How hard is it for developers to build big housing projects?

The use of FinTech software to improve the operations of financial services is the talk of the town, writes Geoff Ward-Marshall.

Mike Taylor finds untapped gold in small and medium companies, as Bill Bennett reports.

The NZX is launching new dairy futures and options contracts as a way to lessen the volatility in milk prices.

After a stellar 2015, the acquisitions and mergers market here remains confident even though the deal flow has been slow so far this year.

For New Zealanders, two things would have stood out in the Australian Government's Budget, handed down earlier in the month by first time Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Dairy farmers, facing volatile prices, must take advantage of advances in genetics, forages and labour-saving technologies, writes Mark Hiddleston

Land development is a long and capital-intensive process and in some cases this is holding back the rate of building new houses, reports Anne Gibson.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making two visits to New Zealand this year.

New Zealand's listed debt market tells a good story at the moment.

More companies are planning to form alliances to create value from under-utilised assets and to speed up growth.

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 1.7 per cent drop against the greenback

The government is extending its underwrite of the Crown-funded start-up investor, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.

The NZ Venture Investment Fund says the figures is in line with early-stage investment expectations.

The number of IPOs may be lower this year but institutions have not lost their investing appetite, writes Christopher Adams.

As Auckland faces up to a funding shortfall in infrastructure, all eyes will be on how Christchurch's approach plays out.

Silicon Valley investment an art, not a science says expert.

UBS Securities warns soaring house prices in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne risk making banks vulnerable.

Foreign investors are having to sit tight while the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) clears a backlog of applications.

Crowdfunding is a new way of raising capital online and the NZ Stock Exchange could join the party.

Relaxed requirements for dual listing would recognise our strong business links, writes Rachel Taylor.

Why isn't there more investment by NZ firms in companies and assets overseas, asks David Green.

There is no shortage of capital for infrastructure projects, but the challenge is making them attractive to offshore capital.

Like them or hate them, multi-national companies are a fact of life.

The business of raising capital and borrowing money through the 'crowd in the cloud' is off to a flying start.

Blenheim's Renaissance Brewing was the first to raise equity on a crowdfunded platform.

First NZ Capital's Sam Ricketts is upbeat about the resurgence of mergers and acquisitions activity worldwide.

New Zealand has all its ducks in a row, which has held global interest in our capital markets.