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  1. 6 May 2021

    New law reforms the regulation of financial market infrastructures (FMIs)

    New laws to regulate and supervise payment and settlement systems have been passed by Parliament following the third reading of the Financial Market Infrastructures Bill (the Bill) yesterday. Under the Bill the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua (the Reserve Bank) and the Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko (FMA) will be joint regulators of most FMIs, including central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties, and trade repositories. The Reserve Bank will be the sole regulator of payments systems under the new regime.
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    Regulation, Regulation updates, Media release, Business, FMA, News & Insights
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  3. 15 October 2021

    The Financial Markets Conduct (Overseas Banks Offering Simple Debt Products) Exemption Notice 2021

    The Financial Markets Conduct (Overseas Banks Offering Simple Debt Products) Exemption Notice 2021 provides applies to banks that are licensed, registered, or otherwise authorised to carry on banking business in certain overseas jurisdictions that have been determined by the FMA to have regulatory oversight standards that are broadly equivalent to those that apply in New Zealand and that have signed the International Organization of Securities Commissions Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding.
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    Exemptions, Secondary legislation, Business
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  4. 12 December 2017

    Hanover Finance, Hanover Capital & United Finance

    These proceedings were issued under sections 55B, 55C, 55G and related sections of the Securities Act 1978. FMA has applied for compensation, declarations of civil liability, civil pecuniary penalties against each of the five directors and promoters - Mark Hotchin, Gregory Muir, Sir Tipene O'Regan, Bruce Gordon, Eric Watson and Dennis Broit. Read more.
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    Court – civil, Powers, Enforcement
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  5. 1 September 2012

    Pre-prospectus publicity

    Pre-prospectus publicity guidance note sets out the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) view on the boundaries of pre-regulated offer publicity/advertising (also commonly referred to as ‘pre-prospectus publicity’), as required by the Securities Act 1978 (Act) and FMA’s policy on the scope of pre prospectus publicity it will support by exemption.
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    Roles, Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers, Business
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    Page, Guidance

  7. 29 August 2023

    FAQs

    This page frequently asked questions about Offers of financial products including: due diligence; kinds of financial offers; Product Disclosure statements (PDS); dual language PDS exemptions; equity offer financial information; debt offers financial information; schedule 1 offers; offers under employee share purchase schemes; small offers and offers of financial products of same class as quoted financial products.
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    Offer information, Business
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  8. 22 November 2019

    AML/CFT Supervisory framework

    This guidance note describes the functions and powers of the three AML/CFT supervisors. These functions and powers of the supervisors are exercised in accordance with a core set of guiding principles to help achieve consistency and integrity in our supervisory approach.
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    AML/CFT, Roles, Business
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    Page, Guidance

  9. 2 April 2024

    NZX Notices archive

    See here the list of notices issued by FMA under Financial Market Conduct Act (FMCA).
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  10. 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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  11. 31 July 2023

    Standards for designated Financial Market Infrastructures

    The standards for designated FMIs were issued on 27 July 2023 under sections 31 and 34 of the Financial Market Infrastructures Act 2021 (the FMI Act) by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Financial Markets Authority acting jointly as the regulator under section 9 of the FMI Act. The standards come into effect starting from 1 March 2024.
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    Financial market infrastructures, Roles, Business
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  12. 20 January 2022

    Reserve Bank and FMA finalise FMI regulatory framework

    The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko have released their finalised framework for assessing the systemic importance of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) following consultation with industry and stakeholders.
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    Financial market infrastructures, Regulation, Roles, Media release, Business, News & Insights
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  14. 1 September 2011

    Identity verification - Code of Practice

    Customers of financial institutions and casinos can expect more stringent identity checks in the lead up to 30 June 2013 when anti-money laundering legislation comes fully into force. Businesses now have access to guidance on the standard those identity checks should meet.
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    Media release, News & Insights
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  15. 14 April 2015

    Better information for investors as new disclosure documents take shape

    Information for investors will now be provided in a format that is easier-to-understand and more accessible than before. The way that financial products are made available to the public has been overhauled under the FMC Act. The first New Zealand financial products to be offered under the new regulations have started to appear on the ‘Disclose’ website this month.
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    Media release, Consumer, News & Insights
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