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1. 1 November 2021

   Self assessment tool key outsourcing arrangements

   As a small business, we expect you’ll need to outsource some functions to third parties. It’s important that you protect your reputation and your clients by conducting robust background checks, putting contractual agreements in place, and performing regular reviews to ensure suppliers of key functions are up to the task and can meet your expectations and Financial Advice Provider (FAP) obligations. As a FAP, you remain responsible for any functions that you outsource.

2. 16 July 2021

   Amended Identity Verification Code of Practice 2013

   This code of practice provides a suggested best practice for all reporting entities conducting name and date of birth identity verification on customers (that are natural persons) that have been assessed to be low to medium risk. Identification involves obtaining from the customer a range of information about him or her (“identity information”). Verification involves confirming some of that information against documents, data or information obtained from a reliable and independent source.

3. 21 September 2021

   Review of credit card repayment insurance products

   In our 2019 Life Insurer Conduct and Culture review, we found that “certain products often provided poor value, and consequently poor outcomes for customers, because of limited benefits, and misunderstanding of coverage and eligibility”. We carried out this additional review to gain a better understanding of the suitability of CCRI for consumers. While most providers have withdrawn CCRI products from sale, there are still several hundred thousand existing policies, whose holders may not need or understand the product and are at risk of experiencing poor outcomes if they need to make a claim.

4. 7 June 2017

   KiwiSaver annual statements methodology notice

   This notice comes into force on 2017 and applies to accounting periods of KiwiSaver schemes that commence on or after the commencement date of this notice. The notice sets out a methodology which managers of KiwiSaver schemes must comply with when calculating the approximate total sum of the fees paid by each of their scheme participants. This information (which must be expressed as a dollar amount) must be included in the confirmation information that KiwiSaver providers are required to provide to each scheme participant each year pursuant to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (Act).

5. 6 May 2020

   FMA XRB Enhanced auditor reporting 2020

   Enhanced auditor reporting is a joint FMA and XRB report that looks at the evolution of trends in key audit matter reporting in the three years since the revised auditor’s report was introduced. Key audit matters are issues that, in the auditor’s view, were of most significance to the audit of a company’s financial statements – for example, a company’s valuation of goodwill or its revenue recognition. KAMs are intended to provide transparency and give users of the financial statements a better understanding of how the audit was conducted and complexities that arose. This is the 2020 report.