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Upcoming events and announcements

07 Apr 2025 Mon 2:00pm

Round table with industry body leaders

FMA Chief Executive, Samantha Barrass and Board Chair, Craig Stobo attend round table discussion with industry body leaders.

16 Apr 2025

Insurance Council of NZ (ICNZ)

22 May 2025

Chartered Accountants ANZ: Audit and Accounting Conferences

28 May 2025

Australasian Investor Relations Associations (AIRA) 2025 Annual Conference & Awards

Latest news

Fair conduct programme insights report
Insights from the FMA’s review of fair conduct programmes received from financial institutions ahead of the commencement of the CoFI regime
FMA files civil proceedings against IAG for fair dealing breaches
The Financial Markets Authority has filed a civil proceeding against insurer IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG) for fair dealing breaches in relation to it ...
Understanding Managed Funds with Tom Hartmann | Jess Learns to Invest Episode 3
In this episode of Jess Learns to Invest, Jess talks to Sorted NZ personal finance lead, Tom Hartmann.
Speech by Samantha Barrass to the Financial Advice New Zealand Conference
Speech by FMA CEO Samantha Barrass at the Financial Advice NZ Conference 2024, highlighting regulatory priorities, access to advice review, outcomes-f ...
Review of access to financial advice for New Zealand: Proposed terms of reference
The FMA is seeking feedback on the proposed terms of reference for a review of access to financial advice in New Zealand. Have your say by 30 May 2025 ...
Financial Advice Providers Industry snapshot
The Financial Advice Providers Industry snapshot is derived from the 2024 FAP regulatory returns data and provides valuable insights into what types o ...
FMA unveils review into financial advice accessibility to drive better outcomes for the financial advice sector
The FMA Chief Executive Samantha Barrass today announced a review of the advice sector to help drive better outcomes for industry and consumers.
CoFI regime now in effect 
The Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) regime comes into full effect today, with the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) expecting banks, insurers ...
Consultation: Expiring class legislative notices
Throughout 2025 and 2026 we will be consulting on a range of class exemption that are due to expire before the end of 2026. See the list of exemptions ...
‘5 mins with the FMA’ podcast #11: Outcomes Focused Regulation
In this special episode of our 5 mins with the FMA podcast, we take a look at outcomes- focused regulation with Liam Mason, FMA Executive Director of ...
Meet the team – Investor Information
This article provides an update on the FMA's response and enforcement activities, particularly highlighting the role of the Investor Information team ...
FMA releases update on Outcomes-Focused Regulation
The FMA has published its updated approach to Outcomes-Focused Regulation after considering wide ranging feedback from financial services firms, consu ...