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Our enforcement policy is intended to guide and inform financial market participants. It is also intended to be a living policy and we may revise it from time to time according to what our objectives and priorities are. It is not exhaustive and is not binding.
FMA procurement policy ensures integrity, transparency and best public value while aligning with Government Procurement Rules.
This article outlines a major survey on operational resilience across NZ financial sectors including governance, outsourcing, and incident management.
Section 34 of the AML/CFT Act allows a reporting entity to authorise and rely on an agent to conduct CDD procedures on its behalf. An agent is a person that has legal authority to represent another party. If you outsource the above CDD procedures under section 34 to a third-party provider, the provider must be acting as your agent. In these circumstances, you remain responsible for ensuring that the CDD conducted by the third-party provider is undertaken to the level required by the AML/CFT Act. Read the full guidance on this page.
Outsourcing of administration duties does not absolve the manager of a CIS from its obligations as a reporting entity under the Act. The FMA Open letter to managers of collective schemes (CIS) talks about the AML/CFT programme policies and procedures to manage any identified risks that outsoucing may present.
Collation of written feedback received as part of the FMA’s public consultation on the proposed standard conditions for financial institution licences.
As a small business, we expect you’ll need to outsource some functions to third parties. It’s important that you protect your reputation and your clients by conducting robust background checks, putting contractual agreements in place, and performing regular reviews to ensure suppliers of key functions are up to the task and can meet your expectations and Financial Advice Provider (FAP) obligations. As a FAP, you remain responsible for any functions that you outsource.
Summary of key themes: Consultation on the proposed standard conditions for financial advice provider full licences and classes of financial advice service