In June 2017, the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs appointed a Financial Advice Code Working Group to develop the new code of conduct for financial advice.

Consultation on the Issues Paper 'Review of the Copyright Act 1994'.

This page outlines the development of the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

We monitor the Financial Markets Authority and Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission

Australia is one of our most important economic partners. New Zealand and Australia have made good progress to remove trade barriers.

The Government is reviewing the Copyright Act 1994. In November 2018, we released an Issues Paper for the review, which was the first stage of public consultation on the copyright regime. Consultation closed on 5 April 2019.

The Takeovers Code aims to ensure transparency and equitable processes for control-change transactions in the shares of companies it covers.

We are completing work that may result in changes in New Zealand in response to various international financial market reforms.

On 17 June 2019 Cabinet agreed on the licensing fees and changes to the FMA levy.

We are seeking feedback on the recommendations contained in the Insolvency Working Group’s Report No. 2. This report covers voidable transactions, Ponzi schemes and other corporate insolvency matters. We are also seeking further feedback on an outstanding recommendation from Report No. 1, on whether to introduce a director identification number.