Cygnus Law

Financial markets regulation, back to the 70s?

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Simon Papa argues proposed reforms to financial markets regulation rejects, without proper validation, decades of orthodoxy on market regulation and basic market concepts

23rd Jan 24, 9:18am

by Simon Papa

Simon Papa argues proposed reforms to financial markets regulation rejects, without proper validation, decades of orthodoxy on market regulation and basic market concepts

Misleading conduct by government insurer – The gander fights back

Simon Papa & Ken Ng argue that by appealing a judgment against Southern Response, the Government risks undermining the push it and its agencies are making to improve bank and insurer conduct

20th Sep 19, 9:19am

by Simon Papa

Simon Papa & Ken Ng argue that by appealing a judgment against Southern Response, the Government risks undermining the push it and its agencies are making to improve bank and insurer conduct

Law reforms threaten New Zealand financial service exports

Simon Papa argues there's a way to both stop NZ's Financial Service Providers Register being a register of convenience & support legitimate financial services exports

30th Apr 18, 7:33am

by Guest

Simon Papa argues there's a way to both stop NZ's Financial Service Providers Register being a register of convenience & support legitimate financial services exports

'Government can’t get too far ahead of the industry'

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister dubs FMA's plan to fast-track the legalisation of robo-advice 'quite edgy' despite only learning what Blockchain is 6 weeks ago

31st Jul 17, 3:30pm

by Jenée Tibshraeny

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister dubs FMA's plan to fast-track the legalisation of robo-advice 'quite edgy' despite only learning what Blockchain is 6 weeks ago

NZ FinTech in 2017 - make or break?

Simon Papa bemoans the apparent absence of a true strategic approach at government level to FinTech and the financial services sector more broadly

2nd Feb 17, 7:38am

by Guest

Simon Papa bemoans the apparent absence of a true strategic approach at government level to FinTech and the financial services sector more broadly

Tackling NZ's unregulated building society exports

Cygnus Law’s Simon Papa looks at ways to close the loopholes exploited by unsupervised NZ building societies

23rd Feb 16, 10:06am

by Guest

Cygnus Law’s Simon Papa looks at ways to close the loopholes exploited by unsupervised NZ building societies