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  1. 13 July 2017

    Former RFA sentenced at Auckland District Court

    A former registered financial adviser, Anthony Wilson, who forged clients’ initials and falsely amended insurance applications has been sentenced to 150 hours of community work, 6 months community detention and ordered to pay reparations of $16,461.24.
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    Media release, Cases, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  2. 18 January 2023

    FMA appoints Stuart Johnson to new Chief Economist role

    We have appointed Stuart Johnson to the newly created role of Chief Economist. Stuart joins the FMA from London, UK, where he has been Head of Behavioural Economics, Conduct Risk and Customer Experience, at major international banking and insurance firms since 2015.
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    Media release, News & Insights
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  3. 16 June 2021

    Financial advice given for the purpose of complying with lender responsibilities

    This information sheet explains the circumstances that may exclude a lender from some Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) obligations related to financial advice. The exclusion applies only in relation to consumer credit contracts and certain credit-related insurance contracts.
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    Financial Advice Provider, Financial Adviser, Roles, Financial Institutions, Business
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    Page, Guidance

  4. 23 August 2022

    Banks and insurers have work cut out with CoFI

    Clare Bolingford outlines what banks, insurers and non-bank deposit takers need to do to prepare for the CoFI regime.
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    Banking, Insurance Providers, Opinion, Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (CoFI), Financial Institutions, Business, News & Insights
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  5. 29 November 2019

    Council of Financial Regulators sets work priorities for 2020

    The Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) has announced its work priorities for the coming year.
    The work programme includes seven separate work streams, each led by one of the CoFR agencies, but involving all the members (alongside other government agencies as necessary) in a coordinated effort to tackle issues that reach across the financial system.
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    Media release, Governance, FMA, News & Insights
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  6. 16 April 2015

    The FMA completes Memorandum of Understanding with all NZ’s Dispute Resolution Schemes

    FMA has recently signed MOUs with the ISO and the BOS. This follows the completion of MOUs with the FDRS and FSCL last year. The FMA and the dispute resolution schemes already enjoy a cooperative relationship and these MOUs formalise and enhance that collaboration.
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    Media release, Governance, Business, FMA, News & Insights
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  7. 15 September 2022

    Investor alert: Octavus Trade Limited is not registered in New Zealand

    WARNING: Investors should exercise caution when dealing with Octavus Trade Limited and octavus.trade (the website). Octavus Trade Limited is not a registered financial service provider in New Zealand. The website contains a forged New Zealand company Certificate of Incorporation and AMI Certificate of Insurance. It claims to offer investment returns which appear to be unrealistically high.
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    Suspected scam, Imposter website, Scams
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  10. 18 November 2019

    Investors’ guide to auditing

    FMA guide to auditing for investors.
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    Investment basics, Investing, Article, Consumer, News & Insights
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  11. 28 February 2024

    Auditors

    Auditor regulation and oversight helps to ensure the businesses we regulate (known as FMC reporting entities) have access to competent auditors, and these audits (known as FMC audits) are of a high standard. This page explains who needs to comply with the FMA, licensing and registration requirements, costs, levies and waivers, obligations, along with a number of important guidance documents and reports that are relevant to Auditors in New Zealand.
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    Auditors, Obligations, Licensing & registration, Roles, Directors, Business
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  12. 10 June 2019

    Kiwis take longer to choose a movie than check KiwiSaver

    A recent survey of 1100 New Zealanders for the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) found four out of five people took up to 10 minutes to choose a movie, but just over half of those questioned spent the same time reading their KiwiSaver annual statement. Read more.
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    Media release, KiwiSaver & Superannuation, Consumer, News & Insights
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  13. 27 March 2023

    AML/CFT FAQs

    Frequently asked questions answered about AML/CFT and obligations of reporting entities in New Zealand.
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    AML/CFT, Roles, Business
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