Banking and financeFMA: Beware cold-callersThe Financial Markets Authority is sounding the alarm over cold-callers touting questionable foreign investment schemes to New Zealand consumers.22 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: Liquidation looms for van EykThe sale of van Eyk Advice NZ should be concluded within days, according to the first report to creditors from the administrator of its Australian parent.20 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionTamsyn ParkerYour Money: Is a mortgage affordable?It's a dilemma Auckland financial adviser Hannah McQueen comes across all the time.19 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: All your money questions asked in seven daysJust 42 seconds into the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) video 'What is money?' the audio dropped out.13 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Employer contribution confusionFor a lot of people the contribution an employer pays towards your KiwiSaver - currently 3 per cent - is in addition to your wages, but this isn't always the case.13 Oct 04:00 PM
Personal FinanceConsumer Watch: Diamonds are foreverIf you have a few thousand dollars to invest you've probably considered all the usual options: shares, bonds, maybe property.11 Oct 04:00 PM
EmploymentExecutive Success: Xero's Craig WalkerAs Xero's CTO, Craig Walker is constantly working in the future, translating boss Rod Drury's vision for the business into hard technical reality.10 Oct 01:31 AM
OpinionInside Money: Global think-tank explains why debt is a downerAccording to a report, post GFC - a crisis ultimately blamed on excessive leverage - the world hasn't really changed, debt-wise.08 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionMark Lister: Nervous types, buckle upSharper day-to-day movements will be unnerving for some investors.06 Oct 04:30 PM
Aged careHow to give up the day jobWhat would it take to give up the day job and retire young? Financial adviser Simon Hassan says few people want to quit work at a young age these days.05 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Falling kiwi to attract foreign buyersLiam Dann writes: Get ready for an influx of bargain-hunting foreign investors, because as the dollar drops, NZ assets are effectively going on special.05 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: Blank pages and novel regulationsAt only 623 pages the unofficial almost-final draft of the Financial Markets Conduct Act regulations, is light reading by historical novel standards.01 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Big bond man jumps shipOn Saturday NZ time, news of a significant resignation hit the airwaves. And David Cunliffe quit too.29 Sep 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Baskets, buckets and other egg-based investment strategiesThe diversification message is clear enough: don't stick all your money in the same place, writes David Chaplin.24 Sep 10:29 PM
OpinionBrent Sheather: Fiduciary duty has gone out of fashionThe rules are that you must not rip your client off but if you tell them you are going to rip them off then that is fine.23 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Zombie KiwiSaver schemes to end life in limboAfter negotiations with the FMA, both Kiwibank and ASB are finally set to kill their respective zombie KiwiSaver schemes.22 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: NZ Super treats country to full menu of disclosureThe revamped New Zealand Superannuation Fund website sets a new benchmark for full disclosure.17 Sep 09:30 PM
TechnologyCan tech firms replace human financial advisers?The financial tech trend is seeing younger investors turning to robo-adviser apps rather than traditional financial advisors.16 Sep 10:22 PM
OpinionInside Money: Regulator puts banks on KiwiSaver switch watchThe FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.15 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Aussie funds' freeze hits homevan Eyk Advice NZ last week froze redemptions from seven products in its Blueprint series.10 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionBrent Sheather: Beware of bankers with good ideasA major issue with KiwiSaver, from the FSC's perspective, is that too many KiwiSavers are in low risk, low return conservative KiwiSaver funds.10 Sep 12:00 AM
OpinionInside Money: Why health insurers want to crack down on sick economic crimesHealth insurance fraud is a significant problem in New Zealand, adding perhaps $30 million to premiums annually.08 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Welcome to the post-cheque worldThe post-person delivered me two items of historical interest: a cheque and a credit card.03 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Talking money with The Cat in the HatDavid Chaplin's take on demystifying the vocabulary of finance.01 Sep 09:30 PM
InvestmentInvestment project to create landlordsA specialist apartment real estate agency boss is starting up a new business to encourage people to become landlords by finding, buying and managing Auckland residential properties.27 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrent Sheather: Buy the rumour, sell the factIn the past insider trading has been viewed as something of a victimless crime and the perpetrators have been afforded a degree of notoriety as "expert traders".27 Aug 01:17 AM
OpinionInside Money: National messes KiwiSaver house rulesFirst Labour, now National have unveiled plans to mess up KiwiSaver. It was always too much to hope that $20 billion-plus KiwiSaver system wouldn't be used for electioneering.25 Aug 09:30 PM
