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A recent survey of 1100 New Zealanders for the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) found four out of five people took up to 10 minutes to choose a movie, but just over half of those questioned spent the same time reading their KiwiSaver annual statement. Read more.
Morgan DeVere Corporate Finance Limited (Morgan DeVere) has been fined $40,000 following its conviction at the Wellington District Court on two charges of breaching the Financial Services Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSP Act). Read more.
An FMA research project with investors, directors, managers and auditors has identified reasonable levels of confidence in audit quality, but also a serious gap in the expectations of investors and what auditors are delivering. The FMA commissioned the research to better understand public and industry perceptions of audit quality in New Zealand.
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued formal warnings to 10 reporting entities under Section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT Act). Read more.
Morgan DeVere Corporate Finance Limited (Morgan DeVere) has been convicted at the Wellington District Court on two counts of breaching the Financial Services Providers Act 2008 (FSP Act) for falsely claiming it was registered on the Financial Services Providers Register (FSPR). A copy of the judgment can be found here. Read more.
A New Zealand-based director of Morgan DeVere Corporate Finance Limited has been sentenced to 75 hours of community service for breaching the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008. Read more.
The FMA has issued civil proceedings in the High Court against four individuals in relation to trading in Oceania Natural Limited. The proceedings relate to alleged breaches of market manipulation prohibitions and the disclosure obligations in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. Read more.
The FMA is pleased with the Supreme Court decision in the matter between ANZ and the FMA. Read more.
Mr Talbot has admitted to insider trading conduct and entered a guilty plea on a representative charge for a breach of disclosure obligations at Auckland High Court last month. Read more
Today the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the FMA confirmed that all 11 banks involved in their ongoing review of conduct and culture, have provided their responses to individual feedback letters. Read more
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has published an Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) monitoring report setting out the areas requiring further attention by the management and boards of the reporting entities it supervises. Read more.
The Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) has published its findings in a case referred to the Committee by the FMA. Read more.
The Professional Conduct Committee of the Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand (CA ANZ) has published its findings in relation to Richard Owen Dey and Michael Derek Wood. Read the findings here.
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today confirmed two new appointments to its Executive Committee. Read more.
One man has been jailed and two men sentenced to home detention at the Auckland High Court for their part in using finance companies to try to save commercial businesses during the global financial crisis. Read more.