Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 1 Jul 2022
In May 2022, the External Reporting Board (XRB) and Financial Markets Authority (FMA) jointly published a guidance document 'Aotearoa New Zealand…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 28 Jun 2022
Research undertaken by CHOICE in Australia indicates that major Australian retailers (including Kmart and Bunnings) have been using facial…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 23 Jun 2022
On 11 March 2022, the Government announced that it would "make practical amendments to the responsible lending rules to curb any unintended…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 21 Jun 2022
The Financial Markets Authority (the FMA) has recently signalled that an investigation into the treatment of offers to wholesale investors will be on…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 20 Jun 2022
On 1 October 2020, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Reserve Bank) formally relaunched its review of the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010…
Buddle Findlay | Australia, New Zealand | 10 Jun 2022
For the first time, an Australian court has imposed jail sentences on members of a cartel that engaged in price fixing, a form of cartel conduct…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 10 Jun 2022
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has now released its exposure draft of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB)…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 3 Jun 2022
Yesterday the government introduced the Water Services Entities Bill (the Bill) to Parliament. The Bill establishes four new Water Services Entities…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 2 Jun 2022
On 26 May 2022, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) published an information sheet (Guidance) that provides guidance to financial advice providers…
Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 1 Jun 2022
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has released its exposure drafts of proposed changes to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater…