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This letter presents the FMA's official response to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ 2024/25 expectations, outlining regulatory strategies, reforms, and initiatives to ensure fair, efficient financial markets in New Zealand.
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.
FMA’s Good Cents 2024 research data book reveals New Zealanders’ savings, debt, and investment gaps, highlighting financial attitudes and vulnerabilities by age and ethnicity.
This research explores Kiwi savings, debt habits, and financial guidance gaps along with Insights to boost New Zealanders financial wellbeing and confidence.
This research note supports the Good Cents research released by the FMA. The research note explores FMA's 2024 insights into financial vulnerability in New Zealand, revealing key trends by age and ethnicity in savings, debt, and advice.
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FMA warns public about Jesse Vaughan & Crypto Partners Ltd for unauthorized managed investment offers breaching NZ financial laws.
Feedback form Expiring exemptions and designations consultation
We are seeking feedback on our review of 14 class exemption notices that support the regime under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. These notices will expire between December 2025 and November 2026. At the same time, we are reviewing our three class designation notices.
The Financial Markets Conduct (Helios Energy) Exemption Notice 2025 (the Notice) exempts Helios Energy Hold LP (Helios) from compliance with the disclosure and governance requirements of Parts 3 and 4 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (Act), in respect of offers of limited partnership interests in Helios (including options to acquire those partnership interests) (interests), made under Helios’ staff incentive scheme (scheme) to certain employees, contractors and other eligible persons.
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.
Financial Markets Conduct (Conduct of Financial Institutions – QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited) Exemption Notice (No.2) 2025
The purpose of the Financial Advice Regulatory Panel (Panel) is to provide industry and consumer perspectives to the FMA on issues related to financial advice in New Zealand.
Financial Markets Conduct (Sharesies KiwiSaver Scheme) Exemption Notice 2025
This information sheet outlines the obligations of Discretionary Investment Management Services (DIMS) providers under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) relating to investment authority limits and reporting breaches of those limits.