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  1. 14 July 2025

    Financial Advice Provider (FAP)

    A financial advice provider (FAP) is an individual or entity (e.g. a company) that provides a financial advice service. Find out more about licensing, registration, costs and ongoing obligations as well as how to comply with the new Code of Professional Conduct for financial advice services including competence, knowledge and skill requirements as well as requirements for ethical behaviour, conduct and client care.

  2. 31 January 2025

    Consumer

    This section of our website provides useful information for consumers or investors on investment basics; getting financial advice, everyday finance such as banking and insurance and financing retirement with a superannuation fund or KiwiSaver.

  3. 11 August 2025

    Board expense disclosure

    The FMA discloses the board's expenses, gifts and hospitality as part of its commitment to transparency and accountability.

  5. 31 July 2025

    Chief Executive expense disclosure

    The FMA discloses the Chief Executive’s expenses, gifts and hospitality as part of its commitment to transparency and accountability.

  6. 12 October 2023

    Unregistered businesses

    The FMA publishes the names of unregistered businesses that have been reported as offering financial services to New Zealanders.

  7. 31 August 2022

    Copyright

    You are welcome to use material from this website as long as its source is acknowledged. Authorisation to use any material on this site that is subject to copyright of a third party must be obtained from the copyright holder. For Silverstripe support, search keyword: xyyxyyxyy

  8. 31 January 2025

    Auditors

    Auditor regulation and oversight helps to ensure the businesses we regulate (known as FMC reporting entities) have access to competent auditors, and these audits (known as FMC audits) are of a high standard. This page explains who needs to comply with the FMA, licensing and registration requirements, costs, levies and waivers, obligations, along with a number of important guidance documents and reports that are relevant to Auditors in New Zealand.

  9. 31 March 2025

    Everyday finance

    These pages explain how everyday financial services like banking and insurance are impacted by the Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) Act, what conduct you should expect from them and what to do when things don't go as expected.

  10. 9 July 2025

    Offers under the FMC Act

    Anyone offering financial products for issue or sale needs to comply with financial markets legislation. The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) defines these people as issuers. See more on how they are defined and other disclosure requirements.

  11. 28 August 2025

    FMA Update

    We provide regular communications as part of our efforts to ensure you have access to the appropriate resources to help you make informed decisions – whether you are an industry professional or regular investor. Our monthly market update is called the FMA Update. Subscribe here.

  12. 20 March 2025

    Key terms under the CoFI regime

    The Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Act 2022 has introduced some key terms to describe the framework for regulating the conduct of financial institutions in New Zealand – also known as the CoFI regime. This page lists some of the key terms and their definitions.

  13. 27 June 2019

    Asia Region Funds Passport

    New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Korea and Thailand have agreed to establish and implement what is known as the Asia Region Funds Passport. Once implemented, the passport will allow a managed fund based in one jurisdiction to be offered more easily to investors in other participating jurisdictions.

  14. 5 August 2021

    Online investing platforms

    Online investing platforms enable you to trade shares and other financial products yourself online. They are usually easy to use and often cheaper than a share broker, but you need to be comfortable making your own decisions as you won’t receive advice and often you won’t receive research reports.

  15. 8 August 2022

    Conduct

    Conduct is how market participants behave and how they serve the needs of customers. It is about how a business operates as a whole, and it’s driven by the culture and the governance of the organisation.This page explains the FMA's expectation of conduct by organisations that fall under its remit