Annual house sales rose for the first time in 13 months, driven by higher value properties, according to REINZ data released today.

A raging bull is on the loose in China's stock market, which has just opened its doors to the world, but prospective NZ investors may want to approach with caution.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and its three main rivals may need as much as A$30 billion ($32.4 billion) in fresh capital.

Nearby coastal areas are reaping the benefits of a buoyant Auckland property market, with homeowners beginning to use extra equity to buy baches, experts say.

Keith Cooper headed up New Zealand's biggest meat company, Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms, for eight years before stepping down in October.

NZX, will spend up to $35 million buying fund manager and KiwiSaver provider SuperLife.

Middle-aged home buyers face being locked out of the property market because banks are worried they are too old to pay off their mortgage before they retire.

ANZ will pay $18.5m to some of its rural customers who complained about interest rate swaps after reaching a settling with the Commerce Commission.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said its currency, near a 4-year low, remains overvalued and needs to decline further to assist the economy, which is growing at a moderate pace.

Australian company profits have ticked higher, thanks to healthier returns from the battered and bruised retail and manufacturing sectors.

Shares of Finzsoft Solutions jumped to a record after the financial software developer reported a profitable first half on Friday.

Inventory Technologies will join the NZX via a reverse listing using the shell of NZF Group, the listed financial services company blocked from liquidating this year.

Tomorrow will see the last GlobalDairyTrade auction before Fonterra releases its revised farmgate milk price forecast for 2014/15.

Inflation is the right target for monetary policy, says Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler, and has served the country well over the past 25 years.

New Zealand's market watchdog has for the first time stood in the shoes of out-of-pocket investors and exercised its right to sue for them.

Power companies' margins on retail electricity tariffs are unsustainably high, says a new report on listed NZ electricity stocks.

The rest of the world has woken up to the growth in demand for food, particularly for proteins, that will occur over the next 30 years.