Capital growth has always been an important factor in successful dairy farm investment, but it would be unwise for investors to assume land prices always go up.

Investors could soon be invited to put money into a new fund to buy Auckland residential property.

Two-thirds of the way through the Government's financial year tax revenue is running 6.3 per cent above the same period last year, while spending is flat.

Gareth Morgan's official personal presence in the KiwiSaver world will not be sadly missed by any of his competitors, writes David Chaplin.

Savers will have to wait until October to find out what the fees and performance returns are for their KiwiSaver schemes.

Sorry, New Zealand - the new KiwiSaver rates aren't the answer to your retirement savings. From Monday, the minimum employee contribution to KiwiSaver will go up to 3 per cent, matched by 3 per cent from employers.

The voluntary administrators of a beleaguered Australian firm, which froze more than $100 million of Kiwi investments, have softened a statement regarding meeting creditor and investor obligations.

When it comes to "unreasonable charges", there are those that feel unreasonable and there are those that technically break the rules.

The Government might reconsider plans to tax employers on inner-city carparks they provide to employees if it finds the additional costs on businesses would outweigh the revenue raised, Finance Minister Bill English said yesterday.

A new lobby group has formed with the aim of letting consumers have a say in the affairs of the retirement savings industry, writes David Chaplin.

KiwiSaver's swelling coffers have prompted a local fund manager to buy a big Auckland office block from a European owner - and more such deals are being predicted.

How can I discover how much I have in my KiwiSaver and when I am able to draw some of it down?

Are wealthy Kiwis passing on their financial knowledge to children.