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<i>Mary Holm</i>: Time to take bull by the horns

Hanover - the agony goes on and on

<i>Diana Clement</i>: New rules won't remove all pitfalls

<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: It's time for regulators to take the lead

This is where Hanover investors' money has gone...

Hanover investors' $500 million is tied up in a vast spread of partly built luxury housing estates and resorts - one still a hole in the ground.

<i>Aussie stocks:</i> Lower on weak overseas leads

Kathmandu lists at premium to offer price

Property prices reach all-time high

House prices continued their upward momentum last month.

Hanover hits early snag in pay-back plan

Investors in Hanover Finance will not now get all their money back and are instead likely to receive 70c in the dollar over five years.

Aussies Kathmandu, Kiwis Kathmandon't

Interest in the Kathmandu float seems low on this side of the Tasman.

Hanover Finance not keeping to repayment plan

Crossings rules broken

AMP bids to create fund giant with Axa

AMP's A$11 billion bid to acquire rival Axa Asia Pacific may create New Zealand's largest fund manager.

Lack of homes pushes up Auckland prices

A shortage of homes for sale has pushed Auckland's residential property values higher than a year earlier, QV figures show.

Blue Chip mortgages go to appeal

The case of two Whangarei pensioners battling Blue Chip goes before the Court of Appeal this week.

<i>Martin Hawes</i>: Beware rental guarantees