The Inland Revenue Department is taking aim at the use of New Zealand trusts by foreigners to shield their income and assets from tax in their own countries following pressure from its overseas....

FOFA is a serious law, introduced by the previous Labor government after a series of scandals hit Australia's financial planning industry.

A reader writes: If my employer includes its contribution as part of a total remuneration package, what happens to the contribution if one opts out of KiwiSaver?

My partner and I have our own home at the moment with a sizeable mortgage, and we're thinking of starting a property rental portfolio.

Herald columnist Diana Clement looks at how to get the best out of the Christmas shopping spend.

The latest Briefing to the Incoming Minister from the Earthquake Commission is a revealing document.

Over the next two years the government and its agents will be reviewing the Financial Advisors Act 2008 (FAA).

A Tauranga law firm will have to pay $150,000 more to retirees who lost money in Blue Chip, a Court of Appeal ruling has found.

Changes to the country's payment system have been profound and New Zealand moves closer to a cashless society, says the Reserve Bank.

I want to see a change of attitude in the press towards ageing Kiwis. We are tagged the greedy generation.

No NZ-based funds make the Towers Watson 500 largest asset managers but Fisher Funds, with about US$4.5b under management is close.

West Auckland is about to get a huge boost, after a big landlord this morning announced a $36 million expansion and upgrade of New Lynn's LynnMall shopping centre.

Two of New Zealand’s biggest commercial and industrial landlords have this morning reported half-year results down on last year.

A just-released study found Polish angels expected returns of 34 per cent on their investments - the highest of all.

A 157 per cent Auckland Council rates rise and a 140 per cent operating costs increase have been blamed for the axing of guaranteed rental returns on a city apartment block.

As we all build our own financial houses and get them in order, they need to be resilient when things happen.

Since the Financial Markets Conduct Act made crowdfunding investment possible, people can now buy shares in companies that should aim to eventually pay dividends.

Tech giants like Apple keep looking for overseas tax loopholes as their foreign cash has piled up to almost absurd levels.

I am changing jobs and my new employer is exempt from automatically signing up employees to KiwiSaver as they have their own super scheme, while also offering KiwiSaver.

One hundred years after the outbreak of World War I, Britain plans to repay some of the debt issued to help finance the conflict.

New Zealand supermarket chain Countdown is adding insurance services as it seeks to widen the offering to its 2.7 million weekly customers.

The US attempt to stop companies from leaving for tax reasons won't stop Pfizer, which is still considering a deal to move.

So what happens if you want to dump a single amount into your KiwiSaver account when you want to buy your first home? Helen Twose investigates.

We type them in a dozen times a day. Who knew that passwords could help us hit savings goals?