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Enforcement Activity

In the event of a breach of financial markets legislation, we may intervene on an informal basis or at a low level where such action is proportionate to the misconduct and will achieve an appropriate market outcome. However, where appropriate, we will take strong action and hold individuals and entities accountable when they break the law and fail to meet the standards that are expected of them. If harm has been identified, we may also take regulatory action of some sort even though no ‘rules’ appear to have been broken.

Our enforcement activity can be viewed on this page.

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  1. 5 June 2020

    ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited

    FMA filed proceedings against ANZ for false and misleading representations over credit card insurance charges.

  2. 18 October 2019

    Circle Markets Limited

    FMA has issued a formal warning to a non-licensed derivatives issuer and forex provider, Circle Markets Limited, under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT).

  3. 28 August 2019

    Eoin Malcolm Miller Johnson

    Eoin Malcolm Miller Johnson, a former director and chairman of NZX-listed Promisia Integrative Limited (PIL), admitted to insider trading conduct and breaching a director’s disclosure obligations.

  4. 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.

  5. 23 July 2019

    Syndicated Trusts Limited

    The FMA has issued a Stop Order against Syndicated Trusts Limited (STL), ordering the company to stop advertising or accepting money for financial products.

  7. 9 April 2019

    Mark Stephen Talbot

    Mr Talbot has offered this enforceable undertaking following an investigation made by the FMA into his trading of shares in VMob Group Limited (VMob). Read more.

  11. 30 September 2018

    ERoad - Hamish Sansom and Jeffrey Peter Honey

    The FMA alleges that an Eroad employee sent text messages to a former Eroad employee that contained confidential material information relating to Eroad’s performance in the period to 30 September 2015.

  12. 6 July 2018

    Garry James Patterson

    The FMA has filed charges against Garry James Patterson alleging he was or was holding out as being, in the business of providing financial services in contravention of the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSP Act).

  13. 3 July 2018

    Arena Capital/Blackfort

    Mr Ryan, also known as Lance Jared Thompson, used the forex platform BlackfortFX as a façade to encourage more than 900 investors, who were mostly from the Christchurch region, to put about $8.3 million in the Ponzi scheme.

  14. 12 December 2017

    Hanover Finance, Hanover Capital & United Finance

    FMA has applied for compensation, declarations of civil liability, civil pecuniary penalties against each of the five directors and promoters - Mark Hotchin, Gregory Muir, Sir Tipene O'Regan, Bruce Gordon, Eric Watson and Dennis Broit.

  15. 24 November 2017

    Fullerton Markets

    The FMA has issued a formal AML/CFT warning to Fullerton Markets. Read more.