Fran O'Sullivan writes that it is time New Zealand authorities were given the ability to issue a permanent ban against errant company directors.

South Canterbury Finance plans to start raising money from the public this week.

Convincing investors to trust finance companies enough to put money into non-guaranteed investments 'will be a slow process'.

The average KiwiSaver contributor might be surprised to learn where their hard-earned money is being invested.

Vision Securities has gone into receivership, but Treasury says $28m of investors money is safe.

Shell's NZ petrol stations are now locally owned, with Infratil and the Super Fund saying that a large chunk of profits will stay in NZ.

Infratil and the NZ Super Fund says they have finalised the purchase of Shell New Zealand in a $696.5 million joint venture deal.

Shareholders in rural services company Allied Farmers stand to lose out over an estimated $24 million mortgage on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Kinloch Golf Club near Lake Taupo.

Former deputy PM Wyatt Creech was on the Blue Chip board as an independent director from December 2004 until June 2006. He speaks to the Weekend Herald.

The Blue Chip failure changed the lexicon. A 'blue-chip' opportunity will never mean the same again in New Zealand. Phil Taylor traces the decline and fall of the company.

Blue Chip founder Mark Bryers is believed to have access to at least $1 million in trusts, despite the collapse of his business empire.