Easing two-way trade is a priority for China Construction Bank

In a rare interview, Goldman Sachs' NZ boss tells Christopher Adams about getting back to its core business.

An ex-FMA analyst is facing a further nine charges, including for allegedly providing a forged job contract with Fonterra to rent an apartment.

Economists at Westpac and ASB forecast a drop in the OCR to 2 per cent next year.

Clive Crook talks finance strategies.

SBS Bank's offer of 3.99 per cent home loan will start a knock-on effect.

Successful Auckland businesses bring wealth, jobs and employment to our local communities. The Westpac Auckland Business Awards season for 2015 has seen outstanding businesses step up to the podium to stand in the spotlight.

SBS Bank is undergoing a rebrand and is offering a home loan under 4 per cent.

International dairy prices are at a "particularly bad" part of the cycle, but are expected to improve substantially in the first half of next year.

The FMA has released a highly critical report on sales and advice practices for the financial services industry, including those selling KiwiSaver.

Two retired property developers are liable to the receivers of a failed finance company for $308,572 because of guarantees they gave on an eight-year-old loan.

Bank of New Zealand cut its forecast for Fonterra Cooperative Group's payout to farmers this season amid continued weakness in dairy prices.

Police were called in over a mortgage deal for a property that a BNZ banker was involved with.

Gail Kelly collected nearly $12.8 million for her final four months work as Australian chief executive of Westpac.

The Reserve Bank has once again sounded a warning about dairy farm debt but, for the time being, farmers seem to be coping with the financial stress brought about by lower milk prices.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says raising interest rates as a short-term monetary policy response to Auckland's overheated housing market is "pretty negligible".

Reserve Bank has asked the country's five biggest rural lenders to conduct a "stress test" of their exposure to dairy farm debt, and had encouraged them to set aside provisions .

New Zealand's banking system remains in good health, but heavily indebted dairy sector and heated property market are posing increasing risks to lenders.

BNZ is facing a lawsuit which a liquidator of a freight-forwarding company says should have gone to the New Zealand Customs Service for import duty.

The S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.06 per cent, or 3.89 points, to 6069.74. Within the index, 23 stocks rose, 16 fell and 11 were unchanged.

The Warehouse is rebranding and extending into financial services with the launch of two low- fee credit cards.

The A$30 billion combined annual cash profit reported by Australasia's big four banking giants is an eye-popping figure by anyone's measure.

Inflation is likely to undershoot the Reserve Bank's forecast in 2016 because of an unexpectedly strong kiwi dollar Westpac Banking Corp economists say.

Average asking prices for Auckland homes have dropped more than $18,000 in just a month, says realestate.co.nz.

Westpac New Zealand expects Auckland's heated housing market to cool following regulatory changes.

But shine of record earnings dulled by news of slower growth.

Moves by global financial players to close New Zealand-based operations are disappointing and put the local industry in danger of losing critical mass, a top fund manager says.

Mary Holm answers questions on inheritance, investments, Kiwisaver and property.