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  1. 13 October 2022

    Offers of financial products

    Issuers are involved in first making a financial product available. They include a debt security, an equity security, a managed investment product, and a derivative. View more about offers of financial product and obligations of those offering financial products in New Zealand on this page.
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    Offer information, Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers, Roles, Business
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  2. 19 November 2020

    Rise in scams impersonating NZ businesses during COVID-19

    From 1 April to 5 November 2020, the FMA issued 61 warnings about investment scams, of which 21 (or 34%) were impostor scams, where the names and details of legitimate businesses are unlawfully used by scammers to trick investors, such as fake websites or social media accounts. By comparison, in the same timeframe during 2019, the FMA issued 40 warnings and only four (10%) were impostor scams. Read the media release.
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    COVID-19, FMA stories, Media release, Consumer, News & Insights, Scams
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  3. 7 October 2021

    FMA directs Du Val to remove misleading advertising

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – has directed property development and investment company Du Val to remove advertising materials likely to mislead or deceive investors.
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    Roles, Offer disclosure for equity and debt offers, Media release, Business, Managed investment schemes, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  5. 3 October 2023

    Compliance approach

    FMA takes a risk-based approach to our monitoring and surveillance activities, meaning we prioritise resources to those participants or practices that present the greatest risk to fair, efficient and transparent financial markets.
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    Compliance, Business
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  9. 5 October 2020

    Investing Myth #6: 'Investing is too difficult and time-consuming'

    ‘Investing is too difficult and time-consuming’ is an investing myth that is debunked by Mary Holm for the FMA. She talks about how investing doesn’t have to be hard for inexperienced investors on this page.
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    Investment basics, Investing, Consumer
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  10. 13 June 2013

    Charges laid today against David Ross

    Charges laid in the Wellington District Court against David Robert Gilmour Ross. The charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) allege he operated a $400 million Ponzi scheme. They follow a joint agency investigation between SFO and the FMA. Read more.
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    Media release, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  13. 10 January 2020

    Market manipulation

    Market manipulation is where someone misleads (or attempts to mislead) the market by actions or omissions that give a false appearance of trading activity, supply, demand or the value of financial products. Read more in this article from the FMA.
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    Shares, Ways to invest, Investing, Article, Consumer, News & Insights
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  14. 7 June 2024

    Financial Advice Provider (FAP)

    A financial advice provider (FAP) is an individual or entity (e.g. a company) that provides a "financial advice service". Find out more about licensing, registration, costs and ongoing obligations as well as how to comply with the new Code of Professional Conduct for financial advice services including competence, knowledge and skill requirements as well as requirements for ethical behaviour, conduct and client care.
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    New Financial Advice regime, Compliance, Financial Advice Provider, Obligations, Licensing & registration, Roles, Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), Business
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  15. 29 August 2013

    David Ross pleads guilty

    Wellington financial adviser David Robert Gilmour Ross (63) today pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court to charges laid by the SFO and the FMA. Read more.
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