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      We believe strong financial and capital markets as well as a stable financial system are critical to the wealth and wellbeing of New Zealand. Our Financial Risk Management Team support robust markets through using our deep knowledge of financial services and products to advise New Zealand business facing exposure to financial and regulatory risk.

      Organisations are recognising the benefits of a coherent approach to financial risk management and regulatory compliance, and how sound practices in these areas can drive superior performance.

      Our team focuses on advising financial institutions and corporates on all aspects of financial, market and operational risk. We have deep experience and understanding of financial services businesses and financial products and specialise in helping people understand the risk and accounting for those products in simple and easy to understand concepts.

      We support clients across all industries to achieve robust financial risk management frameworks that satisfy compliance demands, contribute to better decision making and enhance performance.

      The KPMG Financial Risk Management team is an integral part of our local and global advisory teams. In New Zealand we leverage the best of both worlds: our global leading practice methodology and tools and our strong local experience of managing financial risks with New Zealand companies.


      Responding to the FMA's call to action.

      Addressing vulnerability in New Zealand

      Responding to the FMA's call to action.


      We have deep industry skills in:

       

      • Wealth and funds management, 
      • Retail banking
      • Insurance; and
      • Capital markets

      Key expertise includes:

       

      • establishing and enhancing risk strategy, governance and culture to meet internal and external expectations
      • interpreting, analysing, planning for and managing regulatory change
      • remediation of issues
      • introducing new compliance measures and reducing compliance costs
      • assessing risk management capabilities – benchmarking financial risk management performance and procedures
      • transforming risk management functions to reduce costs and add value
      • developing tools to measure, monitor and report on financial risk and compliance issues
      • streamlining financial licence applications
      • reviewing and improving corporate treasury functions
      • managing corporate treasury – hedging governance, strategy, execution and ongoing valuation and accounting support.


      KPMG have a team of specialists with deep local and global expertise in practical approaches to conduct.

      Whether you are under the old standard or the new standard the KPMG team can assist you in accounting for financial instruments.

      KPMG's Financial risk management team helps identify, assess, manage, report & limit the risks financial professionals face.

      KPMG can assist organisations across all aspects of treasury, from development of practical treasury policies to treasury function health checks.

      KPMG help clients understand and implement new regulatory capital requirements such as Basel III and the capital aspects of LVR.

      KPMG’s Regulatory Change and Compliance services assist our clients in managing and implementing change driven by new and changing regulation.

      Our risk strategy, governance and culture services helps clients implement sound risk management frameworks and practices & embed awareness culture.

      Supporting organisations with the identification, assessment, monitoring and management of operational risks.


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      Malcolm Bruce

      Partner - Risk Consulting and Partner in charge of Alumni Programme

      KPMG in New Zealand

      Rajesh Megchiani

      Partner, Financial Risk Management

      KPMG in New Zealand

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