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

So what leads to big recessions? Is it wealth or debt?

TSB Bank, the Taranaki community-owned bank, more than doubled annual profit.

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.

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

The world economy is at a scary crossroads.

Deep Blue has conquered the world of chess - now it's about to revolutionise mortgage-approvals.

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.

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.

Tinted windows are becoming a fashion accessory for Kiwi motorists - but installing them can put owners at risk of a failed insurance claim.

A Cambridge University study found that how we behave with our money as adults is decided by the time we are 7, when most children can recognise the value of money.

Do you want to go to the grave knowing your hard-earned savings won't be wasted? Would you like to ensure little Holly or Olly can use the money only to buy a home?

It's been in the news recently that Apple and Facebook have offered to freeze eggs for female employees, the purpose is, apparently, to attract more women on to their staff.

He's 28 and a former mechanic - but had to go to jail to learn that it's useful to save some of your money.

'Did you see that Countdown is selling insurance?" a friend emailed last week. My initial response was: "There's nothing new in that."