New Zealand's Financial Market's Authority Podcasts

About New Zealand's Financial Market's Authority Podcasts

A quick look at the latest in financial regulation and research in New Zealand, with experts from the Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko.

Publisher

Financial Markets Authority NZ

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jul 2022

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 of 52 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Who owns your investments? | Jess Learns to Invest

   FMA Head of Financial Advice Romil Ghelani and Director of Reporting, Markets and Investments John Horner explain investment ownership and protections for client assets in this interview with Jess.

2. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   KiwiSaver Annual Report 2026 | Occasional Conversations Series

   KiwiSaver is one of the biggest investments many New Zealanders will ever have, but how often do we stop to check whether it’s working for us? In this episode of Occasional Conversation, FMA’s Paul Patton is joined by Emelie Jensert, Head of Investment Management, and Philip Stevens Chief Economist to unpack the FMA’s KiwiSaver Annual Report 2026. They discuss what the latest figures tell us about the growth of KiwiSaver, record contributions and withdrawals, first-home withdrawals, s...

3. 

   25 Aug 2026

   Experiences of tangata whenua with insurances | Occasional Conversation Series

   In this episode, Hannah Chapman (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) references a story that has been shared with permission by Professor Rebecca Bednarek (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington).  The Matangirua team acknowledge Professor Bednarek for her manaaki in sharing insights from her research [National Hazards Commission, Biennial Research Grant, 4535]. The FMA has published Experiences of tangata whenua with insurances, new research exploring how Māori experience the insurance system in A...

Inside a recent episode

Who owns your investments? | Jess Learns to Invest

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you own shares in small companies, little private companies, your name will simply be on the share register and that will confirm who owns the shares. So individual ownership of shares is quite different from owning an interest in a managed fund. Right. OK, gotcha. Yeah. I mean, look, the laws for protecting client money are quite complex. But if you break it down into three key players, player number one is you, the investor. Player number two is, in this case, the financial service provider, the investment provider. And then player number three is the custodian. So there's three players there in that custody chain. […]

Who has been a guest on New Zealand's Financial Market's Authority Podcasts

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Romil Ghelani
• John Horner
• Elizabeth Asmerom Esfahan
• Vanessa Williams
• Brad Olsen

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

814,507

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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