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<i>Mary Holm</i>: Sell or rent? Look at the big picture

Personal finance writer Mary Holm shares her best advice and tips.

<i>Brent Sheather</i>: If it looks too good, don't believe it

<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Why house prices will fall 15 per cent

New Zealand's housing market is running out of puff.

Liquidnet aiming to entice more NZ fund managers into 'dark pools'

A US firm which specialises in "dark pools" trading is hoping to increase the number of fund managers trading in New Zealand listed securities.

Allied Farmers wins $6m in LA property litigation

Allied Farmers says it's been awarded $6m from a long running legal dispute around a Beverly Hills property development.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Effects of raised OCR

<i>Martin Hawes:</i> Investing in ethics

The idea of improving the world by investing has been around for a long time but in this country it has never really caught on.

Warning on Strategic offer

<i>Mary Holm</i>: First home subsidy takes a twist

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Stick to floating if you still want toast and coffee

<i>Martin Hawes:</i> On scent of good buys

Bank funds legal defence

<i>Mary Holm</i>: No rush to claim home subsidy

If you wait until year 10 in KiwiSaver can you use all your KiwiSaver funds for the first-home deposit?

<i>Brent Sheather</i>: Risk-free rates a bit of a gamble

Some risk-free rates suddenly don't look so risk-free any more.

Investors wait in vain to see GPG divesting

<i>Stock takes</i>: NZX face slap

1700 join class action against Feltex

Principle and profit not mutually exclusive

The BP disaster shows that ethical investment can pay dividends, writes David Prosser.