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Robo-advice has been increasingly adopted; FMA seeks feedback on robo-advice exemption

21/06/2017(0)
The Financial Market Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has released today an announcement to get feedback on robo-advice exemption. According the announcement issued, the FMA is seeking feedback on ... Read More
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New Zealand confirms that selling Spot FX contracts, CFD and binary options to be licensed

03/04/2017(0)
The Financial Markets Authority has today confirmed that businesses selling short-duration derivatives need to be licensed. The Financial Markets Conduct Act introduced licensing for derivatives issuers in December 2014. ... Read More
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FMA updates Strategic Risk Outlook and sets course for new era in conduct regulation

15/02/2017(0)
Today the Financial Markets Authority published its updated Strategic Risk Outlook (SRO). This is a foundation FMA document and sets out how the regulator identifies and prioritises the key ... Read More
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European recognition of FMA oversight of auditors

30/08/2016(0)
The European Commission has announced its recognition of the New Zealand audit oversight regime as equivalent to EU standards, permitting NZ-regulated auditors to operate in the European Union. With ... Read More
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FMA is investigating Forex trading provider

06/06/2016(0)
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is investigating a complaint received in relation to Morgan Cooper Limited (MCL) and a Mr Rodney McCall (aka Rodney Crichton) for potential contraventions of ... Read More
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FMA ordered foreign exchange educator to change its marketing materials

20/05/2016(0)
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has ordered a foreign exchange educator to change its marketing materials on the basis that they were misleading or deceptive, and it had made ... Read More
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Craigs Investment Partners admitted that has breached the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act

05/05/2016(0)
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has today issued a formal warning to Craigs Investment Partners Limited (Craigs) under section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism ... Read More
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FMA: Three things that stop you from making good investment decisions – and four that can help

22/04/2016(0)
Feelings and fears are the key things that stop consumers making good decisions when it comes to their finances or investments. A cross-government paper released by the Financial Markets ... Read More
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International Audit Regulators Call For Measurable Improvement

15/03/2016(0)
The pace of audit quality improvement is too slow and measureable improvement is needed, an international survey concluded. The Independent Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) issued the results ... Read More
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New European Union Legislation on Market Abuse enters into force in 2016

05/01/2016(0)
The law on market abuse in relation to the trading of financial instruments within the European Union will be completely overhauled in 2016. With effect from 3 July 2016, ... Read More
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