The guidance focuses on situations where it is difficult or impractical to access information to support reasonable grounds for financial advice on an investment product.
February 7, 2023Risk management practices and controls used by fund managers reduce overall risk but "pockets of relatively higher risk" still exist.
January 23, 2023Cigna increased premiums and cover for customers without being clear and transparent about the basis for the increase.
January 18, 2023Tiger Brokers failed to appropriately vet customers, respond to activities that should have raised concerns, and maintain appropriate records.
December 22, 2022The FMA said Pencarrow Private Equity failed to retain and make readily accessible identity and verification records for customers.
December 19, 2022The FMA will begin accepting licence applications on 25 July 2023. The new CoFi regime will come into force in early 2025.
December 4, 2022The RBNZ is consulting on governance, risk management, accountability for key officers, supervisory oversight, and data disclosures.
November 17, 2022ASIC is inviting the managed funds industry to provide feedback on the level of industry interest and preparedness to use the ARFP.
October 25, 2022The firms misused the wholesale investor exclusion to extend offers to people with little or no investment experience.
October 24, 2022InvestNow had deficiencies in its processes for verifying customer identities and conducting CDD, EDD and SoW/SoF checks.
October 22, 2022