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  1. 4 November 2021

    Record keeping self assessment tool

    Keeping accurate records of the financial advice you provide helps maintain a relationship of transparency and trust with your clients. It also ensures you can provide evidence of how you have complied with your licensee obligations as and when required. Use this self-assessment tool to see if you’re ready to complete the record keeping section of your Class 1 or Class 2 FAP full licence application. It should help you identify areas of strength or weakness in your full licence preparation so you can seek further help or advice and address any gaps before you apply.
  2. 1 November 2021

    Self assessment tool key outsourcing arrangements

    As a small business, we expect you’ll need to outsource some functions to third parties. It’s important that you protect your reputation and your clients by conducting robust background checks, putting contractual agreements in place, and performing regular reviews to ensure suppliers of key functions are up to the task and can meet your expectations and Financial Advice Provider (FAP) obligations. As a FAP, you remain responsible for any functions that you outsource.
  3. 18 October 2021

    Exemption Notice - Christchurch City Holdings Limited Sustainable Bond Offer

    The notice exempts Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL), subject to conditions, from the disclosure, governance, and financial reporting requirements in Parts 3, 4 and 7 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the Act) in relation to offers of ‘sustainable’, ‘sustainability’, ‘green’ ‘social’, or similar bonds (Sustainable Bonds) issued under CCHL’s sustainability framework (Sustainability Framework).
  4. 15 October 2021

    Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) - MOU

    MOU concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information between the FMA and the Council of Financial Regulators (Reserve Bank of New Zealand; FMA; The Treasury; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Commerce Commission
  5. 12 October 2021

    Advertising offers of financial products under the FMC Act guidance

    This guidance focuses on the application of the fair dealing provisions in Part 2 of the FMC Act to communications made for the purposes of advertising or promoting offers of financial products (advertising). This guidance also covers the application of the specific advertising provisions in Part 3 of the FMC Act for regulated offers of financial products.