Opinion

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1. Opinion

   30 June 2025

   Samantha Barrass – Financial Conduct Report

   FMA CEO Samantha Barrass outlines key priorities in the Financial Conduct Report 2025, focusing on transparency, innovation, consumer protection, and proactive regulation.
2. Opinion

   28 February 2025

   Good governance key to adopting AI while managing risks

   At the FMA, we want to speak to firms on how we can help facilitate the responsible adoption of AI.
3. Opinion

   12 February 2025

   FMA provides clarity to e-money/payment services providers on licensing requirements

   The FMA is pleased to clarify the licensing requirements for e-money and payment service providers. In short, there is no specific licence for e-money institutions or payments service providers in New Zealand.
4. Opinion

   10 December 2024

   FMA launches “regulatory sandbox” pilot for 2025

   As part of our commitment to support financial services innovation, the FMA is launching a pilot “regulatory sandbox” and is asking for applications from interested parties.
5. Opinion

   26 November 2024

   Non-Bank Deposit Taker sector roundtable

   Samantha Barrass talks about meeting Chief Executives from the New Zealand Non-Bank Deposit Taker sector ahead of Financial Institution licensing.
6. Opinion

   31 October 2024

   Financial Institutions making steady progress getting CoFI licences

   Michael Hewes, Director for Deposit Taking, Insurance and Advice, provides an update on the progress of CoFI licences.
7. Opinion

   2 October 2024

   Global trends in wealth management and impacts on New Zealand

   Daniel Trinder, FMA Executive Director – Strategy and Design talks about global trends in wealth management and the impacts on New Zealand in this opinion piece.
8. Opinion

   26 June 2024

   KiwiSaver statements help you plan for tomorrow

   Now is the time to check your KiwiSaver statement. It will arrive in the letter box, email, or via your provider’s KiwiSaver app. Don’t put it in a drawer! It’s not a bill, it’s a tool to help you plan.
9. Opinion

   19 June 2024

   Jacco Moison - Understanding and using new climate-related disclosures

   What sort of information do you need about a company or a fund before you put money into it? Financial performance, forecasts, plans and strategies for the future?
10. Opinion

    28 March 2024

    Gen AI: Industry engagement essential to understand how Gen AI is achieving positive consumer and market outcomes as well as how risks are being managed by firms

    Daniel Trinder, Executive Director Strategy and Design at the FMA talks about regulation in a world of gen ai.
11. Opinion

    20 September 2023

    KiwiSaver 2023 – Holding firm as contributions feature

    Opinion piece from Stuart Johnson, FMA Chief Economist following the release of the KiwiSaver Annual Report 2023.
12. Opinion

    23 June 2023

    Monitoring Climate Disclosures: Paving the way for transparency and accountability

    Jenika Phipps, Manager Climate Related Disclosures talks about monitoring climate disclosures towards transparency and accountability in this opinion piece from the FMA.
13. Opinion

    25 May 2023

    Sustainable? Ethical? The substance must back up the claims

    Paul Gregory, Executive Director Response and Enforcement, FMA talks about greenwashing and how misleading or false claims about social or environmental benefits go to the heart of fair dealing, and how the overall impression provided by marketing materials is critical.
14. Opinion

    5 April 2023

    Here’s why complaints are really 'moments of truth'

    Clare Bolingford, FMA Executive Director Regulatory Delivery talks about the value of complaints to financial services companies.
15. Opinion

    23 August 2022

    Banks and insurers have work cut out with CoFI

    Clare Bolingford outlines what banks, insurers and non-bank deposit takers need to do to prepare for the CoFI regime.