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Page last updated: 11 August 2023

Enforcement Activity

In the event of a breach of financial markets legislation, we may intervene on an informal basis or at a low level where such action is proportionate to the misconduct and will achieve an appropriate market outcome. However, where appropriate, we will take strong action and hold individuals and entities accountable when they break the law and fail to meet the standards that are expected of them. If harm has been identified, we may also take regulatory action of some sort even though no ‘rules’ appear to have been broken.

Our enforcement activity can be viewed on this page.

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  4. 3 March 2021

    Pegasus Markets Limited and Director Michael Reps

    The FMA alleges Pegasus Markets Limited continued to hold out on two different websites that it was registered on the FSPR after it had been deregistered and despite subsequent warnings from Companies Office.

  6. 3 November 2020

    Fund Managers Otago (FMO)

    The FMA cancelled the FMO’s MIS licence after finding its inadequate compliance and governance arrangements had resulted in continued material breaches of its licence obligations.

  7. 23 June 2020

    CLSA Premium New Zealand Limited (CLSAP NZ)

    CLSA Premium New Zealand Limited (CLSAP NZ) was ordered to pay a total pecuniary penalty of $770,000 for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act, following proceedings brought by the FMA.

  8. 5 June 2020

    ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited

    FMA filed proceedings against ANZ for false and misleading representations over credit card insurance charges.

  9. 18 October 2019

    Circle Markets Limited

    FMA has issued a formal warning to a non-licensed derivatives issuer and forex provider, Circle Markets Limited, under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT).

  10. 28 August 2019

    Eoin Malcolm Miller Johnson

    Eoin Malcolm Miller Johnson, a former director and chairman of NZX-listed Promisia Integrative Limited (PIL), admitted to insider trading conduct and breaching a director’s disclosure obligations.

  11. 16 August 2019

    Viaduct Capital & Mutual Finance

    Paul Bublitz was found guilty of four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship and two charges of false statement by a promoter.

  12. 6 August 2019

    Westpac

    Westpac accepted that it may have contravened fair dealing provisions of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA) and/or possible breaches relating to consumer credit contracts under the Fair Trading Act (FTA).

  13. 23 July 2019

    Syndicated Trusts Limited

    The FMA has issued a Stop Order against Syndicated Trusts Limited (STL), ordering the company to stop advertising or accepting money for financial products.

  15. 9 April 2019

    Mark Stephen Talbot

    Mr Talbot has offered this enforceable undertaking following an investigation made by the FMA into his trading of shares in VMob Group Limited (VMob). Read more.