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1. 16 August 2011

   Nationwide anti-money laundering seminars help businesses prepare for new law

   Financial service businesses will be learning about the need to tighten up customer identification processes and look out for suspicious financial transactions in a series of seminars around the country that started in Wellington on Monday.
2. 15 August 2011

   FMA orders Share Buyers Limited to include warning

   The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has ordered Share Buyers Limited (Share Buyers) and associated persons to include a warning from FMA in a prominent position at the beginning of any document making an unsolicited offer to buy shares or other securities.
3. 10 August 2011

   FMA makes three further leadership team appointments; announces Auckland location

   The Financial Markets Authority has made three further appointments to its strategic leadership team under Chief Executive Sean Hughes, and announced its new Auckland office premises.
4. 9 August 2011

   FMA announces appointment and reappointments to Code Committee

   The Board of the Financial Markets Authority has appointed Dimity Kingsford-Smith, a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, to the Code Committee for Authorised Financial Advisers for a term of three years.
5. 3 August 2011

   FMA completes NZX inquiry

   FMA has completed its inquiry into continuous disclosure issues in relation to comments made by Mr Mark Weldon, CEO of NZX Ltd, concerning the carrying value of its subsidiary Clear Grain Exchange.
6. 22 July 2011

   FMA makes three appointments to strategic leadership team

   The Financial Markets Authority has strengthened its strategic leadership team with three appointments to key positions in support of Chief Executive Sean Hughes.
7. 21 July 2011

   NZF prospectus withdrawn after FMA investigation

   NZF Money Limited (NZF) has withdrawn its 2010 debt prospectus from the market following an investigation by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).
8. 11 July 2011

   FMA issues warnings about unsolicited offers from Share Buyers and Stock & Share

   The FMA has issued warning about unsolicited offers that may be made by Share Buyers Limited or Australian-based Stock & Share Trading Company Pty Limited. Read more.
9. 29 June 2011

   New era of professionalism for financial advisers

   From Friday 1 July, financial advisers will be regulated under new rules administered by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).
10. 21 June 2011

    Warning: FMA warns SuperLife in relation to KiwiSaver sales practices

    The Financial Markets Authority has issued a warning to SuperLife Limited and SuperLife Trustees Limited (together 'SuperLife') to overhaul its KiwiSaver sales practices.
11. 20 June 2011

    Statement on Hubbard Investigation

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have worked together closely throughout this investigation. The evidence on which the charges laid by the SFO today are based could also give rise to charges by FMA under section 59 of the Securities Act.
12. 17 June 2011

    FMA withdraws civil proceedings against Insured Group

    A notice of discontinuance of civil proceedings was filed in the High Court, and FMA and Insured Group have prepared an agreed statement, which accompanies this release. Read more.
13. 15 June 2011

    FMA issues interim order against GFNZ Group

    The Financial Markets Authority has made an interim order to stop allotment of securities by GFNZ Group Limited (formerly known as Geneva Finance Limited).
14. 10 June 2011

    FMA welcomes discussion document on funding

    The Financial Markets Authority has welcomed the Government's release of a discussion document on third party funding options for financial regulation.
15. 9 June 2011

    FMA warns of unacceptable KiwiSaver sales practices

    The Financial Markets Authority is urging investors to be wary of unacceptable sales practices being used in selling some KiwiSaver schemes.