The Government is proposing to make changes to how financial advice is regulated in New Zealand. The aim is to improve access to high-quality financial advice for all New Zealanders.
If you’re a business or individual offering financial advice and investment planning services, these changes affect you.
Read MoreRecently AML Partners sort guidance from the Department of Internal Affairs with regard to the requirements for prescribed transaction reporting for reporting entities they supervise.
Read MoreThe Department of Internal Affairs will be delaying the publication of the guideline ‘Real Estate Agents – Complying with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act)’. This is in order to incorporate new regulations currently being consulted on and drafted by the Ministry of Justice.
Read MoreThe Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), an AML/CFT supervisor, is aware that law firms seek clarification how to meet their CDD obligations relating to their existing business relationships with registered banks.
Read MoreThe Department of Internal Affairs has issued a formal warning to an Auckland-based reporting entity under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act).
Read MoreFinancial analysts and cyber-crime specialists among the new staff to crack down on trans-national organised crime in New Zealand.
Read MoreAn estimated $1.35 billion of criminal proceeds is generated for money laundering in New Zealand every year but the actual transactional value is thought to be several times higher, a new police report suggests.
Read MoreThe Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued formal warnings to five reporting entities under Section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT Act).
Read MoreThe underground crews were paying workers $20 to $40 per hour in cash and undercutting legitimate rivals to win jobs.
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Read MoreDespite an increasing number of electronic transactions each year, the amount of physical cash in circulation in this country continues to grow.
Read MoreThe AML/CFT Supervisors have issued a new Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (EDD) Guideline and this provides additional detail on what is expected of reporting entities. This guideline covers the following as well as the collection and verification of source of wealth and source of funds.
Read MoreLast week DIA published the AML/CFT Phase 2 Lawyers and Conveyancers Guideline to help the sector better understand AML/CFT and how it affects them. Phase 2 includes lawyers, accountants, conveyancers, real estate agents, high-value dealers and the New Zealand Racing Board.
Read MoreThe Commonwealth Bank has admitted breaching anti-money laundering legislation thousands of times but is trying to avoid fines that could run into billions of dollars.
Read MoreA money transfer company which "failed abysmally" to comply with anti-money laundering legislation has been ordered to pay penalties of more than $5 million.
Read MoreThe FMA has published their Sector Risk Assessment 2017 that covers the reporting entities that the FMA monitors.
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