The move this year to drop KiwiSaver schemes from its list of qualifying overseas pension schemes comes with a tax hit for the unwary.

The Notice of Meeting and Independent Report for the acquisition of 50 per cent of Silver Fern Farms by Shanghai Maling are revealing.

Recapitalised meat processor's two chairmen hen Wei Ping and Rob Hewett will bring different values to Silver Fern Farms.

Brian Fallow asks, can the techniques economists use predict the winner of the Rugby World Cup? It is about quantifying the relative explanatory power of the variables.

Hollywood interests are believed to be behind at least one of the two contenders to develop an Auckland Council-backed film studio at Hobsonville, writes John Drinnan.

It seems bizarre that the man in charge of growing the economy is not right to the fore on such transactions, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Apple Watches have been on sale in New Zealand for the past two months, and I was finally able to try out the wearable device that everyone's talking about, writes Juha Saarinen.

I was thinking recently about the various businesses I know that I'm happy to recommend to other people.

Sock away some savings beforehand to fill the stockings later.

Do you want to be poor for the rest of your life? Your habits will dictate the answer far more than your earnings.

You may already have one savings scheme, but two can be even better.

China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with NZ but becoming in favour of NZ's dairy exporters will be problematic.

Maling's proposal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms reaffirms that Chinese investors are interested in New Zealand's rural and food-based assets.

Now that Apple has made styluses, sorry, pens, cool again with the iPad Pro, I'd be interested to hear how many of you actually use one.

Among inflation-targeting central banks, it is essential for inflation expectations to remain anchored to their inflation targets, writes Brian Fallow. Credibility on that point is their stock in trade.

High-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.

There's a department store in called Liberty and it contrasts so dramatically with what we have here in Australia.

Mary Holm looks at selling up rental properties, more than one super scheme and who owns an inheritance?

No news was not good news when the US Federal Reserve left rates on hold last week.

Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a man who understands business and understands the future.

Imagine what an election debate in 2029 might look like.

Cabinet Minister Paula Bennett has played to the political gallery by jettisoning the $88 million Chinese bid to buy Lochinver Station because it did not provide enough new jobs.

Organising your money properly can pay off with savings and extra cash.

Trying to predict where the market is going is a more dangerous strategy than digging in and staying put.

The performance of the Australian and New Zealand economies has an important impact on a number of areas, particularly the labour sector and our red hot housing market.

Policymakers inevitably get things wrong from time to time, writes Brian Fallow. But if they are to learn from their mistakes, they first have to acknowledge that they are mistakes.

When Morag McCay needs a tasting panel for her uniquely Asian food products, she heads five minutes down the road to the University of Auckland.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be the best advertisement yet for media training.

Are you interested in getting full and involved participation from your people? Instead of telling someone to do a task, ask them how they think it should be done.

Juha Saarinen takes a look at new Australian PM's tech credentials and we're giving away a Microsoft Surface worth $800!