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John Horner discusses his motivating factors for taking "a new direction" in his career, transitioning from a long-standing law firm partnership to senior roles at the Financial Markets Authority, highlighting the desire for reinvigorating his career and a sense of serving a greater purpose.
FMA’s Jenika Phipps, Manager, Climate-related Disclosures, speech at a masterclass for business and finance leaders on its expectations for the climate-related disclosure regime in Auckland last week.
FMA profiles Mikayla Pakinga-Lawson (Ngati Whakaue me Te Whanau-a-Apanui). Mikayla recently joined the FMA team as an Adviser in the Investor Capability team.
Retirement Commissioner, Jane Wrightson describes herself as a ‘life-long learner’ in this FMA investor profile.
Learn to spot fake Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) and avoid investment scams with FMA’s tips, red flags, and real-world examples.
Spotlight on wholesale investment offers aimed at experienced investors, often with large sums of money to invest.
Stock lending is being offered to NZ retail investors. If you’re thinking about participating, understand how it works and the risks.
When an investment earns interest, this may be added to the overall sum, resulting in compound interest – essentially earning interest on interest. Read about the compounding effect, and how powerful it can be over the long term.
FMA Director of Banking and Insurance, Clare Bolingford describes how the regulatory lens is changing to focus on customer outcomes.
The FMA editorial team talks about NFTs in this article.
FMA article about market volatility and a few things you can do to make sure you and your investments are best positioned to weather any potential ups and downs.
FMA editorial team talks about IPOs and things to look out for before you invest.
Money laundering is the “cleaning” or processing of money from the proceeds of crime in such a way to make it appear legitimate. Financial services, property and high value goods are often used to achieve this. There are rules and regulations are in place to make it hard for criminals to use businesses to launder their money. Find out more about how money laundering affects financial organisations in this article.
There are strict rules around providing regulated financial advice in New Zealand that apply to everyone and it pays to know about them especially if you're sharing advice online.
When a company needs more capital, there are a number of options available. One is a ‘rights issue’ or rights offer, which involves offering existing shareholders the opportunity to buy further shares in the company.