Personal FinanceMore finance failures likelyThe Reserve Bank and Treasury's expectations of significant further finance company failures increased rapidly.22 Nov 03:00 PM
BDBDOfficial Cash RateMarket confidence lifts private equity returnsSurging investor confidence and reasonable share prices are letting private equity investors make some decent returns.18 Nov 08:00 PM
Personal FinanceRetail deposit scheme modifiedTreasury has tweaked the retail deposit scheme to help companies wean themselves off Crown support.18 Nov 03:00 PM
Investment$4b funds manager to leave NZ$4 billion funds management firm Alliance Bernstein has confirmed it is "relocating" out of New Zealand.16 Nov 03:00 PM
InvestmentMore finance firms tipped to failA big chunk of the surviving finance company sector is unlikely to outlive the retail deposit guarantee.11 Nov 03:00 PM
Banking and financeFive Star investors look to sue directorsInvestors owed $42 million after the collapse of the Five Star Finance group of companies are looking at suing the directors.11 Nov 03:00 PM
Official Cash RateBollard slams banks for 'risky mortgage practices'Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has issued a warning to banks about the perils of approving high-risk mortgages.10 Nov 08:45 PM
Personal FinanceAMP bids to create fund giant with AxaAMP's A$11 billion bid to acquire rival Axa Asia Pacific may create New Zealand's largest fund manager.09 Nov 03:00 PM
Official Cash RateASB says conditions tough, ups deposit ratesOperating conditions remain difficult for ASB in the current economic climate, the bank's Australian parent said today.08 Nov 11:45 PM
Personal FinanceFinancial advice problems being addressed, says GovtChanges the Government is making will improve the standard of the financial advice industry, Commerce Minister Simon Power says.04 Nov 11:30 PM
Aged careSome financial advisers 'still shoddy as ever'A Consumer NZ investigation of financial advisers has found the advice being given was "scandalously poor".04 Nov 07:15 PM
Official Cash RateWestpac misery blurred by poor data, says analystWestpac suffered a shocker of a year in New Zealand on mushrooming bad debt charges and a massive tax bill.04 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandLukewarm response to home loan top-upsOnly a small portion of the Government's allocated $18.4 million to help modest income-earners buy houses has been taken up.03 Nov 03:00 PM
