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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. 8 June 2015

    Dominion Finance Group and North South Finance

    Securities Commission alleged that the directors made false statements in the Dominion Finance Group registered prospectus dated 13 September 2007, as amended by an extension certificate 20 December 2007 and the North South Finance registered prospectus dated 11 September 2007, as amended by an extension certificate 20 December 2007. Read more.
  2. Settlement

    25 May 2015

    Pacific Edge Limited

    FMA issued warning on continuous disclosure obligations and secures $500,000 compensation payment from Pacific Edge Limited.
  3. Formal warning

    12 March 2015

    MSL Capital Markets Limited

    We issued a formal warning to MSL for failing to perform its audit of its AML/CFT risk assessment and AML/CFT programme by 31 October 2014 and to provide a copy of the audit report to us.
  4. Court – criminal

    26 February 2015

    Belgrave Finance Limited

    Belgrave directors Stephen Charles Smith and Shane Joseph Buckley, and associate Raymond Tasman Schofield were convicted on representative charges brought by the FMA under the Securities Act, the Companies Act and Crimes act along with their legal advisor Hugh Edward Staples Hamilton. Read more.
  5. Market manipulation

    23 January 2015

    Notification of Warning: individual trader – market manipulation

    The Financial Markets Authority has issued a warning to an individual in relation to suspected market manipulation. Following an investigation by the FMA, it concluded that trading by the individual in question has likely breached the Securities Markets Act 1988. Read more.
  6. Market manipulation

    23 January 2015

    Notification of Warning: individual trader – market manipulation

    The Financial Markets Authority has issued a warning to an individual in relation to suspected market manipulation. Following an investigation by the FMA, it concluded that trading by the individual in question has likely breached the Securities Markets Act 1988. Read more.
  7. Court – criminal

    17 December 2014

    South Canterbury Finance (SCF)

    The accused are Edward Sullivan, Robert White, Lachie McLeod, Terrence Hutton, Graham Brown. The SFO has laid 21 charges in total with FMA's assistance. The charges are laid under provisions of the Crimes Act: sections 220 (theft by person in special relationship), 240 (inducing by deception), 260 (false accounting) and 242 (false statement by promoter). Read more.

  8. 11 September 2014

    Hayden and George Jones

    This criminal proceeding relates to allegations that Hayden and George Jones, as Directors of Heritage Park Taupo Limited and Heritage Park Investments Limited, failed to deliver financial statements to the Registrar of Companies under ss 18(1) & 38(b) Financial Reporting Act 1993.
  9. Market manipulation

    7 August 2014

    Brian Peter Henry

    At the Auckland High Court, Mr Henry admitted FMA allegations that he breached the market manipulation prohibitions in the Securities Markets Act 1988, and a pecuniary penalty of $130,000 was imposed by the Court.
  10. Court – criminal

    11 July 2014

    Ross Collins

    This criminal proceeding relates to allegations that Ross Collins, as a Director of Prosper Hills (2004) Limited, Prosper Hills (2006) Limited NZFIL 3, failed to deliver financial statements to the Registrar of Companies under ss 18(1) & 38(b) Financial Reporting Act 1993. Read more.
  11. Enforceable undertaking

    5 June 2014

    Strategic Finance Limited

    FMA investigation into Strategic had found that the directors( Kerry Finnigan, Graham Jackson, Marcel Lindale, Timothy Rich, Denis Thom, David Wolfenden) are likely to have breached the Securities Act by making untrue statements in a registered prospectus, investment statement and in an advertisement between March 2008 and August 2008. Read more.

  12. 20 March 2014

    First Mortgage Investments Limited

    This proceeding relates to an alleged failure to deliver an annual report to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 12 of the Securities Act (Contributory Mortgage) Regulations.

  13. 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.
  14. Court – civil

    6 March 2014

    Prudential Mortgage Limited

    Prudential Mortgage Limited has been convicted and fined $2,000 for failing to deliver its annual report to the Registrar of Companies by 30 June 2013.
  15. Court – criminal

    18 December 2013

    National Finance 2000 Ltd (NFL)

    FMA alleged that the directors (Trevor Allan Ludlow, Carol Braithwaite, Anthony Banbrook) made untrue statements in the registered prospectus for National Finance 2000 Limited. Read more.