The world is still rebuilding after the global financial crisis, but it will take time before public confidence in the banking and finance sector is fully restored.

Two-thirds or so of the way through the Government's financial year the tax take is $1.1 billion below forecast.

The Commerce Commission has offered immunity from prosecution to a financial markets participant as part of an investigation.

Two words seem to sum up the sentiment for many small businesses at this time of year: time poor.

Watch closely. We are about to find out if we have learned anything from the financial crisis, writes Liam Dann.

Reserve Bank restrictions on home lending have "changed the game" for New Zealand's banks and created unintended consequences, says a new report.

Large chunks of the tax base resemble icebergs, drifting north into the warm waters of the global and digital economy.

Departing Financial Markets Authority boss Sean Hughes says regulation should not be a panacea for all ills but an inducement and encouragement for willing investors to participate.

Five years after the global financial crisis, risk aversion remains a dominant feature of the financial markets.

Facial recognition software used to identify how people feel about money is being described as an overwhelming success by the bank that launched it.

Supermarkets and service providers could be caught up in regulations designed to prevent another finance company collapse if Reserve Bank recommendations are followed through.

Ann Butler's $6.8m mansion is so big that probation staff were unsure if the whole house could be electronically monitored while she's on home detention.

An overhaul of capital markets law is expected to open the door for out-of-pocket investors to launch big civil cases against those involved with misleading offers.

The Commerce Commission said this morning it will not be investigating Auckland-based company Phoenix Forex.

The Commerce Commission is considering a complaint about Phoenix Forex.

The financial markets expect the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates by at least a percentage point next year.

A former financial adviser is appealing for investors to come forward to help set up an online database to help compare the performance of investment advisers.

Exposure has grown since Asian financial crisis of 1997, Institute of Economic Research warns.

Finance companies could make a comeback in the wake of the Reserve Bank's clampdown on low deposit lending by banks.

Former South Canterbury Finance chief executive Lachie John McLeod is to stand trial on five fraud charges in relation to the failure of the company.

There are big changes on the way for accountants, small businesses, and small charities with the Financial Reporting Bill, currently before Parliament.

Changes to regulations about financial statements will be welcome news for shareholders but somewhat double-edged for registered charities.

If National, Labour and the Greens all agree on a bill, you know it's going to be a big one.

Companies whose activities fall within the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act have been given their marching orders.

Belgrave Finance director Stephen Smith has been sentenced to four years in jail.