Compliance Refinery

17/02/2026

Privacy is evolving — are you up to date?

Join us online next week for our upcoming Compliance Officer Community session, where we’ll cover:

✅ Key privacy updates
✅ What they mean in practice for FAPs
✅ Open Q&A and peer discussion

Interested in joining? Send us a message—it's free and open to compliance professionals.

22/06/2025

Where am I? What am I doing here? - That was Stephanie Pow’s first thought when she stepped into the chaos of a male-dominated trading floor.

🎙️ Fast forward to today, she’s the founder of Crayon. In this episode of Where to From Here? She shares how that experience shaped her leadership journey and her mission to support families through Crayon.

The full episode is out now. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rw2ahSaN8foL8SbwWz22T?si=hdcU_T4HTKGnEU_h0osAmA

20/06/2025

Big girl pants on. Time to grow up—financially and emotionally.

Stephanie Pow gets real about the moment parenting pushed her to think differently about money, life, and leadership.

Don’t miss this clip from our chat with Stephanie Pow.

Soon on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Gvpaqgz2JzJZBySWJLO1D?si=dwWMdvnmTnyX7iB00RJ0Vg

hashtag hashtag hashtag
hashtag hashtag

19/06/2025

The Future of Financial Advice is Personal:

In our next episode of Where to From Here? Leadership in Financial Services, we sit down with Stephanie Pow, founder of Crayon, to explore how her platform is flipping the script on traditional advice—especially for mothers.

📅 Episode 2 drops soon—follow us to catch it first!
https://open.spotify.com/show/5Gvpaqgz2JzJZBySWJLO1D?si=dwWMdvnmTnyX7iB00RJ0Vg

09/06/2025

Craig Kura is building more than a business—he’s building a movement. Craig is one of those leaders who quietly gets it right—his focus on culture, clarity, and people has helped grow Total Life into something special. And he’s not done yet.

If you’ve ever wondered how to turn a vision into a national brand (without losing your values), Craig’s journey is worth a listen.

🎧 Episode 1 is out now on Spotify :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4OUptvVtANDcs6M2K2TDYQ?si=zStwMiPATECZULy8yVo0eA

14/08/2024

The show must go on! Steve doing his thing yet again with our esteemed colleagues at QuoteMonster. This time in New Plymouth. He reports it was fabulous to see and speak with so many of you who joined the event today.

06/08/2024

Bob understands his duties as a Director of a FAP. Bob is not mentioned in this article. Be like Bob.

Take our Director Support Programme and earn all your annual CPD as a director in one go. Contact [email protected]

Oceania Natural Limited defendants, Wei (Walker) Zhong and Lei (Regina) Ding have been banned from being a director, promoter or manager of an entity for nine years.

02/08/2024

We’re so proud to introduce you to our newest wee colleague, baby Loukka. Our heartiest congratulations to Lourence Sublaten (on our administrative team whom many of you will have met) and his lovely wife. His face tells you what he thinks of compliance…

01/08/2024

01/08/2024

Covering the chilly south with Quotemonster this week. Thanks to our sponsors,

31/07/2024

On the road again...🎼 Great group to be hanging around the country with.