CBL Corporation and four independent directors ordered to pay penalties for conduct including reckless and careless breaches of the Financial Markets Conduct Act
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FMA to conduct yearly audit quality reviews of every licensed audit firm in refreshed Auditor and Regulation Oversight Plan 2023-2026.
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Cigna to pay $3.5m penalty for making misleading statements to customers. "This judgment sends a strong message to the industry that firms need to give due regard to customers’ interests, including when making pricing changes and communicating them," said FMA's Margot Gatland.
In the latest FMA podcast, Director of Capital Markets Paul Gregory discusses why the FMA conducted the review into the wholesale property investment sector and what the major findings were.
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For the first time, we have published a thematic report and issued formal warnings simultaneously. This demonstrates the seriousness of the issues we have found in our review of the wholesale property investment sector.
Full release: https://t.co/CrcJsbcyRr
Our latest KiwiSaver annual report shows the scheme’s resilience amid turbulent global markets. Member balances have remained buoyant, with 10% net growth of funds under management to $89.7b, for the year to March 2022.
Release: https://t.co/rhhyDEsYdR
AIA ordered to pay $700,000 penalty for misleading customers. FMA’s Margot Gatland: “This outcome reiterates that financial institutions will be held to account if they fail to sufficiently invest in systems, controls and processes that ensure all customers are treated fairly.”
Our Manager of Investor Capability, Tammy Peyper, spoke to @TheProject_NZ about the rise of ‘finfluencers’ and how investors need be cautious when seeing financial tips online.
In one of the latest operations targeting New Zealanders, scammers are impersonating NZ Super Fund. Investor Capability Manager Tammy Peyper says to be vigilant of unsolicited offers from trusted brands. “It’s really a specifically devious form of scam”
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We have directed Kalkine NZ to stop making outgoing sales calls to New Zealanders following concerns about misleading marketing conduct.
Release: https://t.co/mPplvsZlyU