Creators of a controversial loyalty card that offers to pay part of a drinker's bar tab off their student loan are planning to go global.

Head-to-head bidders are paying tens of thousands of dollars more at auctions than they would for fixed price homes, new figures reveal.

Selling in city and buying a cheaper property either north or south could mean plenty of money to invest, Mary Holm writes.

Making a dodgy investment decision is easy. Frame it with the wrong facts and figures and it's bound to look good, Diana Clement writes.

Those that you live with have the strongest influence on your investment decisions, a Massey researcher has found.

A Bay of Plenty man has been sentenced to almost a year of home detention after he used backpackers' and other tourists' IRD numbers to file false tax returns.

Amidst the debate around the effects of a capital gains tax on the Auckland property market, TV show 'Our First Home' has proven useful.

I have heard many stories of Australian businesses built out of fees and commissions paid by clients the advisers have never seen.

As you pump money into your KiwiSaver with each pay, where exactly does it flow to?

But diversification by spreading savings among different funds and providers allows investors to reduce risk.

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.

Paying taxes is inevitable but there are ways to ensure you keep more of your money in your pocket this tax year. Tamsyn Parker talked to two tax experts to get their tips.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the court case between 12 global investors and the Portuguese 'Novo Banco'.

Kiwis no longer have to fill out a tax return every year but that doesn't mean you can sit back and do nothing.

Investing columnist Brent Sheather on low cost versus high cost, passive versus active models.

For the first time in a single month, 10 per cent of all properties sold around the country went for more than $1 million.

Kiwi investors can expect a strong pipeline of initial public offerings from New Zealand and Australian companies listing in coming months to take advantage of the rising market, says Nikko Asset....

Fund managers - even the 'vanilla' vendors - could pose a risk to the global financial system, according to a new IMF report.

I have been retired for one year now and am thinking of using my KiwiSaver balanced fund to provide an income.

Many young people starting work or going to college are pretty clueless about handling money.

Don’t forget to pick up your big five hundy this year in KiwiSaver.

New mortgages to Australian landlords dropped the most in three years in February, signalling an easing in the speculator demand for housing that had concerned the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Don't be sucked in by tempting rewards schemes when you're shopping for a credit card, says Consumer New Zealand.

Admitting you've made a mistake can be painful. Learning from that mistake can make someone. Money gurus share mishaps from their youth for you to learn from.

Our dollar may be soaring but don’t be tempted to speculate on currency. There’s a loser for every winner, writes Mary Holm.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin says parity with the Aussie dollar is no cause for celebration.