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  1. 22 December 2023

    CBL Corporation and four independent directors ordered to pay penalties for conduct including reckless and careless breaches of the Financial Markets Conduct Act

    The High Court has ordered CBL Corporation Limited (CBLC) and four of its former directors to pay penalties for continuous disclosure and misleading conduct breaches following proceedings brought by the FMA under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.
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    Media release, Enforceable undertaking, Powers, Financial Institutions, Business, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  2. 21 July 2023

    Forestlands and director Rowan Charles Kearns

    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.
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    Court – criminal, Powers, Enforcement
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  3. 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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  4. 23 April 2024

    Managed investment scheme manager

    A Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) pools money from a number of investors who rely on the investment expertise of the MIS manager. These schemes can be structured in different ways and may invest in a wide range of investments. On this page you will find the licensing and registration and compliance obligations of a MIS manager. You will also find a list of KiwiSaver exempt employers.
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    Compliance, Obligations, Licensing & registration, Roles, Business, Managed investment schemes
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  5. 5 April 2024

    Authorised body under a financial advice provider licence

    An authorised body is an entity (eg company or partnership) named on a Financial Advice Provider licence. A licensed FAP must agree to an authorised body operating under its licence. The authorised body must be named on the financial advice provider’s transitional licence application, and the licensed FAP will be required to provide information about the authorised body when it applies for its licence.
    Individuals cannot be authorised bodies under a FAP licence and individual financial advice provider licence holders cannot engage authorised bodies under their licences.
    Find out more about registration, costs, ongoing obligations, duties, standard consitions, general reporting conditions, code of professional conduct, competency safe harbour, and liability and enforcement on this page.
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    Compliance, New Financial Advice regime, Authorised body under a FAP, Obligations, Licensing & registration, Roles, Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), Business
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  9. 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. 5 June 2014

    FMA confirms settlement with Strategic Finance Directors and Auditors

    FMA and the Receivers of Strategic, John Fisk and Colin McCloy of PwC, have finalised a settlement with the directors and auditors of Strategic. Under the terms of the settlement, the directors and auditors will pay to the Receivers of Strategic $22 million. Read more.
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    Media release, News & Insights
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  12. 6 May 2011

    FMA Orders Whimp to Disclose Warning

    The FMA has ordered Mr Bernard Whimp and associated persons to include a warning from FMA at the beginning of any unsolicited offer they may make. Read more.
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    Media release, Cases, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  13. 20 August 2014

    FMA files civil proceedings against trustee

    The FMA has filed civil proceedings against Prince and Partners Trustee Company Limited, using the powers of section 34 of the Financial Markets Authority Act. Prince was the trustee for finance company Viaduct Capital Limited. Read more.
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  14. 1 July 2022

    Investing Myth #1: ‘I am not an investor’

    If you’ve ever earned interest in a bank account, you are an investor. Mary Holm debunks the myth of 'I am not an investor' and talks about the four main types of returns on this page.
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    Investment basics, Investing, Consumer
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  15. 11 October 2021

    FMA censures Firma NZ for breaches to derivatives issuer licence obligations

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – has censured Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation (NZ) Limited after finding it had materially contravened a number of its obligations as a licensed derivatives issuer (DI).
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    Derivative Issuer, Enforceable action, Roles, Media release, Business, News & Insights, Enforcement
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