The Securities Commission has added its weight to the Reserve Bank's call for mum and dad investors' to be cautious about new private equity property investments.

New Zealand's currency woes are shared by many other economies in the AsiaPacific region and will be likely be major area of discussion at this weeks' Apec summit in Japan, says Prime Minister John Key.

Men aged 18-33 and 49-64 and those in the North Island in particular, are showing signs of potential financial stress, a credit rating agency says.

NZ's 'tepid' recovery from the financial crisis is at risk of being derailed by the relative strength of the NZ dollar, Alan Bollard has warned.

World share markets have risen after the Federal Reserve's $600b plan to stimulate the US economy was well received.

ASB is dropping the CBA name as it seeks to double its market share in the institutional and corporate banking sector.