International investors with a total of US$2 trillion ($2.34 trillion) in funds have put New Zealand in their top-10 list of Asia-Pacific real estate investment targets.

I pay into a standard KiwiSaver scheme (3 per cent me, 2 per cent employer), the ASB KiwiSaver provider.

Choice Hotels, which operates in 40 New Zealand locations, is looking for seven to eight new properties worth $40 million to $50 million this year.

Should you fix your mortgage? This is an important question and if I knew the answer I would tell you, writes Damien Grant.

We're some of the world's most prolific users of loyalty cards - but many don't pay off.

While it's not ideal to be making any mortgage payments after you retire, the payments might well be less than rent, writes Mary Holm.

Gold, natural gas and the Kiwi - US dollar: key markets to watch, says Nick McDonald.

The latest Reserve Bank managed fund statistics reinforce two important features of our investment markets.

The New Zealand government's operating deficit was wider than expected in the first seven months of the 2014 financial year, with a smaller tax take than forecast and lower than anticipated tobacco excise duty.

Australia's Future of Financial Advice legislation was intended to create a conflict-free zone.

This is a KiwiSaver aspect I have never seen discussed regarding the scheme reaching its "fruition".

Let's clear one thing up. I am not one of those people who claim that just by 'thinking' positively, you will get what you want.

Who cannot join KiwiSaver once you are 18? Anyone in government superannuation schemes like teachers cannot join, presumably because they already have a scheme.

New Zealanders criticising Google for the low amount of tax it pays in this country should not brand the company as "evil".

The National government is once more coming under pressure to lift the retirement age, this time from coalition partner, the Act Party, writes David Chaplin.

There has been talk in trading circles recently of AUD/NZD exchange rate reaching, or even declining below, the magic parity level of 1.0000, writes Nick McDonald.

When weighing the pros and cons of owning your own home, the sense of security is important for parents, writes Mary Holm.

Yes, the investment opportunity sounded interesting, I told her. But why was she calling me with such an extraordinary offer.

The $1.6 billion landlord Precinct Properties expects to start redeveloping its Downtown Shopping Centre site in Auckland's CBD above the new Central Rail Link in two years.

Fixed interest investors face a flurry of bond issuance over the next week or so as corporates look to lock in favourable funding rates.