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Changes for investment companies

Monday, 15 May 2017, 3:19 pm | Financial Markets Authority

Investors will benefit from greater protection due to a change in the way the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) will treat certain companies offering shares. More >>

Media Statement on NZX updated code of corporate governance

Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 10:25 am | Financial Markets Authority

The code will replace the existing Best Practice Code in NZX’s listing rules for the main board and debt market, and reflects developments in financial markets since the original code was published in 2003. More >>

IMF NZ FSAP Assessment 2017

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 8:39 am | Financial Markets Authority

The FMA today welcomes the publication of the International Monetary Fund’s Financial Sector Stability Assessment (FSSA) for New Zealand. More >>

Trial to target decision-making a decade out from retirement

Monday, 8 May 2017, 11:11 am | Financial Markets Authority

The FMA is working with ANZ to see if behavioural insights can prompt more ANZ KiwiSaver members to get retirement advice, or use retirement-planning tools when they hit 56 years old. More >>

Consultation on KiwiSaver fees methodology

Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 3:54 pm | Financial Markets Authority

KiwiSaver members will be able to see the dollar cost of the fees they are paying in their annual statements next year. The Ministry of Business and Innovation and Employment (MBiE) is currently amending the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations ... More >>

Guilty plea in insider trading case

Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 3:41 pm | Financial Markets Authority

An individual today pleaded guilty at the Auckland District Court to one charge of insider trading under section 243 Financial Markets Conduct Act - namely, being an information insider advising or encouraging another person to trade. More >>

Wise-up about retirement now so you can relax and enjoy it

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 9:44 am | Financial Markets Authority

The key ingredients that make it more likely you can relax and enjoy your life after work have been revealed in an FMA survey of older New Zealanders. More >>

FMA confirms short-term derivatives to be licensed

Monday, 3 April 2017, 9:13 am | Financial Markets Authority

The Financial Markets Authority has today confirmed that businesses selling short-duration derivatives need to be licensed. The Financial Markets Conduct Act introduced licensing for derivatives issuers in December 2014. More >>

FMA releases AFA information report

Monday, 27 March 2017, 9:47 am | Financial Markets Authority

The Financial Markets Authority today published its third statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year. More >>

FMA Statement on Forestlands

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 4:02 pm | Financial Markets Authority

The FMA has received complaints from various investors in Forestlands. More >>

FMA files charges under the Financial Service Providers Act

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 5:26 pm | Financial Markets Authority

The FMA has filed charges against Mr Patterson in the Christchurch District Court. The FMA alleges Mr Patterson was, or was holding out as being, in the business of providing financial services in contravention of the Financial Service Providers ... More >>

FMA files charges for insider trading

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 10:11 am | Financial Markets Authority

The FMA has filed charges in the Auckland District Court alleging breaches of the insider trading prohibitions contained in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA). The charges were filed in relation to trading in shares of Eroad (NZX:ERD). ... More >>

FMA updates guidance on KiwiSaver sales and advice

Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 7:55 am | Financial Markets Authority

The Financial Markets Authority today released updated guidance on sales and advice for KiwiSaver providers. KiwiSaver is an important part of New Zealanders’ future financial security and for some it is their first and only investment. This makes ... More >>

FMA statement on the Warminger decision from Justice Venning

Friday, 3 March 2017, 2:28 pm | Financial Markets Authority

“The FMA is pleased with the outcome of the proceedings. Market manipulation threatens our core objective of promoting fair, efficient and transparent financial markets. For investors to participate confidently in our markets we need to target and respond ... More >>

The FMA: What to expect from your financial provider

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 9:26 am | Financial Markets Authority

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has today published a series of pointers for customers to use when they are dealing with financial services providers. More >>

FMA publishes its first Conduct Outcomes Report

Monday, 20 February 2017, 11:02 am | Financial Markets Authority

The Conduct Outcomes Report 2016 highlights the key issues and actions from the FMA’s enforcement, supervision and preventative activities for the financial year July 2015 to June 2016. More >>

FMA updates Strategic Risk Outlook

Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 11:40 am | Financial Markets Authority

Today the Financial Markets Authority published its updated Strategic Risk Outlook (SRO) . This is a foundation FMA document and sets out how the regulator identifies and prioritises the key risks to its overall objective of fair, efficient and transparent ... More >>

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