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Inside Money: Conduct becoming - report tweaks financial bill
The Financial Markets Conduct (FMC) bill is a 600-plus page document whose full contents are probably best digested by lawyers and insomniacs...

Helen Twose: Saving is smart for beneficiaries
In the first of a new weekly KiwiSaver column, Helen Twose responds to a reader who asks if he can sign up someone to KiwiSave without their consent...

College investors manage $250,000 investment fund
A group of Auckland college students, charged with managing a quarter million dollar investment portfolio are about to make their second big donation to charity.

Live Chat replay: Money Week with Sue Brown from the FMA
A replay of the live chat with Sue Brown from the Financial Markets Authority.

Auckland stays hot but towns chilly
Today's Herald QV Quarterly Property Report underlines how heated segments of the property market are - with Auckland again leading the way.

Property Report: Tough in the provinces but Hamilton is stirring
The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.

Brent Sheather: SOE sales - tell me why again?
The case for selling our SOE's looks flimsy at best and a travesty from the perspective of young people and those other sectors of society who stand to lose from the transactions.

Home loan tip: time to fix rates
Bank economists suggest it is time to fix at least part of your home loan.

Brent Sheather: The power of propaganda
A propaganda war has been waged by local financial advisers, fund research houses and some fund managers against low cost, passive funds.

NZX profit down 28pc
NZX has posted a 28 per cent fall in its net profit for the six months to June 30.