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Opinion
20 Sept 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.
Opinion
23 Jun 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 ...
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 environment ...
Opinion
05 Apr 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.
Opinion
23 Aug 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.
Opinion
04 Jul 2022
The values of your money - choosing an ethical investment
Tammy Peyper, Financial Markets Authority’s Manager, Investor Capability shares her own experience choosing an ethical KiwiSaver fund.
Opinion
28 Jun 2022
Is your money next on cyber attackers’ hit list?
James Greig, FMA Director of Supervision talks about cyber attack risks.
Opinion
13 Jun 2022
Reporting a deficit – how to address the auditor shortage in New Zealand
Jacco Moison, FMA Head of Audit and Financial Reporing talks about the shortage of experienced auditors in New Zealand and the implications for invest ...
Opinion
01 Jun 2022
Sanctions on Russia – we’ve already got a tool for that
James Greig, FMA Director of Supervision talks about the Russia Sanctions Act which passed unanimously by Parliament on 9 March 2022.
Opinion
15 Feb 2022
Meet Samantha Barrass, FMA Chief Executive
The FMA’S new Chief Executive, Samantha Barrass talks about what she wants to achieve for financial services in New Zealand.
Opinion
28 Jan 2022
Customer understanding and demystifying — Clare Bolingford on FMA expectations of NZ life insurers
FMA Director of Banking and Insurance Clare Bolingford talks about FMA's expectation of NZ life insurers at the Financial Services Council “Generati ...
Opinion
14 Dec 2021
Mary Holm: Investing is for the long term
Mary Holm talks to the FMA about market volatility and how to invest for the long term.

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