How many equity crowdfunding platforms is too many equity crowdfunding platforms?

The FMA is worried KiwiSavers don't know enough about where and how their billions are invested.

A once-in-a-generation overhaul of capital markets regulation has been sometimes painful and the Financial Markets Authority has copped "pushback" from the industry, says its chief executive, Rob Everett.

An Auckland forex trading firm owned by a Pakistani national is challenging its deregistration by the FMA.

Luxury cars are among $1.6m of assets frozen as part of a probe into company Prosper Through Trading.

A Financial Markets Authority analyst has been charged with forging an academic record to get his job and then stealing nearly $210,000. in a scheme.

New Zealand's nascent equity crowdfunding market may be heading for a shakeout as an eighth platform, Property Mogul, seeks regulatory clearance to start operations.

Perpetual Trust, formerly owned by Pyne Gould Corporation, was C+M's trustee, tasked with protecting the interest of investors.

Rod Petricevic is serving a 6 years and 10 months sentence for misleading investors and using company funds to buy a luxury boat.

A group of mostly Nelson investors face losing $2m after the collapse of a Colombian gold mining scheme.

The FMA is expecting a wave of appeals after deregistering 100 companies from the Financial Service Providers register, as it awaits a High Court ruling on Vivier & Co's appeal.

Vivier & Co, which has one-time political operator Luigi Wewege as a director, says the FMA used an 'inflammatory article' to strip it of registration.

A firm directed by Luigi Wewege will today appeal being kicked off the Financial Service Providers Register by the FMA.

The directors of OPI Pacific Finance, which collapsed owing $247m, have pleaded guilty to making untrue statements.

Ring belongs to a woman linked to a currency and commodity trading firm whose assets are frozen.

The Financial Markets Authority is hammering home the message that it means business on issues such as market manipulation and insider trading.

ASB, which reported a record annual profit yesterday, is increasing rural provisioning as a slump in dairy prices puts increasing financial pressure on farmers.

A bust company that owes clients $7 million has been put into liquidation, with allegedly "fictitious" profits paid out by the Christchurch firm being targeted for possible clawback.

The Financial Markets Authority has issued a stop order for the first time, prohibiting offering or issuing debt securities.

A firm directed by Luigi Wewege is back on the Financial Service Providers Register while it appeals being kicked off.

New Zealand's financial regulator is refusing to reveal exactly what it spent investigating Milford Asset Management.

All 74 authorised financial advisers and all who applied for a licence in the past year received a regulatory rubber stamp.

5500 Hanover investors are finally going to get back some of their money. What they won't get is their day in court. Hamish Fletcher reports.

NZX says a lack of basic shareholder protections could tarnish the reputation of the country's capital markets.

As investors digest the implications of FMA's Hanover deal, it is still unclear if Guardian Trust will have to pay any of the $18m settlement amount.

The FMA's $18 million Hanover settlement leaves the public none the wiser on whether the six defendants breached disclosure obligations or not.

Milford Asset Management has lost five wholesale clients, including financial services provider Mercer, since its $1.5 million settlement with the FMA last month.

The $18m settlement between Hanover Finance's directors and promoters and the Financial Markets Authority should be of some comfort to investors, says John Key

Milford Asset Management has lost five wholesale clients since its $1.5 million settlement with the Financial Markets Authority last month.