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Consultation is an important part of our policy development process. Our consultation is designed to encourage quality engagement from interested businesses and individuals, balanced with the need to complete policy work within the required timeframe. When consulting on policy development we will:
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The FMA is consulting on two standard conditions we are considering imposing for transitional licences, as part of the new financial advice regime.
This consultation seeks issuer and investor input on green bonds and other responsible investment products that expressly take into account environmental, social, and/or governance considerations.
Consultation paper: Proposed exemption for same class offers of ASX NZX-quoted financial products in cases where the ASX-listed issuer has a secondary listing with NZX. Read more.
Consultation paper: Determining whether you are acquiring a business or assets. This guidance has been finalised and published. We received four formal submissions, which all supported the proposals. Therefore, no significant changes have been made. Read more
The FMA has granted an exemption to enable the provision of dual-language product disclosure statements provided in both te reo Māori and English. Read more here.
Consultation paper: Proposed exemption for restricted schemes from custodian assurance requirements. It is proposed that it will be a condition of the exemption that the scheme’s administration manager obtain an assurance engagement. We seek your feedback on our proposals.
Consultation paper: Exemptions, other legislative notices, and unnecessary compliance costs. We are seeking feedback on the effectiveness of our legislative notices in minimising unnecessary compliance costs.
Consultation paper: Proposed class exemption from requirement to name assets. Proposed class exemption from having to disclose the names of individual borrowers to investors provided other relevant information has been disclosed.
Consultation paper: Including an annual declaration of compliance in regulatory returns and updating the standard regulatory returns condition. Read more.
Consultation paper: Updated Corporate Governance Handbook. The handbook is designed as a guide for a wide range of companies and businesses. Read more.
Consultation paper: Proposed exemption to facilitate personalised digital advice. We are now open for applications by providers for the exemption. Read more about it here.
Consultation paper: Short duration derivatives. The short-duration derivative issuers should be licensed. This decision is based on our view that the law requires businesses selling these products to have a licence. Read more.
Consultation paper: Proposed exemption from the market index requirement. he exemption applies to the manager of a fund that invests, in whole or in part, in assets that do not have an appropriate market index. Read more.
Consultation paper: KiwiSaver annual statements - calculation of total fees in dollars. See the methodology notice, regulatory impact statement and amended guidance note for managed funds on fee disclosure above.
Consultation paper: Disclosing non-GAAP financial information. This guidance note communicates our expectations on presenting non-GAAP financial information, including pro-forma financial information.