Part one of our new video series on KiwiSaver, with experts Mary Holm and Chris Douglas answering all the basic questions about the five-year old scheme.

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Christmas shoppers are being tempted with offers of "interest-free" cash loans before an interest rate in excess of 500 per cent kicks in.

Draft legislation aimed at introducing fringe benefit taxes on staff carparks is broader than expected and contains some "nasty fish hooks to look out for".

It's difficult to react dispassionately to the daily news on the dollar's whereabouts. Up, no matter how you say it, always sounds better than down, writes David Chaplin.

I've been reading with horror about the millions lost by investors in Ross Asset Management, a seemingly solid and well-established firm.

The NZ tech sector is in a very good place...

Stop! Before you hit the mall to buy Christmas gifts, get smart. Does your friend or family member really want another gift box, cook book, or car-cleaning kit?

If it is determined that David Ross was running a Ponzi scheme, investors face a major legal fight to recover their funds, says investor spokesman Bruce Tichbon.

Thinking of using KiwiSaver's first-home subsidy for an investment property?

New Zealand is going to find it increasingly difficult to tax multinational companies like Google and Facebook, says a specialist tax consultant.

Facebook's "tiny" and "barely believable" tax bill this year makes a mockery of New Zealand's tax loopholes for multinationals, says the Labour Party.

Tower has posted a 67 per cent jump in full-year profit and said it will return $120 million to shareholders.