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  2. 7 April 2025

    Investment planning and financial advice

    The FMA talks about designing an investment plan and giving financial advice while meeting with your obligations under the Financial Markets Conduct (FMC) Act 2013.

  3. 10 April 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.

  4. 30 May 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.

  5. 5 December 2024

    Focus areas

    The FMA uses a range of tools to support the functioning of financial markets and services, and compliance with legislation. This section contains information about conduct regulation, ethical finance, climate related disclosures, innovation in financial markets, AML/CFT and consultations. 

  6. 31 January 2025

    Services

    Explore the FMA's comprehensive business services including licensing, supervision, and compliance for financial advisers, FAPs, DIMS providers, MIS managers, and other financial entities. Stay up to date with regulatory obligations, fair conduct programmes, and support tools to meet New Zealand's financial market standards.

  7. 20 May 2022

    All legislation overseen by the FMA

    FMA oversees a range of legislation. We also have certain powers, monitor compliance, investigate and enforce conduct that may consitute a contravention of other legislation where it applies to financial market firms and individuals. View all legislation we oversee on this page.

  9. 21 December 2022

    Enforcing the law

    Enforcement and deterrence is a critical part of the work that the FMA undertakes. It plays a key role in raising standards and responding to conduct that presents the greatest risk of harm to our financial markets. Find out more about our approach to enforcement here.

  10. 26 March 2025

    Make a complaint

    We investigate a range of complaints about the conduct of individuals and businesses that operate in our financial markets. This page talks about when you should complain to us and who better to contact for complaints that fall outside of our remit. You will also find out how to make a complaint and the information we need in order to process a complaint.

  11. 6 October 2021

    Hearings

    The FMA will provide you with an opportunity for a hearing in person in certain circumstances if you are impacted by a decision of the FMA. If you have the right to a hearing, we will let you know. This page outlines our approach to conducting hearings and explains the process we follow if you are entitled to a hearing and request one.

  12. 12 May 2025

    Financial adviser

    To use the term Financial Adviser from the start of the new financial advice regime, you must be registered on the Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR) and engaged by a licensed financial advice provider (FAP) (or authorised body).　 Find out more about licensing, your ongoing obligations and duties and complying with the new Code of Professional Conduct; liabilities and enforcement and frequently asked questions on this page.

  13. 29 April 2025

    FMA Exemption to complement XRB relief for assurance of Scope 3 GHG emissions reporting in 2025

    The FMA has approved in principle a class exemption for climate reporting entities, who use Adoption Provision 8 in NZ CS 2, from the assurance requirement in section 461ZH of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act) to the extent that their climate statements are required to disclose scope 3 GHG emissions for accounting periods ending 31 December 2024 through to 30 November 2025.

  14. 8 November 2024

    Expired exemptions

    Find a full list of expired exemptions that relate to the Financial markets Conduct and Securities Act here.

  15. 7 April 2025

    Research

    The FMA conducts a range of research annually to inform the work that we do. View our research reports on this research page.