Jess and Stuart are back for episode 4 of our Navigating KiwiSaver series. Last week they discussed contributions, this week Stuart explains KiwiSaver fees, he also touches on active and passive investments. The fee is c...

Did you know there are five contribution rates when it comes to your KiwiSaver — 3%, 4%, 6%, 8% or 10?  Along with your personal contributions, your employer contributes to your KiwiSaver as well as the Government.Episode 3 o...

In this episode, Jess asks Stuart to break down the different types of KiwiSaver funds.Funds are grouped by how much of the riskier investments they hold, like shares and property (also known as "growth assets"). Whether you're looking t...

Want to learn more about KiwiSaver? This is episode 1 of our new navigating KiwiSaver series.This first episode is a KiwiSaver 101, you will learn what KiwiSaver is and how it works. Jess asks Chief Economist Stuart Johnson h...

The FMA has just published its latest piece of research from the economics team, looking at Commercial Real Estate and the Managed Funds Industry.   We’re joined by FMA chief economist Stuart Johnson to tell us more. 

KiwiSaver has just reached a huge milestone! According to our latest KiwiSaver Annual Report, the KiwiSaver funds under management have soared to $111.8 billion as of March 31, 2024, marking a 19.3% jump from last year’s $93.6 billion. This is ...

In the first episode of our new podcast series ‘Occasional Conversations,’ Chief Economist, Stuart Johnson and Senior Adviser, Sophia Scragg discuss a new piece of research around fairness in financial services.Overall, this research has...

In the second episode of our new podcast series ‘Occasional Conversations,’ Chief Economist, Stuart Johnson discusses a new piece of research around AI in financial services.To download the research paper in full head over to www.fma.go...

In this special episode of our 5 mins with the FMA podcast, we take a look at outcomes- focused regulation with Liam Mason, FMA Executive Director of Evaluation and Oversight and General Counsel. The FMA is moving towards an outcome...

In this episode, to mark World Investor Week, we take a look at ethical investing, with Paul Gregory, Executive Director, Response & Enforcement at the FMA. We talk with Paul about the challenges facing investors looking for eth...

In this episode, we look at the latest KiwiSaver Annual Report, with John Horner, Director of Markets, Investors and Reporting at the FMA.The FMA’s latest KiwiSaver Annual Report shows that KiwiSaver has held firm through a contin...

Today we’re looking at scams – particularly those investment scams that have led to Kiwis losing a lot of money – we’re talking retirement savings, house deposits and hard-earned savings being stolen by overseas criminals.  We’re sp...

Today we discuss the licensing of Financial Advice Providers (FAPs) with the FMA’s Michael Hewes.   From March 17, 2023 all financial advice providers (FAPs) must hold or operate under a full licence from the FMA if they want t...

Today we discuss New Zealand’s new climate-related disclosures regime with the FMA’s Jenika Phipps. Organisations covered (known as Climate Reporting Entities or CREs) will soon have to make annual disclosures covering governance ar...

FMA Director of Capital Markets Paul Gregory discusses the FMA’s recently-published review of the wholesale property investment sector, which led to the FMA issuing formal warnings to several entities.He explains why the FMA conducted th...

FMA Director of Investment Management Paul Gregory talks about the FMA’s latest KiwiSaver Annual Report, for the 2021-22 financial year. The report includes figures and trends found in KiwiSaver providers’ consolidated data, and summaries of th...

FMA Director of Banking and Insurance Conduct Clare Bolingford discusses the incoming Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) regime, which will require New Zealand's retail banks, insurers and non-bank deposit takers to treat customers fairly...

FMA Director of Supervision James Greig discusses the FMA’s new message to financial service providers to ensure their cyber defences are robust, in an age of increasingly sophisticated and successful cyber attacks. Here he explains...