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  2. 16 August 2021

    How a family chat might have saved one man from losing $50,000 to an investment scam

    When a band of international scammers launches a sophisticated, multi-person project to fleece you out of your money, your best protection might be closer to home than you think.

    Bill* is in his early 70s, lives in a small provincial town and works in the health sector. He fell victim to an international share trading fraud which all began with an unsolicited phone call from a man in New York, ringing as part of a survey associated with Wall St Journal.
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    Consumer, Scams
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  3. 15 December 2022

    ASX 24 derivatives market and SGX-DT reviews released

    FMA has published the findings of its market operator obligations reviews for the Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX 24 derivatives market) and Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT dairy derivatives market).
    Tags
    Media release, Reports and Papers, Roles, Business, Market operator, News & Insights
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  5. 24 November 2017

    Fullerton Markets

    The FMA has issued a formal AML/CFT warning to Fullerton Markets. Read more.
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    AML/CFT, Enforceable action, Roles, Business, Enforcement
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  8. 6 August 2019

    Westpac

    Westpac accepted that it may have contravened fair dealing provisions of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA) and/or possible breaches relating to consumer credit contracts under the Fair Trading Act (FTA).
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    Fair dealing, Enforceable Undertaking, Business, Enforcement
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  9. 8 June 2017

    Vivier and Company Limited (Vivier)

    FMA considered Vivier’s New Zealand FSP registration to be misleading as all its services were mostly in Europe and directed that Vivier be deregistered as an FSP. Read more.
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    Enforcement
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  10. 16 August 2019

    Viaduct Capital & Mutual Finance

    Paul Bublitz was found guilty of four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship and two charges of false statement by a promoter. He was sentenced to 3 years two months imprisonment for each of the charges, to be served concurrently. Read more.
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    Court – criminal, Powers, Enforcement
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  11. 20 May 2016

    Cambrian Corporation Limited

    The FMA has ordered a foreign exchange educator Cambrian to change its marketing materials on the basis that they were misleading or deceptive, and it had made unsubstantiated statements about its services.
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    Enforcement
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  12. 12 March 2014

    Bridgecorp and Bridgecorp Investments (BIL)

    FMA alleged that the directors( Rodney Petricevic, Robert Roest, Bruce Davidson, Gary Urwin and Peter Steigrad) made untrue statements in the investment statements and registered prospectuses, prospectus extension certificates of Bridgecorp and BIL. They also made other false or misleading statements in Bridgecorp and BIL documents. Read more.
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    Enforcement
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  13. 18 December 2012

    Credit SaILS

    FMA and the Commerce Commission have inquired into alleged contraventions of New Zealand law by some of the Companies in relation to the marketing, promotion and sale of an investment product called Credit Saleable Index Linked Securities (Credit SalLS). Read more.
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    Enforcement
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  14. 22 December 2020

    Rodney McCall and Morgan Cooper Limited

    The FMA alleges Mr McCall contacted people and convinced them to ‘invest’ by transferring money into bank accounts he controlled. After incorporating a company, Morgan Cooper Limited, he further cold-called other investors to promote a foreign exchange investment service which did not exist.
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    Court – criminal, Powers, Enforcement
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  15. 18 January 2023

    FMA appoints Stuart Johnson to new Chief Economist role

    We have appointed Stuart Johnson to the newly created role of Chief Economist. Stuart joins the FMA from London, UK, where he has been Head of Behavioural Economics, Conduct Risk and Customer Experience, at major international banking and insurance firms since 2015.
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    Media release, News & Insights
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