Exemptions

The Financial Markets Conduct (Climate-related Disclosures – Works Finance (NZ) Limited) Exemption Notice 2024 (Notice) exempts Works Finance (NZ) Limited (Works Finance) from its climate-related disclosure obligations under Part 7A of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (Act).

The Notice is in effect an almost identical renewal of the Financial Markets Conduct (Obsidian Contributory Mortgage Scheme) Exemption Notice 2019.

Financial Markets Conduct (Climate-related Disclosures - Overseas Banks and Insurers Exemption Notice 2024

The Financial Markets Conduct (Climate Statements – Spark Finance Limited) Exemption Notice 2024 (Notice) exempts Spark Finance Limited (SFL) from its climate-related disclosure obligations under Part 7A of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (Act).

The Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 require managers of managed investment schemes (MIS) to disclose the performance of an appropriate market index alongside the past performance of their funds in their quarterly fund updates (the market index requirement).

The Financial Markets Conduct (Abacus Storage King) Exemption Notice 2024 (Notice) exempts Abacus Storage Operations Limited (ASOL) and Abacus Storage Property Trust (the Trust) (together the issuers), and Abacus Storage Funds Management Limited (ASFML) (as responsible entity for the Trust under Australian law) from compliance with the disclosure requirements in Part 3 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 Act (Act)

The Financial Markets Conduct (Goldman Sachs) Exemption Notice 2024 (Notice) exempts exempt entities (being the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and its subsidiaries (each being a GS entity and together the Goldman Sachs Group) and any related body corporate of a GS entity) from the substantial product holder disclosure obligations in sections 276 to 279 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the FMC Act).