What tips do you have for writing a simple business plan? First, identify your vision. What do you want to achieve? Your business plan should be all about how to achieve this.

Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard misled investors in his tangled affairs, says a report written shortly before his death in a car accident in September, 2011.

Floating mortgage holders could save more than $700 million this year by switching to a two-year fixed rate, statistics show.

Investment in New Zealand dairy farming will step up this year after the sector attracted strong interest in 2012.

Two personal finance companies - one of which charges over 500 per cent interest a year if loans are not paid back in two weeks - are in a High Court stoush over a super hero logo.

Editorial: The Nga Tangata Microfinance Trust in South Auckland seems to be providing a less businesslike but no less welcome solution for some of the indebted poor in this country.

Catriona MacLennan writes: "The Government will be making a serious mistake and missing a major opportunity if it disregards one of the key recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty."

Embattled Wellington financial advisor David Ross has been released from hospital.

Investors feel betrayed by failure of Ross Asset Management and its manager.

Liquidators could reclaim 'inflated' payouts from collapsed fund manager to redistribute.

Peter Lyons details his list of some of the most fascinating and unique features of the political and economic environment.

Two former Capital+Merchant directors would have received 80pc of the profits from a property they are accused of improperly using investor funds to refurbish, the High Court has been told.