House prices continued their upward momentum last month.

A big chunk of the surviving finance company sector is unlikely to outlive the retail deposit guarantee.

Investors in Hanover Finance will not now get all their money back and are instead likely to receive 70c in the dollar over five years.

Interest in the Kathmandu float seems low on this side of the Tasman.

AMP's A$11 billion bid to acquire rival Axa Asia Pacific may create New Zealand's largest fund manager.

A shortage of homes for sale has pushed Auckland's residential property values higher than a year earlier, QV figures show.

The case of two Whangarei pensioners battling Blue Chip goes before the Court of Appeal this week.

Changes the Government is making will improve the standard of the financial advice industry, Commerce Minister Simon Power says.

Investment returns from the Cullen Fund and ACC have rescued the Crown's bottom line in the first three months of the fiscal year.

Recoveries in the investment performance of the ACC and New Zealand Superannuation Fund portfolios have helped offset a dramatic fall in the tax take over the past three months, says Treasury.

Auckland property prices surged nearly 6 per cent in October, says real estate company Barfoot & Thompson.

A finance company that received investment advice from a Commerce Commission member is facing legal action over the investments it recommended.