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FMA encourages people to get their KiwiSaver fighting fit
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 4:12 pm | Financial Markets Authority
That’s the question the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is encouraging New Zealanders to consider during Money Week next week, to make sure their KiwiSaver is on track to help them achieve their retirement goals. More >>
Guilty pleas entered in OPI Pacific Finance case
Friday, 21 August 2015, 3:43 pm | Financial Markets Authority
Two former directors of OPI Pacific Finance, Mark Lawrence Lacy and Jason Robert Duncan Maywald, have today pleaded guilty to two charges under the Securities Act 1978 in a prosecution commenced by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in 2013. More >>
Life after work - ready or not
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 8:51 am | Financial Markets Authority
New survey asks how well New Zealand’s older population is planning for retirement More >>
Belinda Moffat decides to leave FMA
Monday, 3 August 2015, 2:11 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Market’s Authority (FMA) today announced that Belinda Moffat has decided to leave the FMA after three and a half years leading the FMA’s enforcement team. Ms Moffat joined the FMA in March 2012, in the establishment phase of the new ... More >>
FMA files civil proceedings against portfolio manager
Friday, 31 July 2015, 12:53 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued civil proceedings in the High Court seeking pecuniary penalties against Mr Mark Warminger for trading carried out while employed by Milford Asset Management Limited (Milford). The trading occurred between ... More >>
Civil proceedings discontinued
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:49 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has discontinued its civil proceedings against the directors of Capital + Merchant Finance Limited (CMF). More >>
FMA obtains enforceable undertakings from NZ residents
Monday, 13 July 2015, 3:44 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has today agreed to accept enforceable undertakings from David John Hobbs and Jacqueline Hobbs, limiting their activities in New Zealand’s financial markets. More >>
FMA strategy to boost understanding and knowledge
Friday, 3 July 2015, 4:07 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today released its Investor Capability Strategy, which aims to build knowledge, understanding and confidence about making investment decisions. More >>
Most Kiwis remain confident in NZ’s financial markets
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 10:46 am | Financial Markets Authority
Confidence in New Zealand’s financial markets remains stable, with 60% of New Zealanders feeling confident in the state of the country’s financial markets. More >>
Settlement reached over ASB rural interest rate swaps
Monday, 22 June 2015, 11:19 am | Financial Markets Authority
Settlement reached over ASB rural interest rate swaps The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has reached a settlement with ASB regarding the sale, promotion and marketing of interest rate swaps to some rural customers. The Commerce Commission (the Commission) ... More >>
Fresh set of measures to track FMA success over medium-term
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 2:30 pm | Financial Markets Authority
Tabled in Parliament today, the Financial Markets Authority’s Statement of Intent (SOI) for 2015-2019 marks a further step in the agency’s evolution as a modern, risk-based conduct regulator. More >>
Milford Asset Management to make $1.5 million payment
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 9:28 am | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has completed its investigation into certain trading activity between December 2013 and August 2014 by a trader employed by Milford Asset Management Limited (Milford). The FMA considers that the trading conduct breached ... More >>
FMA welcomes first listing on new NXT market
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 2:27 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) says the first listing this week on the NXT market sparks a new era of innovative capital raising in New Zealand. More >>
$10m settlement on Dominion Finance secured by FMA
Monday, 8 June 2015, 4:03 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), together with the liquidators and receivers of Dominion Finance, has reached a settlement agreement in relation to civil claims against the directors of Dominion Finance Group (DFG) and North South Finance (NSF). ... More >>
Receivers and managers appointed to Arena Capital
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 4:13 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The High Court in Christchurch has granted the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) application for Grant Graham and Neale Jackson of KordaMentha to be appointed as receivers and managers of Arena Capital Limited, trading as Blackfort FX (Arena/Blackfort). ... More >>
Annual review shows NZX meeting regulatory obligations
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 9:53 am | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today confirmed that NZX has complied with its statutory obligations to ensure that its markets are fair, orderly, and transparent. More >>
FMA secures $500,000 compensation payment from Pacific Edge
Monday, 25 May 2015, 4:16 pm | Financial Markets Authority
FMA issues warning on continuous disclosure obligations and secures $500,000 compensation payment from Pacific Edge Limited More >>
FMA removes offshore firms from Register
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 10:27 am | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today confirmed that a number of offshore firms have recently been removed from the Financial Services Provider Register (FSPR). While the Registrar of Companies maintains the FSPR, the FMA has powers to direct ... More >>
Small DIMS providers benefit from reduced reporting needs
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 10:44 am | Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has provided smaller businesses that offer a Discretionary Investment Management Service (DIMS) relief from some financial reporting requirements. The FMA has approved two categories of exemptions that will be available ... More >>
SPI directors fined for breaching financial reporting rules
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 12:35 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The two directors of SPI Property Fund Limited have today been fined $25,312 each for breaches of the Financial Reporting Act in the Auckland District Court. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) brought three charges against each of the directors, Murray ... More >>
