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  1. 29 April 2025

    FMA Exemption to complement XRB relief for assurance of Scope 3 GHG emissions reporting in 2025

    The FMA has approved in principle a class exemption for climate reporting entities, who use Adoption Provision 8 in NZ CS 2, from the assurance requirement in section 461ZH of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act) to the extent that their climate statements are required to disclose scope 3 GHG emissions for accounting periods ending 31 December 2024 through to 30 November 2025.

  2. 29 April 2025

    Innovation

    The financial technology (FinTech) sector continues to evolve rapidly. Our aim is to ensure that the New Zealand regulatory system facilitates innovation that improves outcomes for customers and increases the efficiency and competitiveness of the financial system. This page talks to the FMA's view of innovation in financial markets and how we support the FinTech community.

  3. 29 April 2025

    Climate Reporting Entities (CREs)

    The New Zealand government has introduced a new regime making climate-related disclosures mandatory for some organisations. Organisations covered (known as Climate Related Entities or CREs) will have to make annual disclosures covering governance arrangements, risk management, strategies and metrics and targets for mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts. The requirement applies to the larger publicly listed companies, big insurers, banks, non-bank deposit takers and investment managers. Read more on the FMA website.

  4. 29 April 2025

    Consumer Confidence Factsheet April 2025

    A nationwide Consumer Confidence Survey was commissioned by the FMA in 2024, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of New Zealanders’ experiences with financial markets including investments, insurance, KiwiSaver, and financial markets regulation.

  5. 29 April 2025

    Operational Resilience

    Operational resilience is the ability of an entity to deliver critical operations through disruptions. The operational resilience of market services licensees is critical for supporting the integrity of New Zealand’s financial markets. The FMA assesses most market service licensees’ critical technology systems and business continuity plans against their relevant minimum standards at the time of licensing.

  7. 23 April 2025

    Regulatory co-operation

    The FMA co-ordinates our efforts and we share intelligence with other government agencies via the Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR). Find out more about the Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) and other global agencies we co-operate with here.

  9. 11 April 2025

    Official Information Act (OIA) requests

    The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) gives New Zealanders the right to request official information. We are committed to carrying out our functions and responsibilities in an open, transparent and accountable manner. We will publish OIA statistics and some responses to requests for information every quarter.

  10. 11 April 2025

    News & Insights

    This section of the FMA website includes all news issued by the FMA including media releases; reports and papers; speeches; research papers; articles, opinion pieces and a list of upcoming events.

  11. 10 April 2025

    Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA)

    In March 2024 Cabinet approved the transfer of responsibility for regulating the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act) from the Commerce Commission (Commission) to the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). This page provides you with an update of the process.

  12. 10 April 2025

    Financial Advice Provider (FAP)

    A financial advice provider (FAP) is an individual or entity (e.g. a company) that provides a financial advice service. Find out more about licensing, registration, costs and ongoing obligations as well as how to comply with the new Code of Professional Conduct for financial advice services including competence, knowledge and skill requirements as well as requirements for ethical behaviour, conduct and client care.

  15. 10 April 2025

    Understanding Fairness Paper

    Request for literature references not included in our Occasional Paper: Understanding Fairness in Financial Services 2024