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Inside Money: NZ Super treats country to full menu of disclosure
The revamped New Zealand Superannuation Fund website sets a new benchmark for full disclosure.
Man jailed over tax credit scam
A Wellsford man who lied about having five children to receive $120,000 in tax credits has been jailed.
Will my kids live better than me?
Will our kids really live harder lives than we're living now? Let's ask an economist.
VnC Cocktails founder Shane McKillen quits Veritas board
Shane McKillen has resigned from the board of Veritas Investments to focus on other business commitments.
Inside Money: Regulator puts banks on KiwiSaver switch watch
The FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.
Waimahia Inlet spells new homes hope
On September 19, the first buyers of a new mass-scale affordable special housing area at South Auckland's Waimahia Inlet, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, are due to move in.
Brent Sheather: Beware of bankers with good ideas
A major issue with KiwiSaver, from the FSC's perspective, is that too many KiwiSavers are in low risk, low return conservative KiwiSaver funds.
Hart's Rank Group hires banks to run sales
Billionaire Graeme Hart's Rank Group has hired three banks to run separate sales in his global packaging empire in what could generate some US$9b
Inside Money: Why health insurers want to crack down on sick economic crimes
Health insurance fraud is a significant problem in New Zealand, adding perhaps $30 million to premiums annually.
KiwiSaver: Regular payments needed for subsidy
Can you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.
Tax grief: Key's swipe at Labour 'mess'
John Key has stepped up his attack on Labour's capital gains today tax, suggesting it will create a headache for grieving children who inherit their parents' house.
Main parties pushing tax policies as vote-winners
Tax is emerging as the battleground heading into the last two weeks before the election with National seizing on Labour leader David Cunliffe's stumble over the details of his flagship capital gains tax policy.
Graeme Hart's new $78m yacht
New Zealand's richest man has splashed out on a second luxury yacht - this one worth up to an estimated $78 million.
Inside Money: Talking money with The Cat in the Hat
David Chaplin's take on demystifying the vocabulary of finance.
Investment project to create landlords
A specialist apartment real estate agency boss is starting up a new business to encourage people to become landlords by finding, buying and managing Auckland residential properties.
Obama condemns overseas tax deals
President Obama's denunciation of overseas mergers that lower US companies' taxes is throwing cold water on potential deals.
Brent Sheather: Buy the rumour, sell the fact
In the past insider trading has been viewed as something of a victimless crime and the perpetrators have been afforded a degree of notoriety as "expert traders".
Inside Money: National messes KiwiSaver house rules
First Labour, now National have unveiled plans to mess up KiwiSaver. It was always too much to hope that $20 billion-plus KiwiSaver system wouldn't be used for electioneering.
Dotcom dosh linked to immigrant
The new-found wealth of entrepreneur Kim Dotcom came in part from an immigrant who has had at least $15m in assets seized in a money-laundering inquiry.
Barry Ritholtz: Time, not timing, key to investing success
People who sit out for long stretches while waiting for the perfect entry point into the markets are giving up their single most precious asset: Time.
Tamsyn Parker: How to "Labour-proof" your portfolio
What should you do to protect your investments should there be a change in government and a switch to Labour?
All credit for paying off debt
Having bad credit can stand in the way of everything from borrowing from the bank to signing up with a power company for your home electricity.
Dianna Clement: A beginner's guide to investing in shares
How to buy shares is a mystery to many people. One such reader emailed asking for a back-to-basics article on the subject of DIY share investing.
Mary Holm: Mistake to judge over the short term
I joined KiwiSaver the day it started. I am in the Kiwi Wealth balanced fund. I am a 67-year-old retired widow with no other income apart from NZ Superannuation.