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.

The government needs to act on the Reserve Bank's warning that the boom affecting the Auckland housing market could spark a financial crisis, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

It seems the Government plans to rely heavily on a hoard of cheap, low-quality carbon credits to meet its current climate change target.

Jock Anderson on IPCA appointments, gossip about Justice Simon Moore and the rule of law controversy.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the court case between 12 global investors and the Portuguese 'Novo Banco'.

If you'd like a challenge, I thoroughly recommend getting some wheels and starting to train for a cycle trail somewhere next summer.

Better than nothing, but only just. The increase in funding for business research and development grants Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday looks even less impressive in light of numbers....

The Prime Minister may have been out of New Zealand - or possibly flat out with the demands of 24/7 forex trading - when New Zealand television news and current affairs was in its heyday.

Fund managers - even the 'vanilla' vendors - could pose a risk to the global financial system, according to a new IMF report.

I have been retired for one year now and am thinking of using my KiwiSaver balanced fund to provide an income.

'Young and fabulous,' it says on the teenager's T-shirt, in big gold letters. If it is meant to be ironic, it isn't.

When Dan Collins' late father was hit by a rare medical condition a few years ago, Collins was surprised by what he saw of the health system.

The kiwi nearing parity with the Australian dollar is causing concern for New Zealand tourism operators, but nobody's pressing the panic button yet.

If you are reading this and you don't own Auckland property, this will probably ruin your Sunday.

Dividend imputation credits in Australian headlines this week looked strange from a NZ viewpoint because Oz business leaders, rather than unions, are calling for reforms of the system, writes Brian Gaynor.

Admitting you've made a mistake can be painful. Learning from that mistake can make someone. Money gurus share mishaps from their youth for you to learn from.

Our dollar may be soaring but don’t be tempted to speculate on currency. There’s a loser for every winner, writes Mary Holm.

Jock Anderson on the rule of law, the criminal call-over, the St Bedes rowers, name suppression for sex offenders and a tranny-saurus.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin says parity with the Aussie dollar is no cause for celebration.

Fran O'Sullivan on governor Lu Hao - widely tipped to be a major player in Beijing's "next generation" leadership - who was in NZ yesterday.