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  1. 31 January 2025

    Consumer

    This section of our website provides useful information for consumers or investors on investment basics; getting financial advice, everyday finance such as banking and insurance and financing retirement with a superannuation fund or KiwiSaver.

  2. 31 January 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 31 January 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.

  9. 31 January 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 30 January 2025

    News & Insights

    This section of the FMA website includes all news issued by the FMA including media releases; reports and papers; speeches; research papers; articles and opinion pieces.

  13. 30 January 2025

    Finance professionals

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