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  2. 2 April 2025

    Financial Advice Providers Regulatory Returns

    All licensed Financial Advice Providers are required to complete and submit an annual regulatory return. The regulatory return is a series of questions to obtain an up-to-date understanding of the nature, size and complexity of your financial advice provider service. This page provides you with information relevant to your annual regulatory return.

  3. 27 March 2025

    Make a protected disclosure (whistleblowing)

    If you believe there has been serious wrongdoing in relation to the financial markets by the organisation you work for, you can make a protected disclosure (whistle blowing).

  4. 26 March 2025

    Make a complaint

    We investigate a range of complaints about the conduct of individuals and businesses that operate in our financial markets. This page talks about when you should complain to us and who better to contact for complaints that fall outside of our remit. You will also find out how to make a complaint and the information we need in order to process a complaint.

  5. 25 March 2025

    Financial Institutions

    A financial institution is a registered bank, licensed insurer, or licensed non-bank deposit taker (NBDT) that is in the business of providing one or more relevant services. View more about the licensing of Financial Institutions on this page.

  7. 21 March 2025

    Financial market infrastructures

    Financial market infrastructures (FMIs) provide channels through which payments, securities, derivatives or other financial transactions are cleared, settled or recorded. Well-functioning and efficient FMIs play a critical role in promoting financial stability and economic growth. Read more about Financial Market Infrastructures (FMI) on this page.

  8. 20 March 2025

    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.

  10. 20 March 2025

    Regulatory approach

    We expect all market participants to pursue the objectives and spirit of regulation rather than the letter of the law. We supervise and monitor market participants in line with our statutory objectives. We supervise and monitor market participants in line with our statutory objectives. Where we see misconduct in financial markets, we seek to hold those responsible to account. These pages provide you more information on our regulatory and enforcement approach.

  11. 17 March 2025

    AML/CFT

    The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (the Act) and its regulations place obligations on New Zealand’s financial institutions to detect and deter money laundering and terrorism financing. Find out more about your AML/CFT obligations on this page.