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  1. 12 August 2014

    Strategic Finance settlement proceeds to first distribution

    In June this year PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic, together with the Financial Markets Authority, announced they had finalised a $22 million settlement agreement with the former directors and auditors of Strategic.
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  2. 15 November 2013

    David Ross sentenced for New Zealand’s largest ever Ponzi

    David Robert Gilmour Ross (63) has been sentenced in the Wellington District Court to 10 years and 10 months of imprisonment following a joint agency investigation by the SFO and the FMA. Read more.
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    Media release, News & Insights, Enforcement
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  3. 5 May 2017

    KiwiSaver trial to target decision-making a decade out from retirement

    The FMA is working with ANZ to see if behavioural insights can prompt more ANZ KiwiSaver members to get retirement advice, or use retirement-planning tools when they hit 56 years old.
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    KiwiSaver providers, Media release, Managed investment schemes, Roles, Business, News & Insights
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  5. 19 November 2020

    Rise in scams impersonating NZ businesses during COVID-19

    From 1 April to 5 November 2020, the FMA issued 61 warnings about investment scams, of which 21 (or 34%) were impostor scams, where the names and details of legitimate businesses are unlawfully used by scammers to trick investors, such as fake websites or social media accounts. By comparison, in the same timeframe during 2019, the FMA issued 40 warnings and only four (10%) were impostor scams. Read the media release.
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    COVID-19, FMA stories, Media release, Consumer, News & Insights, Scams
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  7. 5 October 2020

    World Investor Week focus on beginners after steep rise in direct investment

    The Financial Markets Authority is using World Investor Week 2020 to remind thousands of Kiwi investors to do their homework and understand the risks of investing in financial markets after a steep rise in direct investment.
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    Shares, Ways to invest, Investing, Media release, Consumer, News & Insights
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  11. 13 December 2013

    Consultation Papers on draft minimum standards and conditions for new licenses

    CONSULTATION PAPER: The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the Act) introduces licensing for providers offering certain types of financial services. We are now consulting on the proposed minimum standards for these licence types. Read more here.
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    Crowdfunding providers, Derivative Issuer, Discretionary investment management scheme (DIMS), Independent trustee, Licensing & registration, Consultations, Roles, Business, Managed investment schemes, Peer-to-peer lending service providers
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  13. 5 December 2022

    How to identify a product disclosure statement (PDS) or prospectus scam

    FMA has issued this article about how to identify and avoid PDS or prospectus scams as a result of an increase in fake investment documents targeting New Zealand investors.
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    Investor information, Suspected scam, Article, Consumer, News & Insights, Scams
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  14. 27 August 2021

    Connected with a con: Nisha met a scammer on LinkedIn

    Nisha contacted the FMA in May 2021 to report a scam targeting users of popular social media platform Linkedin. She had connected with a woman who convinced her to invest with an entity called Standard Coin Options, which then insisted she pay them ‘tax’ before they would release her ‘profits’
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    Consumer, Scams
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  15. 24 November 2017

    Fullerton Markets

    The FMA has issued a formal AML/CFT warning to Fullerton Markets. Read more.
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    AML/CFT, Enforceable action, Roles, Business, Enforcement
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