The NZX's new Index Futures - which launch today - could stabilise the market and reduce volatility to the benefit of all investors, including KiwiSaver users.

Escalating violence in Iraq has spooked world sharemarkets and pushed up oil to its highest price in nine months.

Dissident shareholders seeking removal of Abano Healthcare chairman Trevor Janes admitted likely defeat at the special meeting to vote on the issue in Auckland today.

Investor appetite for speculative software investments doesn't appear to have been shaken by this year's global sell-off of growth-focused technology stocks

New Zealand software company Vista Entertainment Solutions looks set to join the rush of local technology businesses lining up to list on the sharemarket.

Almost 140 jobs are to be axed at Solid Energy's Stockton mine, the company announced today.

Technology firm PowerbyProxi has been entertaining fund managers at its College Hill headquarters, suggesting work towards a potential sharemarket listing is gathering momentum.

Confidentiality agreement helped secure $22m payback deal, says agency head.

World sharemarkets are in a bull phase and the New Zealand sharemarket is no exception.

The takeover offer versus scheme of arrangement controversy is in the spotlight again.

The oil and gas industry is suddenly brimming with upstart millennials after decades of failing to attract and retain new entrants.

Abano shareholders will vote on whether to dump chairman Trevor Janes on Black Friday next month after the medical investor set the date for a special meeting.

The Auckland-based company said profit rose to $97.1 million in the year ended March 31, in line with guidance.

Kiwi cloud accounting firm Xero has topped a list of ‘‘most innovative growth companies’’ prepared by American business publication Forbes.