FMA won't be 'outgunned' despite broader remit

FMA won't be 'outgunned' despite broader remit
Victoria Young
The Financial Markets Authority wants to work collaboratively with the investment community this year, but warned “we will not be out-gunned,” despite its wider remit. Chief executive Rob Everett outlined the markets conduct regulator's main focus for the year at a Financial Services Council breakfast event with some 200 attendees. Those areas include the new financial advisers regime, scrutiny of investment products branded green and continued work on KiwiSaver schemes, according to his speech notes. The FMA, alongside the Reserve Ba...

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