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.

Multi-millionaire Sir Bob Jones is preparing a legal attack that could shut down the surviving arms of Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers' business empire.

Finance Minister Bill English was today forced to defend the Govt's plan to raise GST after parliamentary rivals accused him of telling "porkies."

Concerns have been raised over people trying to "game" the KiwiSaver market by switching providers to get their money out on financial hardship grounds.

The dream of first home ownership will be made easier by Prime Minister John Key's likely tax reforms, economists said today.