'Not really such a great idea" is senior actuary Geoff Rashbrooke's verdict on Peter Dunne's Flexi-Super proposal. writes Brian Fallow.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown made a reasonable fist of fronting up to key Auckland businesspeople yesterday at the Herald's annual Project Auckland luncheon.

I read your interesting recent article on the Welcome Home Loan and believe it might apply to our returning daughter

It may be six months or so before the Reserve Bank begins to raise the official cash rate, but monetary tightening is already under way, writes Brian Fallow.

The praise which Finance Minister Bill English heaped on the NZ Super on its 10th anniversary last week has a hollow ring to it, writes Brian Fallow.

Kiwis need to brace themselves for an economic boom, writes Liam Dann, because after years in the doldrums we may not be prepared for the rebound that's coming.

The Financial Services Council has put up a proposal for tax reform which MPs on both sides of the House should be able to support.

First it was their banks that were "too big to fail" - now it's the United States Government itself which has been deemed to be so, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

The Labour Party under David Cunliffe already looks sharper than the David Shearer version, writes Liam Dann, when it comes to picking up on business and economic issues and turning them into ammunition for political attack.

People contemplating investment in Meridian Energy shares need to think long and hard about political risk, writes Brian Fallow.

Twitter.inc last week filed the documents for an initial public share offer that will see it raise US$1 billion.

Why are some companies extremely successful while others operating in the same industry struggle?

I had a brainwave recently and decided to cook up a batch of the traditional Chinese treats and fill them with various financial talking points for families.

The Government's refusal to do much of anything to curb New Zealand's emissions is as economically myopic as it is morally contemptible.

Let's start by acknowledging that New Zealand struggles to earn a First World living.

You don't have to be an employee to be part of KiwiSaver, but the rules are a bit different.

The kindest view you could have of the emissions trading scheme, what's left of it, is that it is a brutally pruned seedling barely surviving in frozen ground.

Last Wednesday, Fonterra bosses were heaving a collective sigh of relief, but as Fran O'Sullivan writes the clean-up from its dirty pipe debacle continues.

The threat of Western intervention in Syria has markets on edge and looks set to add another layer of complexity to the global economic outlook, writes Liam Dann.

If ever there was a time to do all those financial tasks you've been putting off, it's this week.

Fonterra "got away with it" over the botulism scare - but NZ's reputation took a big hit in China and that won't suddenly be undone, writes Liam Dann.

I generally have a good understanding of KiwiSaver, in that withdrawing money has to be for your first home and your principal place of residence.

Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English have revealed a new strategy for the Meridian Energy share offering.

Some people need a hit between the eyes before they'll change their errant financial ways.

Rebuilding internal trust is important as there will be many Fonterra employees dismayed at the affair and the damage it has suffered, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Culture - it's a word that can be filled with meaning or thrown about in a way that means nothing at all.

It's risky policy for a liberal, left-of-centre party because it leaves them open to accusations of xenophobia, writes Liam Dann.