though and engage with entites: don’t talk to us about our management issues, we want to talk about yours. Mr Hewes says the FMA recognises the significant work advice firms have done since the new regime was introduced, including rebuilding advice processes, policies and professional standards. Advice firms say they appreciate the recognition of the significant time and cost and effort that went into all that, which means that the shifting of goalposts to ever increasing requirements shows the FMA has no idea how significant that work was. Advisers say that good advice is what we have always provided and that we know it starts with the client, and always did. Regulation did not change that, it just added a ton of paperwork and record keeping and costs that made it harder to spend quality time with those same clients. In fact advice firms strongly resent the insinuation that our advice process starts with a product before a client. FMA says it believes in advice. Advisers believed in advice before the FMA existed.
2 days ago agressively passive
[OBITUARY] Ross Collett: A true insurance adviser legend
Rest in peace, Ross.
6 days ago Yatin Chaudhary
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
With FMA leadership in a crisis it challenges their credibility. Unfortunately the financial advice team has very little industry knowledge, including its leadership, and it shows. Hewes and his team need to rebuild confidence through substantive dialogue with FAPs, not merely through public relations at a conference. When will Hewes and his FA team publish appropriate evidence of progress and be independently accountable for their effectiveness? The majority of FAPs maintain full compliance and high quality advice regardless of the regulator’s difficulties. We continue to engage professionally, factually transparently. I’m not sure thats reciprocated.
6 days ago JB
FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers
I think they need to try even harder to make it harder and to create adviser confusion. Perhaps a thematic? The regulator is not the client. We have to demonstrate we are creating "good client outcomes", not, they have to demonstrate that we are not. Its like if I am pulled over for speeding then told I have to demonstrate I wasn't speeding. How is the FMA doing with employment regulation? Sometimes I feel that they are hanging around with a solution looking for a problem. Most serious advisers who have been in this industry for some time and are established business professionals understand how good advice is delivered and how a good practice is run. Maybe the FMA needs a tone check and focus on obvious offenders. I do agree at times "narrow" scope (or what was previously called, limited advice) is sensible.
1 week ago Backstage