The Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) is an independent body established pursuant to clause 49 of Schedule 5 to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the Act).
The FADC conducts disciplinary proceedings arising from complaints about financial advisers relating to contraventions of the provisions of the Act that regulate financial advice and financial advice services. Complaints are referred by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and can include breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services (the Code).
The FADC was established in December 2010 by the Minister of Commerce to conduct the disciplinary proceedings described above.
The Act sets out the functions of FADC and authorises it to determine its own procedures in order to meet its responsibilities and obligations under the Act.
FADC’s functions are:
- to conduct disciplinary proceedings arising out of complaints regarding financial advisers referred to it by FMA; and
- to impose penalties ranging from directing the Registrar to deregister the financial adviser to imposing a fine not exceeding $10,000 as a result of the disciplinary proceedings.
Further information about the hearing process and the procedural rules of the FADC can be found in the Information Guide:
The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 establishes the FADC. The FADC is made up of between four and six members.
The current members are:
John Matthews
(Chairperson)
John was appointed as an Associate High Court Judge in 2011, and sat on the Court in that capacity until 2019. From 1987 onwards he practised as a Barrister specialising in civil litigation, after some 15 years in general legal practice. In that time he also undertook a range of other professional roles including Chair of a statutory tribunal, Chair of numerous commissions under the Resource Management Act, and serving as a director of a number of companies engaged in manufacturing, property development and particularly the finance industry. He now practises as a mediator and arbitrator.
Jane Standage
Jane is a commercial litigation partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts in Auckland. Jane has worked in London and New Zealand on financial and regulatory litigation for over 15 years. She has completed a Master of Laws at New York University on a Fulbright Scholarship and Hauser Global Scholarship. Jane is also a member of the CPA Australia Disciplinary Committee and a board member of INFINZ.
Danielle Auld
Danielle has worked in the wealth management industry for over 20 years in Edinburgh, London and New Zealand. Her focus has been on advice and compliance in various Private Banks including Coutts & Co in London, before taking over a Rotorua based wealth management firm in 2018. A Chartered Director, Danielle is an Independent Director of a number of boards and is involved with various charitable organisations.
Sarah-Jane Weir
Sarah-Jane has been a barrister and solicitor for over 25 years, and has had a varied career in New Zealand and England, working both in-house and at law firms, including as a partner at Anderson Lloyd. She is also an independent company director and a Trustee of a number of different philanthropic organisations.
Daniel Tulloch
Dr Tulloch is a member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand and holds other Board and governance-level positions in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He completed his postdoc in Sustainable Finance at the University of Oxford. He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Otago, a Masters (with distinction) in International Accounting and Financial Management and a Bachelors (Honours) in Psychosocial Sciences from the University of East Anglia.
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