Media releases – 2017

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1. 3 April 2017

   FMA confirms short-term derivatives to be licensed

   The Financial Markets Authority has today confirmed that businesses selling short-duration derivatives need to be licensed. The Financial Markets Conduct Act introduced licensing for derivatives issuers in December 2014.
2. 27 March 2017

   FMA releases AFA information report

   The Financial Markets Authority today published its third statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year.
3. 22 March 2017

   FMA Statement on Forestlands

   FMA identified $18 million which Forestlands say is to be paid to all its investors. That money has been placed in a trust account after our discussion with a Forestlands director. Read more.
4. 16 March 2017

   FMA files charges under the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act

   The FMA has filed charges against Garry James Patterson in the Christchurch District Court. The FMA alleges Mr Patterson was, or was holding out as being, in the business of providing financial services in contravention of the FSP Act. Read more.
5. 9 March 2017

   FMA files charges for insider trading

   The FMA has filed charges in the Auckland District Court alleging breaches of the insider trading prohibitions contained in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA). The charges were filed in relation to trading in shares of Eroad (NZX:ERD). The individuals charged are a current and a former Eroad employee.
6. 8 March 2017

   FMA updates guidance on KiwiSaver sales and advice

   The Financial Markets Authority today released updated guidance on sales and advice for KiwiSaver providers. KiwiSaver is an important part of New Zealanders’ future financial security and for some it is their first and only investment. This makes it critical that KiwiSaver members get the help they need to make good decisions.
7. 28 February 2017

   The FMA: What to expect from your financial provider

   The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has today published a series of pointers for customers to use when they are dealing with financial services providers.
8. 20 February 2017

   The Financial Markets Authority publishes its first Conduct Outcomes Report

   The Conduct Outcomes Report 2016 highlights the key issues and actions from the FMA’s enforcement, supervision and preventative activities for the financial year July 2015 to June 2016.
9. 15 February 2017

   FMA updates Strategic Risk Outlook and sets course for new era in conduct regulation

   FMA published its updated Strategic Risk Outlook (SRO). This is a foundation FMA document and sets out how the regulator identifies and prioritises the key risks to its overall objective of fair, efficient and transparent markets.
10. 8 February 2017

    FMA warns firms under Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a formal warning to 12 reporting entities under section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (the Act).
11. 8 February 2017

    FMA lays charges under the Crimes Act

    An individual registered financial adviser appeared in the Auckland District Court yesterday in relation to various charges laid by the FMA under the Crimes Act.
12. 2 February 2017

    The FMA’s guide designed to help providers focus on good conduct

    Today the FMA published the final version of the guide into the FMA’s view of conduct. The FMA has also published submissions from industry, considered as part of the consultation process.
13. 13 December 2016

    Consultation complete on FMA’s conduct guide: final document to be published in new year

    Earlier this year the FMA consulted on a guide on good conduct, signalling to New Zealand financial services providers what to expect from interaction and engagement with the conduct regulator.
14. 8 December 2016

    FMA releases AML/CFT monitoring report

    The FMA has today published its third annual AML/CFT monitoring report.
15. 1 December 2016

    The end of the beginning for the new regime in financial services

    A decade in the making, today marks the beginning of a new era in the regulation of New Zealand’s financial markets. The introduction of a stronger regime overseeing financial markets, based on the good conduct of providers, has been in train since before the establishment of the Capital Markets Development Taskforce in 2008.