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  1. 24 June 2024

    Spotlight on: Growth Funds

    Growth funds are best if you need higher growth in your investment over the long term. The FMA editorial team talks about growth funds in this article.
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    KiwiSaver & Superannuation, Article, Consumer, News & Insights
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  2. 15 March 2021

    Understanding the risks

    Online investing platforms enable you to trade shares and other financial products online. Take a look at risks that come with using and investing with an online investment platform.
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    Online investing platforms, Ways to invest, Investing, Consumer
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  3. 4 March 2020

    Foreign exchange trading

    Forex trading is the buying and selling of foreign currencies. People trade in forex either to try to make a quick profit by betting on the changing value of a currency or to provide certainty about the cost of future foreign currency payments (called ‘hedging’).The risk of online foreign exchange trading is high. We regularly receive complaints and enquiries from consumers who have lost money in online forex trading. Find out more about the risks and returns here.
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    Foreign exchange, Ways to invest, Investing, Consumer
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  4. 19 November 2020

    Private investment company impersonated by scammers

    GRC Investments Limited is a private investment company based in Christchurch that scammers have sought to exploit by impersonating them. The FMA issued a warning in September that an investment scam appeared to be operating under a similar name – G.R.C Trustee.
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    Consumer, Scams
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  5. 16 November 2016

    Minister Collins to open Fraud Film Festival

    The inaugural International Fraud Film Festival will be opened by Hon Judith Collins, the Minister responsible for the Serious Fraud Office, on Friday, 18 November at Auckland’s Q Theatre. The festival concludes this year’s Fraud Awareness Week.
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    Campaigns, Media release, Investing, Consumer, News & Insights
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  6. 3 April 2017

    FMA confirms short-term derivatives to be licensed

    The Financial Markets Authority has today confirmed that businesses selling short-duration derivatives need to be licensed. The Financial Markets Conduct Act introduced licensing for derivatives issuers in December 2014.
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    Derivatives, Ways to invest, Investing, Media release, Consumer, News & Insights
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  9. 28 May 2020

    FMA warns financial adviser for advice to clients about COVID-19

    FMA has issued a formal warning to a financial adviser who made recommendations to clients that they urgently move their investments to ‘low risk’ funds in the wake of COVID-19. The adviser failed to clarify that the advice may not be suitable for all clients.
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    Financial Adviser, COVID-19, Media release, Roles, Business, News & Insights
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  11. 3 March 2015

    FMA welcomes opportunity to review financial advice laws

    FMA welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Paul Goldsmith, about the review of legislation governing financial advisers.
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    Financial Service providers Act 2008, Media release, Legislation, Business, News & Insights
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  13. 8 July 2011

    Share Buyers Limited

    Unsolicited offers – the amount offered per share is less than the current market price of the shares.
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    Suspected scam, Scams
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  14. 15 July 2016

    FMA discontinues proceedings against Archer and HIL

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has elected to discontinue the proceeding against Archer Capital (Pty) Limited (Archer) and Healthcare Industry Limited (HIL). The defendants, Archer and HIL, have accepted that the FMA was justified in investigating the conduct that is the subject of this claim. Read more.
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    Media release, Cases, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  15. 24 August 2020

    Designated settlement systems

    There are two designated settlement systems the FMA is jointly responsible for regulating with the RBNZ: NZClear and New Zealand Clearing and Depository Corporation Limited (NZCDC)
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