The Serious Fraud Office has laid charges against financial adviser David Ross, who is alleged to have operated a $400 million Ponzi scheme.

Belgrave Finance director Stephen Smith has been sentenced to four years in jail.

Businesses which drag their heels or fail to comply with a new anti-money laundering and terrorism financing law should expect to face firm action, say regulators.

Suggestions the FMA knew about David Ross long before his business was raided were "crap", says Sean Hughes.

Tougher licensing rules for authorised financial advisers won't be introduced in a law change despite being suggested by the market regulator.

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The Financial Markets Authority still wants Mark Hotchin to be repaid the $12.2 million he put towards an Auckland mansion, despite the businessman's lawyer not pursuing the full amount at the end of a High Court dispute.

A former director of the failed firm Capital + Merchant Finance has been handed an extra year in prison and two others have been sentenced home detention and community work.

A judge has found that Neill Williams, who claimed to only do work for the Five Star finance companies, was an integral part of all major decisions at the company.

The FMA's Diane Maxwell will be stepping across into the role of Retirement Commissioner for three months.

The SFO has spent longer considering charges after the Hanover collapse than in the case of any other finance company it has probed.

New Zealand's investment regulator has no budget to help investors gain a better understanding of where to put their cash.

Who exactly is managing Westpac's substantial pool of KiwiSaver money right now?

Embattled Wellington financial advisor David Ross has been released from hospital.

Investors feel betrayed by failure of Ross Asset Management and its manager.