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30 Apr 2025 Wed 9:27pm

LFG Mortgage Professional Development Day

Link Financial Group Mortgage Professional Development Day: FMA monitoring visits.

01 May 2025

LFG Mortgage Professional Development Day

Thu 9:00am
08 May 2025

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Summit 2025

Thu 11:05am
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22 May 2025

Chartered Accountants ANZ: Audit and Accounting Conferences

Thu 12:00pm
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Research
29 Apr 2025
Consumer Confidence Factsheet 2025
A nationwide Consumer Confidence Survey was commissioned by the FMA in 2024, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of New Zealanders’ exper ...
Podcast
29 Apr 2025
Market Volatility and Your Investments with Brad Olsen | Jess Learns to Invest Episode 4
This episode dives into the topic of Market Volatility, featuring Principal Economist at Infometrics, Brad Olsen.
Podcast
29 Apr 2025
‘5 mins with the FMA’ podcast #13: Consumer Confidence Survey
In this episode of 5 Minutes with the FMA, Ben Ritchie from our Data & Intelligence team unpacks the findings and explores how confidence levels d ...
Media releases
29 Apr 2025
FMA confirms fintech sandbox participants
The FMA has announced the six fintech firms who will be testing their innovative products, services or business models in the FMA’s pilot regulatory ...
Podcast
23 Apr 2025
‘5 mins with the FMA’ podcast #12: Access to Financial Advice Review
In the latest episode of 5 mins with the FMA, Head of Financial Advice Romil Ghelani speaks about the Access to Financial Advice review.
Media releases
17 Apr 2025
Former Heartland Bank accountant sentenced on insider trading charges
Kevin Young, a former treasury accountant with Heartland Bank Limited, has today been sentenced to six months home detention and ordered to pay a fine ...
Media releases
11 Apr 2025
FMA files criminal charge against former financial adviser
The Financial Markets Authority has filed a criminal charge against Auckland-based former financial adviser Prem Gounder for dishonestly using a docum ...
Reports and papers
04 Apr 2025
Fair conduct programme insights report
Insights from the FMA’s review of fair conduct programmes received from financial institutions ahead of the commencement of the CoFI regime
Media releases
04 Apr 2025
FMA files civil proceedings against IAG for fair dealing breaches
The Financial Markets Authority has filed a civil proceeding against insurer IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG) for fair dealing breaches in relation to it ...
Podcast
02 Apr 2025
Understanding Managed Funds with Tom Hartmann | Jess Learns to Invest Episode 3
In this episode of Jess Learns to Invest, Jess talks to Sorted NZ personal finance lead, Tom Hartmann.
Speeches & presentations
02 Apr 2025
Speech by Samantha Barrass to the Financial Advice New Zealand Conference
Speech by FMA CEO Samantha Barrass at the Financial Advice NZ Conference 2024, highlighting regulatory priorities, access to advice review, outcomes-f ...
Consultations
02 Apr 2025
Review of access to financial advice for New Zealand: Proposed terms of reference
The FMA is seeking feedback on the proposed terms of reference for a review of access to financial advice in New Zealand. Have your say by 30 May 2025 ...

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