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Lockdown hit: SkyCity's profit forecast to sink into loss

Ability to pay dividends restricted while waiver on debt provisions in place

Kiwi Wealth sale possibility being explored

Kiwi Wealth has about $9 billion in assets under management.

The Ex-Files: Jeremy Sutton on what happens when intermittent relationships break up

If the length of time apart was less than three months it can be excluded.

Companies dodge $400m tax by paying owners $9.4b earnings

Shareholders avoided as much as $400m in tax by getting $9.4 billion in dividends in 2021.

Diana Clement: Don't leave it too late to talk to elderly relatives about end-of-life finances

OPINION: Ensure their wishes are followed before and after death.

Landlords aren't selling: Rentals hit all-time high

"An encouraging sign of more supply in the rental market" - Poto Williams.

Rents v house prices - which rose the most?

Landlords getting low returns when rent rises compared with house price rises.

Mary Holm: Where to turn for a loan when the bank says no

Solid balance sheet not enough to qualify for a short-term loan.

'Immediate effect': House prices, volumes fall in response to law change

First home buyer activity has been hit particularly hard.

Mary Holm: Mum's legacy that wasn't - a tough investment lesson from 1980

OPINION: A well-intentioned parent's 42-year investment strategy doesn't pay off.

The Kiwi who gave up her corporate job for cryptocurrency

The founder of Easy Crypto talks about its fast growth.

Chinese billionaire to give away fortune

He's one of the richest people on earth but Changpeng Zhao plans to give his fortune away.

Opinion: The buy-now, pay-later credit myth

Regulating the buy-now, pay-later sector is going to be difficult.

Summer questions: John Dakin on infrastructure, Covid and the Olympics

"Our infrastructure is poor. We have under-invested for decades."

Diana Clement: Warning - inflation is coming to steal your money

OPINION: The price of many goods and services you buy are going to rise.

Go ahead, don't be afraid to spend the kids' inheritance

Many people deprive themselves during retirement so they can leave money to children.