The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), conducts an annual Survey into the level of confidence New Zealanders have about financial markets. 

 The latest survey indicates that New Zealanders are not well informed about one of the world’s largest financial markets – the bond market. This is despite the fact the size of the worldwide bond market (total debt outstanding) at 2017, was estimated by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) to be US$100 trillion. By contrast the worldwide share market was estimated at US$85.3 trillion.

Read On