Finance Minister Bill English has poured cold water on hopes of a cut in the top income tax rate to 30 per cent.

Government says it is considering is the merging of different regulatory functions of the stock exchange, Companies Office and the Securities Commission.

42 Below founders Geoff Ross, Grant Baker and Stephen Sinclair are testing the water for a $10 million IPO of their luxury scented candle and body lotion business Ecoya.

SkyCity Entertainment has announced a 29.6 per cent or $16.2 million rise in its first half after-tax profit to $71.02m.

The state of trust in our finance sector is so bad we no longer can afford the luxury of waiting for disaster before regulators take action.

The cost of buying life insurance could rise by as much as 25 per cent this year because of changes to the way it is taxed.