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NZ advisers begin new licensing regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... March 17, all financial advice providers (FAPs) must hold or operate under a full licence from the Financial Markets Authority to be able to service retail clients. Kiwi advisers previously operated under three categories: Registered Financial Adviser ...

ASIC commissioner to join Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... He was appointed commissioner in November 2018. He is a former chief executive of New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority. Outside of the regulatory sphere, Hughes has held roles including chief risk and legal officer at UniSuper, head of legal ...

Macquarie Asset Management buys Veolia waste business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... been selling off parts of Suez recently in response to anti-trust concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA still retains the right to reject the acquisition. Macquarie's purchase price of 16.9 times normalised earnings ...

Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority will welcome a new chief executive in 2022. Samantha Barrass will assume the role that current chief executive Rob Everett will vacate at the end of October. Barrass is the former chief executive of the Gibraltar ...

New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... Auckland High Court after the insurer admitted it misled and made false representations to customers. The Financial Markets Authority instigated the proceedings after it alleged that AIA enhanced policy benefits, charged premiums after a policy was terminated ...

Risk advice most sought-after among Kiwis

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... insurance products, according to the country's financial markets regulator. New statistics released by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) reveals that risk products are the most popular topic among advisers, followed by advice provided on KiwiSaver ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... licensing system, with more than 1700 transitional licences approved and nearly 1000 authorised bodies," Financial Markets Authority director of market engagement John Botica said. "Anyone who is not operating under a transitional Financial Advice Provider ...

NZ looks to recognise qualified Aussie advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... country's qualifications as early as 15 March 2021. New Zealand's financial services watchdog the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is proposing to recognise Australian advisers who demonstrate competence, knowledge and skills according to its Code of ...

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger of retail investment platforms FNZ and GBST due to fears of it leading to higher costs for investors. FNZ purchased GBST in November 2019 for £150 million. The merged businesses would ...

ASIC gears up for Brexit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This is because the FCA is set to take over from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the overseeing of credit rating agencies, benchmarks and trade repositories post Brexit. Similarly, the Bank of ...
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