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  1. 16 August 2019

    Viaduct Capital & Mutual Finance

    Paul Bublitz was found guilty of four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship and two charges of false statement by a promoter. He was sentenced to 3 years two months imprisonment for each of the charges, to be served concurrently. Read more.
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  2. 16 January 2017

    Consultation paper: Requirement for managers of multiple participant schemes to register participation agreements

    Consultation paper: Requirement for managers of multiple participant schemes to register participation agreements. The proposal is to exempt these managers from the requirement to register participation agreements entered into with the various employers they service which form part of the scheme’s governing document.
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    Managed investment schemes, Supervisor, Consultations, Roles, Business
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  4. 12 July 2013

    FMA strategic leadership team appointments

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced the appointment of Sue Brown to the new position of Head of Strategy, Innovation and Engagement.
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  5. 3 July 2018

    Arena Capital/Blackfort

    Mr Ryan, also known as Lance Jared Thompson, used the forex platform BlackfortFX as a façade to encourage more than 900 investors, who were mostly from the Christchurch region, to put about $8.3 million in the Ponzi scheme. Read more.
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  6. 11 November 2021

    Consultation on expiring class legislative notices

    Throughout 2020 and 2021 we will be consulting on a range of class exemption and other legislative notices that are due to expire before the end of 2022.
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    Roles, Consultations, Business
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  7. 24 January 2023

    Financial Markets Conduct Act

    The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 forms the foundation that allows the FMA to provide quality regulation in financial services and capital markets here in NZ. Read more about the Financial Markets Conduct Act here.
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  8. 20 July 2021

    Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers

    Issuers are involved in first making a financial product available. The FMC Act has requirements for financial product offer information. See those requirements, financial reporting obligations, accountability framework for managed investment schemes and debt securities on this page.
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    Compliance, Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers, Obligations, FMC Act, Roles, Legislation, Business
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  9. 20 October 2022

    Key terms under the CoFI regime

    The Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Act 2022 has introduced some key terms to describe the framework for regulating the conduct of financial institutions in New Zealand – also known as the CoFI regime. This page lists some of the key terms and their definitions.
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    Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (CoFI), Banking, Conduct, Insurance Providers, Financial Institutions, Ways to invest, Investing, Managed Investment Schemes, Roles, Business, Consumer, Managed investment schemes
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  10. 30 November 2022

    Legislation

    The FMA oversees a range of financial markets legislation. We also have certain powers, monitor compliance, investigate and enforce conduct that may constitute a contravention of other legislation, where it applies to financial market firms and individuals. View all the legislation we oversee on this page.
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    Legislation, Fair dealing, New Financial Advice regime, FMC Act, Regulatory cooperation, Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (CoFI), Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), Business, FMA
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  11. 2 August 2023

    Exemptions

    The FMA has wide powers to provide exemptions to persons or transactions from some financial markets law requirements. These powers enable us to remove rigidities in the law and ensure requirements for businesses are reasonable and cost-effective. Read more about exemptions; exemption categories; how to apply for an exemption including digital advice exemptions on this page.
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    Exemptions, Business
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  12. 6 August 2021

    The Great FMA Debate

    FMA Debates give industry heavyweights the chance to face off in public in a light-hearted, competitive debate over important matters affecting Kiwi investors.
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    Campaigns, Article, Consumer, News & Insights
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  13. 28 February 2013

    FMA signals its compliance focus for 2013

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has released its compliance focus for 2013 which outlines FMA's priority areas for monitoring and surveillance over the next year.

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  15. 14 June 2013

    Home detention for Dominion Finance directors

    Two former directors of Dominion Finance have today been sentenced to home detention after pleading guilty to Securities Act charges laid by the Financial Markets Authority. Read more.
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