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  1. 21 July 2023

    Forestlands sole director, Rowan Kearns, sentenced for making false statements and financial reporting offences

    Rowan Kearns, the founder and sole director of the Forestlands group of companies, was sentenced yesterday to four months’ community detention and 100 hours’ community work with a 9pm – 7am curfew. The sentence follows a prosecution brought by the FMA filed in the Nelson District Court in September 2020.
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  2. 25 July 2023

    CoFI licensing begins

    From today the FMA will begin accepting licensing applications for financial institution licences under the Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) regime.
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    Media release, Banking, Licence, Insurance Providers, Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (CoFI), Financial Institutions, Licensing & registration, Business, News & Insights
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  3. 15 November 2023

    FMA opens consultation on fair outcomes for consumers and markets

    FMA has opened consultation on its approach to outcomes focused regulation, including the fair outcomes for consumers and markets it wants to see financial service providers focus on. The FMA welcomes feedback from all its stakeholders. 
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    Media release, Conduct, Business, News & Insights
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  4. 2 May 2011

    Bernard Whimp

    Shareholders in several listed companies have complained to the Securities Commission about offers made in March 2011 from limited partnerships associated with Mr Bernard Whimp. Read more.
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    Scams
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  5. 15 June 2022

    Adviser profile – Andrea Reid of Aliya Insurance Brokers

    Andrea Reid of Aliya Insurance Brokers shares how applying for a Financial Advice Provider (FAP) licence has helped her build a better business one step at a time.
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    Financial Advice Provider, Roles, Insights, Article, Business, News & Insights
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  6. 18 May 2022

    Fund managers’ inconsistent performance measurement and cost of fees reduces benefits to investors

    The managers of New Zealand managed investment schemes (MIS or KiwiSaver/fund managers) are showing repeatable performance, relative to appropriate market indices. However, the benefits of their skill to investors in some funds is reduced by fees, and the costs of commission paid by managers to third parties.
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    Roles, Media release, Business, Managed investment schemes, News & Insights, Supervisor
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  7. 23 August 2021

    FMA issues warning to Sharesies for AML/CFT breaches

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – has issued a formal warning to Sharesies Limited and Sharesies Nominee Limited for failing to have sufficient anti-money laundering procedures, policies, and controls in place.
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    AML/CFT, Roles, Media release, Enforceable action, Business, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  8. 19 November 2015

    Financial Markets Conduct Regulations amended

    While the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 (FMC Regulations) covered the detail necessary for the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) to come into force on 1 December 2014, the size and complexity of the reforms meant the Government needed to defer some non-urgent matters.
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    Regulation updates, FMC Act, Legislation, Business
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  9. 4 November 2020

    2020’s silver linings for the NZ fintech sector

    From the lens of New Zealand’s innovation and technology ecosystem, it’s been a year of silver linings, especially within the context of financial services. Read more from Binu Paul in this FMA Story.
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    FMA people, FMA
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  10. 18 September 2020

    FMA files criminal charges in relation to Forestlands

    The Financial Markets Authority has filed criminal charges against an individual in relation to the Forestlands group of companies, for alleged disclosure and financial record keeping breaches.
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  11. 6 May 2022

    FMA issues stop order against The One Management GP Limited

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has today confirmed it has made a stop order against The One Management GP Limited regarding an offer in relation to The One Property LP¹ (the Fund), which is only available to wholesale investors, including eligible investors.
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    Enforceable Undertaking, Roles, Media release, Business, Managed investment schemes, News & Insights, Enforcement
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