COMMENT: Financial advisers and fund managers under pressure from low-cost options talk up skills and play down the impact of fees.

Deutsche Bank has banned text messages on company-issued phones in an effort to improve compliance standards.

If saving were easy, we would all be millionaires. Here are some tips to help you get ahead.

Here are five steps to put you on the entrepreneurial path to making serious dough when you're not at the office.

Christmas lunch - it's a costly affair.

COMMENT: Having some of their money outside New Zealand is crucial for long-term investors, Mark Lister writes.

The Financial Markets Authority has released a draft version of a guidance note encouraging KiwiSaver providers to give advice.

Manager's focused strategy pays off in ratings, writes Helen Twose.

The age for superannuation needs to be raised and people should have to live longer in the country, the Retirement Commissioner says.

PGG Wrightson expects operating earnings to decline this year, snapping three years of growth.

COMMENT: When it comes to misuse of our own money, Kiwis get the gold medal for self-justification.

COMMENT: Secure income is all very well, but retiree wants some fun too.

COMMENT: The KiwiSaver water is ready and waiting. It's up to members to come and lap it up.

Baby boomers could take a cue from millennials, who are more likely to talk about money in their relationships.

More women are working at ages when their mothers and grandmothers were long retired.

COMMENT: Couple want to know how to invest their property windfall.

COMMENT: "Personal finance is more personal than finance".

Christopher Ashton was accused of using electronic chat rooms to manipulate currency pricing benchmarks.

Two major KiwiSaver providers are reviewing or planning to divest controversial holdings in clusterbomb manufacturers.

If you don't plan carefully, you might have to go back to work when you least want to.

COMMENT: For anyone who finds themselves in pickle, here's a story of sheer determination.

Helicopter rides and late night trips to hotels are par for the course for bankers to New Zealand's wealthiest.

COMMENT: If you missed out on a payrise in the past year - or it was so small you hardly noticed - then don't feel too bad. You weren't alone.

COMMENT: Putting in a loan application is like submitting your CV for a job - you want your best foot forward.

WATCH: Liam Dann talks to economist Christina Leung and fund manager Matthew Goodson about lending restrictions.

A Father's own words may send his son to prison.

The chief executive of New Zealand's largest bank has warned that the property market may face a "messy end".

COMMENT: You? Me? The government? Have your say.

Spoofing consists of placing orders without intending to execute them to trick the market into thinking there's interest.

Older boomers have experienced what is arguably the best-case scenario.