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Markets watchdog takes Rockfort to task over misleading ads

The FMA has directed Rockfort Markets to remove or amend ads on its website.

Finance firm recorded $15m loss before FMA restricted trading

Auditor qualifies opinion on Auckland-based broker's accounts.

FMA chief executive Rob Everett to depart

Rob Everett has headed up the Financial Markets Authority for seven years.

ANZ fined $280,000 for misleading credit card insurance policies

"ANZ simply was not looking or looking adequately in the right places."

Financial adviser warned by regulator over KiwiSaver advice

Adviser told clients to move their KiwiSaver to low risk funds amidst Covid uncertainty.

Derivatives firm director a 'gun for hire', says FMA

Pegasus Markets was earlier fined $200,000 for the breaches.

ANZ credit card insurance breaches go back decades - court told

"It took time to chase rabbits down holes and identify what had gone wrong."

Regulator gives market manipulation warning amid rise in investor activism

FMA CEO Rob Everett says the rise in investor activism looks here to stay.

Trading company, NZ director guilty of financial register misuse

Pegasus Markets Ltd also ignored a warning by the New Zealand Companies Office.

FMA lays more than 100 charges over Forestlands allegations

Allegations include failures to file financial statements in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Covid-19 finance scam: FMA warns of watchdog impersonators

The woman's family needed cash after being "stranded in NZ" because of the pandemic.

Co-defendant in CBL fraud case argues for name suppression

The man faces charges of theft, obtaining by deception and false accounting.

Bank complaints: 21,000 in three months

First time complaint numbers have ever been revealed for the banks.

Former CBL boss Peter Harris appears in court over fraud charges

CBL had a market value of $747m when its shares were suspended from trading in 2018.

GFC fraud case: Ex-board member wants costs after partial-acquittal

Paul Bublitz was released from prison last year after a successful appeal.

Buoyant investor confidence worries regulator

Investor confident didn't fall despite coronavirus outbreak causing market volatility.