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Speech by Samantha Barrass to the Financial Advice NZ Conference 2026
Speech by Samantha Barrass to the Financial Advice NZ Conference 2026
Speech by Samantha Barrass on improving access to financial advice in New Zealand, covering regulation, consumer trust, digital advice and AI.
Access to financial advice in New Zealand
Access to financial advice in New Zealand
Findings from the FMA’s review of how New Zealanders access financial advice, including challenges and opportunities for improvement.
Review identifies opportunities to improve New Zealanders’ access to financial advice
Review identifies opportunities to improve New Zealanders’ access to financial advice
FMA review finds ways to improve New Zealanders access to financial advice highlighting barriers innovation and consumer outcomes.
IPO scam
IPO scam
Learn how IPO scams work, how to spot the warning signs, and what to do if it happens to you.
Relationship Scams
Relationship Scams
Learn how relationship scams work, warning signs, how to protect yourself, support victims and report scams in New Zealand.
FMA expands sandbox to offer wider support for FinTech firms
FMA expands sandbox to offer wider support for FinTech firms
FMA expands its FinTech sandbox to support innovation with new on ramp licensing and publishes tokenisation insights for New Zealand markets.
ASB ordered to pay $2.1m after fair dealing breaches affecting over 25,000 customers
ASB ordered to pay $2.1m after fair dealing breaches affecting over 25,000 customers
ASB fined $2.1m for fair dealing breaches affecting 25000 customers after failures in discounts and fee exemptions.
Psycology of Investing with Dr Pushpa Wood  | Jess Learns to Invest Episode 1 Season 2
Psycology of Investing with Dr Pushpa Wood | Jess Learns to Invest Episode 1 Season 2
Jess Learns to Invest Season 2 explores investment psychology with Dr Pushpa Wood covering FOMO biases emotional investing and NZ money behaviours.
Former NZ financial adviser sentenced for breaching stop order
Former NZ financial adviser sentenced for breaching stop order
Former NZ adviser David McEwen sentenced for breaching FMA Stop Order with fines bans and investor harm warnings in New Zealand markets
OCR Pass Through Transparency
OCR Pass Through Transparency
Publishing this information on the FMA’s website will improve transparency of when and how banks pass through changes to the RBNZ’s Official Cash ...
Operational resilience thematic: findings and insights
Operational resilience thematic: findings and insights
Findings from the FMA’s operational resilience thematic review of the peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding service provider sectors, based on a Sep ...
FMA Update on Liquidation Proceedings for Chance Voight Group
FMA Update on Liquidation Proceedings for Chance Voight Group
FMA update on Chance Voight Group liquidation proceedings interim liquidation by PwC High Court dates and public interest developments.