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Spotlight on: Wholesale investing

Spotlight on wholesale investment offers aimed at experienced investors, often with large sums of money to invest.

Spotlight on: Stock lending

Stock lending is being offered to NZ retail investors. If you’re thinking about participating, understand how it works and the risks.

Spotlight on: Compound interest

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.

Why tick box conduct compliance doesn’t cut it anymore

FMA Director of Banking and Insurance, Clare Bolingford describes how the regulatory lens is changing to focus on customer outcomes.

Spotlight on: NFTs

The FMA editorial team talks about NFTs in this article.

Understanding market volatility: how to prepare for a potential market event

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.

Spotlight on: IPOs

FMA editorial team talks about IPOs and things to look out for before you invest.

What is money laundering and how does it affect financial organisations?

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.

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