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Paul McBeth F&P Healthcare, power companies spur late rally for NZX 50 Thursday 8th of October 2026 New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index staged a late rally as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and the major power companies helped buoy the local market despite more firms declining in a broadly soft day across Asia.

AI adoption passes the tipping point Thursday 8th of October 2026 New Zealand mortgage and financial planners are among world leaders in adopting AI. Research by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) shows of the 104 New Zealand respondents surveyed for this year’s Impact of AI on Financial Planning, 87% say they are using AI, compared with a global percentage of 80%.

Paul McBeth NZX 50 joins decline across Asia; Infratil stumbles as CDC valuation dips Wednesday 7th of October 2026 New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index joined a decline across Asia as rising oil prices and bond yields weighed across the region, with Infratil among those on the red side of the ledger as the valuation of its CDC Data Centres unit was trimmed on a higher interest rate outlook.

NZX Wealth Technologies adds to product and relationship teams Nikki Drew (Image: LinkedIn) Monday 5th of October 2026 NZX Wealth Technologies has appointed a Head of Product and a Relationship Manager. It has appointed Nikki Drew as Head of Product and Diane Kidd-Anderson as Relationship Manager.

Default switch may have pushed more KiwiSaver members to riskier funds Peter Urbani (Image: Supplied) Wednesday 7th of October 2026 A move to change the settings of default funds may have skewed their returns lower, and pushed more KiwiSaver members to take risk, one commentator says. In recent times, more KiwiSaver money has gone into riskier funds. About half of all KiwiSaver FUM is now in growth and aggressive funds, compared to a third a decade ago.

NZX 50 ekes out small gain as Gentrack, Vista join tech rally Infratil slides on reports of CDC’s split with Firmus. Tuesday 6th of October 2026 New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index ended the day in positive territory as heavyweight companies duked it out over which side of the ledger the benchmark would close, with gains for Meridian Energy and Ebos Group tipping it into the green.

nib First Choice network Monday 14th of August 2017 Introducing the nib First Choice network. Designed to improve the value your clients get from their health cover by helping nib to better manage claim costs and helping us to make premiums more affordable. nib will pay 100% of eligible claims for treatment by nib First Choice providers (in line with policy terms).

Lifetime to buy Britannia and possibly get an equity injection Sunday 4th of October 2026 Shareholders in Retirement Income Group (RIG) have agreed to raise up to $20 million so the firm can buy Britannia’s superannuation business. Enticingly, Lifetime Founder and Chief Executive Ralph Stewart has indicated a new equity  interest in the business of up to $10million might be possible.

FMA outlines its latest expectations for advisers Michael Hewes updates advisers on FMA expectations Tuesday 6th of October 2026 The Financial Markets Authority is raising the bar on financial advice firms, warning that having policies, templates and controls in place is no longer enough.

F&P Healthcare pulls NZX 50 higher in late reversal Housing-related companies struggled as ASB remained cool on the property market for the rest of the year. Monday 5th of October 2026 New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index rallied late in the day to finish in positive territory, with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare doing the heavy lifting in a mixed response from exporters to the latest weakness in the kiwi dollar.