House-hunters are seeing a return of "buy-off-the-plans" developments which advertise low deposits and no repayments until completion.

Almost $650,000 from the sale of a boat that Jamie Peters had personally used ended up in a bank account which the ex-rich-lister accessed during his bankruptcy.

Former rich-lister Jamie Peters has told the High Court he "barely survived" using $80,000 from a friend's bank account.

I've just joined KiwiSaver and have to admit I'm a bit confused as to what happens to my money after it comes out of my pay.

Two groups of investors in the Trinity forestry scheme, found to be a tax avoidance arrangement in 2004, are making fresh attempts to get the 9-year-old decision set aside.

No matter which you favour, there's no way of knowing where the prices of real estate or stocks will go

The latest figures show that KiwiSaver is a massive success, probably the most popular scheme ever introduced by a NZ government.

The first two weeks of May have seen some significant developments in retail investor-land.

As the NZ Herald reported on Monday academia and finance industry leaders gathered in Auckland this week to consider, among other big picture subjects, the "role of advice for KiwiSaver members".

A subsidiary of Allied Farmers has been served with a liquidation notice from Inland Revenue for $4.2 million.

Residents in Auckland five-star tower Metropolis are paying $3.25 million in annual body corporate fees but a further $4 million is needed from them for a big repair job.

I have a question, that you may or may not be able to answer, as no one else I have spoken with so far has been able to help.

A subsidiary of Allied Farmers has been served with a liquidation notice from Inland Revenue for $4.2 million.

Credit cards are designed to part us with our money. Canny customers, however, can sometimes use these little plastic cards to their financial advantage.

Lance Wiggs' Punakaiki Fund plans to seek as much as $50 million in an initial public offering to invest in New Zealand companies.

New Zealand's $82 billion managed funds industry, which includes KiwiSaver, has been given a C- report card by international research firm Morningstar.

Owners of apartments in Auckland's five-star Metropolis tower are pitted against one another in battles which have ranged from cat-keeping to who sits on the body corporate.

Your savings invested in a KiwiSaver scheme and any returns generated by those savings are not guaranteed.

A resident of New Zealand's tallest apartment tower has lost a bid to injunct body corporate members.

Against a backdrop of rising share prices and a booming Auckland housing market, investor confidence reached its highest level.

The problem for many KiwiSavers is often a lack of understanding of essentials versus luxuries. "It's my money and I want it." So say many KiwiSavers.