Financial Markets Authority - New Zealand
Ben Wakelin is currently an Economist at Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand since January 2024. Prior to this role, Ben worked as a Data Consultant at Media.Monks from March 2022 to January 2024, and as a Data Analyst at Quashed from July 2021 to February 2022. Ben started their career as a Sales Consultant at Noel Leeming from December 2018 to May 2021. Ben holds a Bachelor's degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics from The University of Auckland, where Ben studied from 2018 to 2021 after completing their high school diploma in General Studies at Orewa College from 2009 to 2015.
Financial Markets Authority - New Zealand
The Financial Markets Authority regulates New Zealand's financial markets. We oversee and enforce securities, financial reporting, and company law as they apply to financial services and securities markets. We also regulate securities exchanges, financial advisers and brokers, trustees and issuers - including issuers of KiwiSaver and superannuation schemes. Our main vision is to promote and facilitate the development of fair, efficient and transparent financial markets. As a risk-based conduct regulator, we focus our resources on conduct that we think poses the most significant risk to achieving this objective. The FMA was established in 2011 under the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011. It replaced the Securities Commission and took over some roles of the Ministry of Economic Development, in particular the regulatory role of the Government Actuary and some of the roles of the Registrar of Companies.