Finance firm CLSA Premium recorded $15m loss before FMA imposed restrictions on trading
16 Mar, 2021 04:42 AM
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Last year the FMA launched proceedings against CLSAP NZ alleging breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act.
Duncan Bridgeman is head of premium business content for the New Zealand Heraldduncan.bridgeman@nzherald.co.nz@Dunc1000
Financial services firm CLSA Premium NZ, formerly KVB Kunlun, slumped to a $15m loss prior to being effectively shut down by the Financial Markets Authority for failing to meet audit and assurance requirements. In accounts just filed to the Companies Office, CLSAP NZ showed a net loss of $14.97m in the year ended December 31, 2019 as operating income tumbled from $77.9m to just $3.26m.