Finance industry winners

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Aarti Pundir, from Spiers Finance, receives the Rising Star Award from James Searle, Autosure CEO and a Financial Services Federation board member  

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Mary-Anne Kirkness, from MTF Finance, with Provident Insurance CEO Steve Owens after collecting the Leadership Award   

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Samantha Barrass, left, Financial Markets Authority CEO, and Lyn McMorran, FSF executive director, at the awards event  

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FSF executive director Lyn McMorran, second left, helps Avanti Finance’s strategic delivery team celebrate winning the Team Spirit Award  

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Money Sweetspot staff, from left, Jarrod Chiplin, Leticia New, Sharnee Warbrick and Sasha Lockley pose with cabinet minister Scott Simpson after scooping the Innovation Award  

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Finance Now, led by CEO Hadyn Halls, right, won the Equifax Community Impact Award   

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Award-winner Bryce Grove, second right, and his SG Fleet colleagues at the MOTAT Aviation Hall  

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Aarti Pundir, from Speirs Finance Group, shows off her Autosure Rising Star Award  

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Scott Simpson, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, addresses the audience at the Financial Services Federation awards  

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The Financial Services Federation hosted about 200 people at the MOTAT Aviation Hall on November 5  

About 200 people gathered in Auckland for a glittering awards ceremony hosted by the Financial Services Federation (FSF).

A number of prizes were handed out to recognise customer care and innovation by New Zealand’s specialist lenders over the past year.

The event, held at MOTAT Aviation Hall on November 5, was attended by scores of FSF members and special guests including Scott Simpson, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Samantha Barrass, chief executive officer of the Financial Markets Authority.