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  1. 16 January 2024

    Insurance

    When you buy insurance products, you have certain rights and your provider has obligations to make sure you're treated fairly and those products suit your needs. The FMA monitors both insurers and the financial advisers selling insurance products to ensure they are delivering those outcomes.

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    Insurance, Life insurance, General and other insurance, Consumer
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  2. 21 January 2023

    Disputes and consumer protection

    The Banking Ombudsman investigates and resolves disputes between customers and their banks.
    They also deal with complaints about a range of non-bank financial service providers. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the prudential supervisor of banks and insurance companies.
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    Consumer
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  3. 13 October 2022

    Offers of financial products

    Issuers are involved in first making a financial product available. They include a debt security, an equity security, a managed investment product, and a derivative. View more about offers of financial product and obligations of those offering financial products in New Zealand on this page.
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    Offer information, Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers, Roles, Business
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  5. 7 March 2023

    Investing basics

    Understand the basics of investing by working out what kind of investor you are and learning the skills to manage your investments confidently. Helping investors make better informed decisions.
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    Investing, Investment basics, Consumer
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  6. 20 July 2022

    Managing your investment

    The longer your investment timeframe, the more the value of your investments can compound upwards and grow. Learn how to get the most out of your investments here.
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    Investing, Investment basics, Consumer
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  7. 18 June 2024

    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.
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    Climate related disclosure, Climate Reporting Entities, Business
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  8. 14 June 2024

    Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) legislation

    The Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Act 2022 amends the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 to ensure certain financial institutions treat consumers fairly. CoFI is designed to protect consumers by putting the consumer at the forefront of institutions’ decisions and actions. Read more about the CoFI legislation on this page.
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    Banking, Conduct, Legislation, Insurance Providers, Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (CoFI), Financial Institutions, Roles, Business
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  9. 21 May 2024

    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.
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    Page, OIA

  10. 5 July 2024

    Bonds

    When you buy a bond, you’re lending money to a bond issuer - usually a government, council or company - for a set period of time (the term). The term is fixed by the issuer and can range between one and 30 years. They’re often known as ‘fixed interest’ investments. Learn more about the different types of bonds and understand their returns, risks and costs here.
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    Bonds, Ways to invest, Investing, Consumer
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  11. 12 November 2018

    CCM Clearing Limited

    CCM Clearing Limited is not a registered financial service provider in New Zealand.
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    Suspected scam, Scams
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  12. 27 February 2019

    Jonathan Simon Antony Branton-Casey

    On 27 February 2019, Jonathan Branton-Casey offered, and the FMA accepted, the attached Enforceable Undertaking pursuant to section 46 of the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011. Read more.
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    Enforceable undertaking, Powers, Enforcement
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  13. 4 September 2019

    Coinbrokerz

    We are concerned that Coinbrokerz has the hallmarks of a scam, including withholding clients' funds, requesting clients to transfer additional funds before being able to withdraw investments and requesting funds to be sent tomultiple bank accounts that do not match Coinbrokerz's name.
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    International regulator alerts, Suspected scam, Scams
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  14. 15 March 2023

    Providing advice on behalf of someone else

    Providing advice on behalf of someone else is a way you can operate under the new financial advice regime. See the licensing requirements, costs and next steps here.
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    New Financial Advice regime, Business
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