Auckland landlords are making more capital gains off their rental properties than those elsewhere, a trend predicted to speed up in the next few years.

It seems that views as to what constitutes the best investment strategy are becoming more polarized.

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.

We're increasingly becoming a nation of renters with less than half of us now owning our own place, Census data shows.

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.

If we look at the local market on a stock specific basis, we can spot a similar trend with some share prices are still well off their all-time highs, writes Mark Lister:

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.