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2003 Annual Report

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Our purpose is to strengthen confidence in New Zealand's capital markets, both in New Zealand and overseas, by promoting

• the efficiency of these markets
• the integrity of these markets
• the cost-effective regulation of these markets

and thereby fostering capital investment in New Zealand.

We aim for

• good standards of disclosure
• reliable and ethical procedures for effecting transactions
• flexibility in development of best regulatory practice
• sound principles for market regulation
• cost-effective rules of law
• compliance with the law
• good working relationships with overseas regulators
• public understanding of the law and practice of securities.