Many retirees are treating the KiwiSaver concept as a Lotto-style payout. Half of them are withdrawing their money and, of that number, most are blowing it on overseas holidays, cars, boats and consumer goods.

With commodity prices falling, New Zealand's strong economic run is at risk of faltering, writes Liam Dann. Lower export earnings should add urgency to this month's Budget for Finance Minister Bill English.

Once the home away from home for down-at-heel Kiwis in Australia, these days billionaire James Packer, Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and a host of business leaders live or have lived in....

Jock Anderson on Margaret Malcolm helping lawyers deal with client complaints, a conference in Wellington and media reporting.

MediaWorks is now wholly owned by United States-based investment funds. Oaktree Capital was this week revealed as having increased its stake in MediaWorks - parent of TV3 - to 78 per cent. Oaktree....

The rise of online shopping, discount-obsessed consumers - when it comes to trading challenges listed retailers have their fair share. And there's a new one appearing on the horizon. Through a rule....

More innovative and flexible, more holistic and integrated, more devolved and decentralised, more empowering to those in need. Such are the ways in which the Productivity Commission believes the....

Time management expert Robyn Pearce looks at the 'in-timers' and says it's important to get ready first.

The Loyalty Ladder is simple to learn, gives you an excellent road map to follow to increase your sales and profits and is made up of five steps.

Instead of using KiwiSaver to buy your first house but be tied to one place, get a home on wheels and wake up to a new view every morning. But is this a possibility?

Michael Pettis must be the world's coolest economist, Liam Dann writes.

There's no denying the romance of space and perhaps this is why so many investors, customers and journalists got caught up in the dream of launching Australia's first privately owned satellite.

Selling in city and buying a cheaper property either north or south could mean plenty of money to invest, Mary Holm writes.

As viewing habits change, free-to-air TV looks likely to go the way of fax machines.

Making a dodgy investment decision is easy. Frame it with the wrong facts and figures and it's bound to look good, Diana Clement writes.

CaseLoad's cosy mano a mano with distinguished Queen's Counsel and Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) president Brian Keene was jolly and long-overdue.

The case for taxing the income of residential property investors is compelling.

Two high-flying Alexes have been in the legal headlines in the past week: Huka Lodge owner Alex van Heeren and former Heart of the City boss Alex Swney.

I have heard many stories of Australian businesses built out of fees and commissions paid by clients the advisers have never seen.

If you are buying a home using KiwiSaver funds what are the regulations around living in the home for the first six months?

As you pump money into your KiwiSaver with each pay, where exactly does it flow to?

Negotiation skills are an asset to hone to help you achieve better outcomes. Here are nine tips on how to improve your negotiation success.

There was a time when being in line to inherit your father's media empire was about the best job in the world.

One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there's always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos.

But diversification by spreading savings among different funds and providers allows investors to reduce risk.

Making the move from being a working person to living, at best, in reduced circumstances, and at worst on NZ Super alone, is difficult.