Credit where credit's due: Bayly's proposed financial facelift

Credit where credit's due: Bayly's proposed financial facelift
Andrew Bayly (left) and Samantha Barrass both made speeches at a Financial Services Council meeting this week. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
After commerce and consumer affairs minister Andrew Bayly presented his vision for sweeping changes in the financial services sector, he was rewarded with a vote of thanks.  Some, however, could argue Bayly should have been the one thanking the person offering it.Much of Bayly’s speech and priorities around proposed reforms on Wednesday were outlined last month in an opinion piece by MinterEllisonRuddWatts partner Lloyd Kavanagh, the person doing the thanking.Kavanagh had criticised the blurring of the peaks within New Zealand&r...

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