Media releases – 2020

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1. 5 July 2016

   Code Committee Members Reappointed

   The Financial Markets Authority has announced the reappointment of two members of the Code Committee. The Committee was established in July 2009 to draft a code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs).
2. 29 June 2016

   FMA releases report into insurance sales and advice: Insurance replacement business - who benefits?

   The Financial Markets Authority is calling for cooperation from the life insurance industry and financial advisers to address the potential harms to consumers from the relatively high levels of switching of existing insurance policies.
3. 23 June 2016

   FMA reports on NZX’s regulatory framework

   The Financial Markets Authority has released its latest annual review of NZX and reports that it is meeting its statutory obligations as a market operator and frontline regulator of those markets.
4. 22 June 2016

   SPGI Director sentenced today

   SPGI director Mark Andrew Turnock has today been sentenced in the Auckland High Court to four months home detention and 200 hours of community work. Read more.
5. 13 June 2016

   FMA releases Auditor regulation and oversight plan

   The FMA has released its auditor regulation and oversight plan for 2016. The FMA’s plan sets out the new style of audit report issued by the External Reporting Board, intended to provide better information to investors.
6. 3 June 2016

   Investigation into Morgan Cooper Limited

   The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is investigating a complaint received in relation to Morgan Cooper Limited (MCL) and a Mr Rodney McCall (aka Rodney Crichton) for potential contraventions of financial markets legislation.
7. 20 May 2016

   FMA orders Cambrian to change misleading materials

   The FMA has ordered a foreign exchange educator to change its marketing materials on the basis that they were misleading or deceptive, and it had made unsubstantiated statements about its services.
8. 19 May 2016

   Licensing obligations for property investment schemes imminent

   The FMA is putting the call out to businesses of all sizes providing property investment schemes or property syndication funds to get licensed now.
9. 18 May 2016

   Market wobbles dent confidence but investors are positive about regulation

   The results of the 2016 annual survey into New Zealanders’ attitudes to financial markets have been released.
10. 3 May 2016

    FMA issues formal warning to Craigs

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has today issued a formal warning to Craigs Investment Partners Limited (Craigs) under section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (the AML/CFT Act).
11. 28 April 2016

    Cross-border trade agreement means more investment choices for New Zealanders

    New Zealand investors will benefit from more competition for their investment dollar and more choice of investment options as a result of the international agreement signed.
12. 21 April 2016

    Three things that stop you from making good investment decisions – and four that can help

    Feelings and fears are the key things that stop consumers making good decisions when it comes to their finances or investments. Cross-government paper released by FMA delves into why we behave this way.
13. 11 April 2016

    Be wary of investment offers from outside the regulatory patch

    After receiving more than 2,000 complaints since July 2014, the FMA is warning investors to step inside the regulatory tent for their own protection.
14. 11 March 2016

    International audit regulators call for measurable improvement by 2019

    The Independent Forum of Independent Audit Regulators issued the results of their annual inspections findings survey.
15. 26 February 2016

    The FMA’s 100 billion dollar challenge: Raising confidence in the managed funds industry

    The final phase of implementing the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act) involves the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) licensing a sector responsible for about $100 billion of New Zealanders’ wealth.