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Media releases – 2020

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Guilty plea in Dominion Finance case

A former director of Dominion Finance Group and North South Finance, Ann Butler, has pleaded guilty to misleading investors in a prosecution taken by the Financial Markets Authority. Read more.

Five Star finance saga draws to a close with prison sentence for Neill Williams

Neill Williams has been sentenced to three years and seven months’ imprisonment for his role in the collapse of the Five Star finance companies, more than two and a half years after he pleaded guilty to the charges. Read more.

Guilty plea sees another finance company director held to account

Stephen Charles Smith (45), pleaded guilty at the Auckland High Court today to 25 charges arising out of the collapse of Belgrave Finance Limited. Read more.

FMA completes review of Mighty River Power offer document

The Financial Markets Authority has completed its review of the Mighty River Power share offer document and is satisfied that it contains the information potential investors need to make an informed decision.

Three directors sentenced in Capital + Merchant Finance case

Three directors( Owen Francis Tallentire, Colin Gregory Ryan, and Robert Gordon Sutherland) of the failed finance company Capital + Merchant Finance have been sentenced at the Auckland High Court following action taken by the FMA. Read more.

Mighty River Power Share offer

The Mighty River Power Share Offer open for applications on Monday, 15 April 2013.

Home detention for National Finance director

National Finance director Anthony Banbrook has today been sentenced to eight and a half months' home detention and ordered to pay $75,000 in reparations in a prosecution taken by the FMA. Read more.

FMA signals its compliance focus for 2013

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has released its compliance focus for 2013 which outlines FMA's priority areas for monitoring and surveillance over the next year.

Another two Capital + Merchant directors plead guilty to FMA charges

Wayne Leslie Douglas and Neal Medhurst Nicholls have pleaded guilty to Securities Act charges laid by the FMA. Read more.

FMA concludes investigation into Strategic Finance

The investigation into Strategic Finance Limited concluded, with FMA forming the view that six of the company's directors are likely to have breached the Securities Act. Read more.

Two more directors plead guilty in Capital + Merchant Finance case

Robert Gordon Sutherland and Colin Gregory Ryan, who reside in Australia, pleaded guilty to two charges of making an untrue statement in a registered prospectus and one charge of distributing advertisements which included an untrue statement. Read more.

Guilty plea in Capital + Merchant Finance case

Capital + Merchant Finance director, Owen Francis Tallentire, has pleaded guilty to three charges laid by the Financial Markets Authority under the Securities Act 1978. Read more.

FMA welcomes Commerce Commission settlement in Credit SaILS investigation

FMA has today welcomed the Commerce Commission's settlement with five companies in relation to the Commission's Credit SaILS investigation, which creates a settlement fund of $60 million to be distributed to investors who lost money when Credit SaILS failed in 2008.

Further charges laid in Belgrave Finance investigation

Hugh Edward Staples Hamilton (61) has appeared at the Auckland District Court today charged with fraud following the 2008 collapse of Belgrave Finance Limited. Read more.

Release of PwC report into Ross Asset Management

The Receivers and Managers' focus over the first five days of their appointment has been to identify and secure investment assets. After searching the custody accounts identified by Mr Ross and through wider searches in international investment markets, they have so far located investments of only $10.2 million. Read more.

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Media releases – 2020