New Zealand's nascent equity crowdfunding market may be heading for a shakeout as an eighth platform, Property Mogul, seeks regulatory clearance to start operations.

Perpetual Trust, formerly owned by Pyne Gould Corporation, was C+M's trustee, tasked with protecting the interest of investors.

A couple whose assets were frozen amidst a regulator's probe are allowed $1000 per week for their living expenses but want access to more.

The Sensible Sentencing Trust says the early release of a fraudster sets a dangerous precedent on how white collar criminals are punished.

Rod Petricevic is serving a 6 years and 10 months sentence for misleading investors and using company funds to buy a luxury boat.

A group of mostly Nelson investors face losing $2m after the collapse of a Colombian gold mining scheme.

The FMA is expecting a wave of appeals after deregistering 100 companies from the Financial Service Providers register, as it awaits a High Court ruling on Vivier & Co's appeal.

Vivier & Co, which has one-time political operator Luigi Wewege as a director, says the FMA used an 'inflammatory article' to strip it of registration.

Ring belongs to a woman linked to a currency and commodity trading firm whose assets are frozen.

The Financial Markets Authority is hammering home the message that it means business on issues such as market manipulation and insider trading.

ASB, which reported a record annual profit yesterday, is increasing rural provisioning as a slump in dairy prices puts increasing financial pressure on farmers.

The FMA is suing former Milford portfolio manager Mark Warminger over alleged market manipulation.

The parked civil action against convicted directors of Capital+Merchant Finance has been dropped.

A bust company that owes clients $7 million has been put into liquidation, with allegedly "fictitious" profits paid out by the Christchurch firm being targeted for possible clawback.

The Financial Markets Authority has issued a stop order for the first time, prohibiting offering or issuing debt securities.

A firm directed by Luigi Wewege is back on the Financial Service Providers Register while it appeals being kicked off.

New Zealand's financial regulator is refusing to reveal exactly what it spent investigating Milford Asset Management.

NZX says a lack of basic shareholder protections could tarnish the reputation of the country's capital markets.

As investors digest the implications of FMA's Hanover deal, it is still unclear if Guardian Trust will have to pay any of the $18m settlement amount.

Milford Asset Management has lost five wholesale clients, including financial services provider Mercer, since its $1.5 million settlement with the FMA last month.

The FMA's $18 million Hanover settlement leaves the public none the wiser on whether the six defendants breached disclosure obligations or not.

The $18m settlement between Hanover Finance's directors and promoters and the Financial Markets Authority should be of some comfort to investors, says John Key

Milford Asset Management has lost five wholesale clients since its $1.5 million settlement with the Financial Markets Authority last month.

Hanover directors take a shot at the Financial Markets Authority as an $18 million settlement is reached with the regulator.

Civil claim against directors and promoters of failed finance company settled just two weeks before court date.

Hamish Fletcher says he FMA, after some law changes, now has the tools that allow it to proactively stamp out misleading conduct in the market.

Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett says the settlement with Milford Asset Management over market manipulation issues has been an uncomfortable wake-up call.

A firm directed by Luigi Wewege, one of the central protagonists in the Len Brown infidelity scandal, has been kicked off the Financial Service Providers Register.

An investor in the David Ross ponzi scheme - who has been named for the first time - has been ordered to pay back $454,000 of fictitious profits in a clawback test case.