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  1. 30 May 2025

    AML CFT Guideline Customer Risk Rating

    This guide is for financial institutions that operate as providers of online marketplaces. It explains how to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act 2009.

  2. 16 May 2025

    AMLCFT Audit Guideline

    This guidance is to help reporting entities understand the AML/CFT audit (“audit”) requirements in terms of the AntiMoney Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and undertake an effective and credible audit of their risk assessment and AML/CFT programme.

  3. 5 December 2024

    Cyber Security and Operational Systems Resilience

    This information sheet assists market services licensees (excluding benchmark administrators) licensed under Part 6 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) to enhance the resilience of their cyber and operational systems. While this information sheet is designed to apply to a broad range of sectors, entities with complex cyber security and operational systems should consider the specific technology requirements and obligations that apply to their sector.

  7. 29 April 2024

    AML/CFT Enhanced Customer Due Diligence Guideline

    This guideline assists you to conduct enhanced customer due diligence (enhanced CDD) on your customers under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act 2009 (the Act). Published October 2022.

  8. 29 April 2024

    Beneficial ownership guideline

    This guideline is to assist reporting entities in meeting the requirement to perform customer due diligence on the customer and beneficial owners of the customer under sections 11-26 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (‘the Act’).

  9. 23 April 2024

    liquidity risk management guide

    This FMA guide outlines how Managers and Supervisors can demonstrate they are effectively managing and overseeing liquidity risk.

  11. 4 October 2023

    Guidance for keeping proper climate related disclosure records

    This guidance note is for entities that have climate-related disclosure obligations under Part 7A of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. It is intended to help climate reporting entities (CREs) meet their statutory requirement to keep proper climate-related disclosure records at all times.

  13. 7 July 2023

    Climate related disclosures implementation approach

    The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (CRD Bill) received Royal assent on 27 October 2021. This document briefly explains the Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (the CRD legislation) and outlines the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) implementation approach for the CRD regime over a period of approximately 4 years, through to 2025/26. It sets out the roles and responsibilities of the various government agencies, to help industry understand ‘who is doing what’ with regard to CRD.

  14. 26 June 2023

    CoFI Intermediated Distribution guidance note

    CoFI guidance note: Intermediated distribution. This guidance note is for financial institutions. It gives guidance on the FMA’s expectations when financial institutions distribute products and services through intermediaries.

  15. 26 June 2023

    CoFI intermediated distribution submissions report

    Submissions report: Proposed guidance on CoFI intermediated distribution. Collation of written feedback received as part of the FMA’s public consultation on the proposed CoFI (Conduct of Financial Institutions) guidance note on intermediated distribution.