The Reserve Bank is trying to understand why inflation has undershot expectations over the past six years.

Lending to family members can be fraught with risks but a new business is aiming to reduce the down-side by providing a documenting

Looking at how the young and rich manage their money offers some lessons for people striving for more.

New Zealand's financial advisers have lifted their game since a new regime came into effect six years ago.

A company which helps people to write wills is pushing to get backing for an online national registry.

A survey of 1000 people found 57 per cent had no idea of the fee structure on their KiwiSaver account.

OM Financial said farm insolvencies could "explode" if farm prices fell further.

Here are some tips to save some extra cash once your children move out of home.

Turns out the answer isn't as simple as you might think.

COMMENT: Does tertiary education needs a new approach?

The Reserve Bank has softened the policies it's looking at imposing for banks that outsource some of their services.

COMMENT: Could the current 20 to 40-year-old generation be one of the first to be less well off than their parents?

One of the country's largest broking firm has been handed a formal warning after it breached anti-money laundering laws.

New Zealand's investment watchdog is warning the public to be wary of unlicensed and unregistered operators.

Hoping for a pay rise? This could be your month.

Australia's Reserve Bank is likely to hold the cash rate this month, but the soaring Australian dollar is becoming a concern.

COMMENT: Lenders' rise to dominance one of key developments of past decades, writes Brian Gaynor.

A Whitianga financial adviser is accused of using client money for his own purposes in a Serious Fraud Office case.

Mary Holm talks kids, Bonus Bonds and buying a home.

Easing two-way trade is a priority for China Construction Bank

Clive Crook talks finance strategies.

Let's talk about classes of securities that cruise along at high and rising prices for years, then lose much of that value for no obvious reasons.

Part of a farmer's $1.3m lawsuit against a firm of financial advisers has been thrown out for being launched too late.

There is a growing generational wealth gap between the old and the young - a function of financial, cultural and even emotional factors, writes Carmel Fisher.

Learning how to budget is one of the most valuable skills you can teach your teenagers, writes Diana Clement.

Whatever lies ahead, your best bet is to avoid any position in which you have to sell - mortgagee sale or not, advises Mary Holm.

Gen Y aren't the only ones living payday to payday, with a third of NZers finding dealing with money "stressful and overwhelming".

Making the move from being a working person to living, at best, in reduced circumstances, and at worst on NZ Super alone, is difficult.

Mortgage payments for Auckland's most affordable homes are costing first-time buyers nearly half their take-home pay each week, a new report shows.