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  2. 12 March 2025

    Online Services

    Online Services is a secure portal hosted by the FMA for submitting licence applications and, regulatory and scheme information.

  3. 10 March 2025

    Finance professionals

    The business pages provide financial market participants with guidance and information to fulfil ongoing licence and regulatory obligations.

  4. 26 February 2025

    Sales incentive FAQs

    Frequently asked questions about sales incentives under CoFI for financial institutions.

  5. 26 February 2025

    Financial Advice Provider licensing

    Find out who needs a Financial Advice Provider (FAP) licence, what to do before you apply for a licence, how to engage financial advisers, variation to licence forms, how to cancel your licence and the costs involved in applying for a FAP licence.

  6. 24 February 2025

    FMA Exemption to complement XRB relief for assurance of Scope 3 GHG emissions reporting in 2025

    The FMA has approved in principle a class exemption for climate reporting entities, who use Adoption Provision 8 in NZ CS 2, from the assurance requirement in section 461ZH of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act) to the extent that their climate statements are required to disclose scope 3 GHG emissions for accounting periods ending 31 December 2024 through to 30 November 2025.

  7. 21 February 2025

    Climate Reporting Entities (CREs)

    The New Zealand government has introduced a new regime making climate-related disclosures mandatory for some organisations. Organisations covered (known as Climate Related Entities or CREs) will have to make annual disclosures covering governance arrangements, risk management, strategies and metrics and targets for mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts. The requirement applies to the larger publicly listed companies, big insurers, banks, non-bank deposit takers and investment managers. Read more on the FMA website.

  8. 19 February 2025

    About

    The Financial Markets Authority regulates financial markets in New Zealand’s. Find out more about our purpose, board and leadership team, and how we regulate and enforce the law on this page.

  9. 10 February 2025

    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.

  10. 4 February 2025

    Legislation

    The FMA oversees a range of financial markets legislation. We also have certain powers, monitor compliance, investigate and enforce conduct that may constitute a contravention of other legislation, where it applies to financial market firms and individuals. View all the legislation we oversee on this page.

  11. 31 January 2025

    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.

  12. 31 January 2025

    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.

  13. 31 January 2025

    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.

  14. 31 January 2025

    Services

    This section of the FMA website provides licensing, supervision and guidance information for all market participants who are licenced and monitored by the FMA.

  15. 16 December 2024

    Market operators

    A financial product market is a facility where financial products are bought or sold, or where offers or invitations to buy or sell financial products are made. Find the compliance, licensing and registration obligations and NZX notices on this page.