The price of oil is tumbling again, rattling an already-shaken oil industry and heralding lower prices for consumers.

Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.

The final countdown is under way for the European Central Bank's programme of government bond purchases, which has already fuelled a debt market rally that sent yields across the euro region to....

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers has been released from bankruptcy by the High Court but is banned from managing a business in this country for the next seven years.

New Zealand's latest equity crowdfunding campaign is being pitched to sharebrokers, suggesting the big end of town might have a role to play in the new capital-raising route for small, fast-growing....

A$147 million capital injection from North American investors will buy Xero some breathing room as it forges on with international growth ahead of a potential sharemarket float in the United States, says an analyst.

A partner with a top law firm says up to 20 sharemarket floats could take place this year.

Shares in Xero have jumped 24 per cent in the past week, amid speculation a large seller has left the market.

The newly privatised Australian firm Medibank Private has started flexing its muscles, leaning on hospital providers to lower their charges in a tough market for insurers.

New Zealand Oil & Gas is looking at other acquisition opportunities as its on-market takeover offer for Cue Energy Resources struggles for traction.

Rio Tinto Group's Sam Walsh said if the second-largest mining company cut iron ore output after prices sank, forfeited supply would be made up by rivals with higher costs, and that wouldn't be in his....

Delegat Group, New Zealand's largest listed wine company, said first-half operating profit rose 1 per cent and it was on track to meet guidance for full-year case sales and earnings.

An international investor has become a shareholder in Auckland-based fund manager Castle Point Funds.

Kathmandu's profit warning this week was a shocker, there's no doubt about it.

Oil and gas company Greymouth Petroleum Holdings wants more than $830,000 in damages from a former director who was ordered by the High Court to sell his stake in his firm.

Kathmandu lost more than a quarter of its market value yesterday after investors punished the outdoor retailer for poor Christmas and New Year trading that will result in a first-half loss.

Kathmandu's stock slumped 19 per cent to a two-and-a-half year low after the outdoor goods retailer said Christmas and January trading lagged behind expectations.