Article tagged with 'regulation'
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ANZ pays millions to Crown for breaching FMCA
08 Sep 2025 - ANZ is coughing up $3.25 million to the Crown in lieu of a fine after admitting breaching fair dealing laws following an investigation by the FMA.
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Greater transparency and protections
08 Sep 2025 - NZFSG says it is unclear whether customers are receiving superior financial advice, but the level of consumer trust has grown with greater transparency.
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FNZ employee shareholders claim an early win
28 Aug 2025 - FNZ employee shareholders claim an early win in their case against the company; but FNZ says the claims are "entirely without merit."
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Modern-Day demands of income protection
27 Aug 2025 - Continuing my exploration of disability cover. Something that has been highlighted with both my own personal claims and the extensive number of claims with clients is that modern demands on disability coverage don't match client reality as well as we think.
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Insurer dobs in adviser
27 Aug 2025 - An unnamed insurer had dobbed an adviser in for trying to write policies on non-existent clients.
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Do longer SOAs break the law?
18 Aug 2025 - An Australian adviser magazine asked that question as the heading for an article. The provocatively titled article piece might receive a verdict of ‘not proven’ were we in Scotland, where such a judgment can actually be recorded. But the article is worth a read.
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FMA offers more insight into adviser misconduct trends
12 Aug 2025 - The regulator is cracking down on financial advisers who target vulnerable consumers after seeing a rise in misconduct cases.
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FMA sheds further light on end results focus
25 Mar 2025 - Those subject to FMA regulation will need to look to the regulator’s annual Financial Conduct Report for clues to its shifting priorities as it focuses its efforts on end results.
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Open finance momentum expected to gather pace in 2025
20 Jan 2025 - New regulations dictating how open finance works for the banking sector could be in place by the end of the year with advisers encouraged to start thinking about how developments could change the way they do business.
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Regulations on family violence and assaults at tenancies explained
03 Dec 2022 - Clarity and guidance on regulations allowing tenancy terminations for family violence or physical assault during a tenancy have been provided by Tenancy Services.