Section outline

  • Week 6: The Financial Markets Authority

    At the end of Week 6 you will be able to demonstrate an awareness of the role of the Financial Markets Authority and its jurisdiction in the regulation of financial markets.

    Your tasks for Week 6

    Reading

    Please look at the following links to the FMA web-site. You will see from these links the role and purpose of the FMA and that the FMA is responsible for administering an extensive range of legislation associated with New Zealand's financial markets.

    • Role and purpose of the FMA URL
    • Who the FMA regulates URL
    • FMA's priorities URL

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      For an understanding of how the FMA enforces the legislation it is responsible for, please look at the following page from the FMA web-site.

    • How the FMA regulates URL

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      Activity

      Please list three situations when the FMA might intervene. 

    • Factors requiring FMA intervention Quiz

      Llist three factors or situations that might require the FMA to intervene in the financial markets.