New Zealand's biggest white-collar fraud trial has been delayed a month and won't start until next March.

The receivers of failed finance company Bridgecorp have been given leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in a stoush over an insurance policy worth up $20 million.

Rebecca Thomas is chief executive of specialist boutique funds manager Mint Asset Management which has more than $220m in funds under management.

A judge has found that Neill Williams, who claimed to only do work for the Five Star finance companies, was an integral part of all major decisions at the company.

The FMA's Diane Maxwell will be stepping across into the role of Retirement Commissioner for three months.

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Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $1.5b in fines for its role in trying to manipulate the key LIBOR interest rate.

Christmas shoppers are being tempted with offers of "interest-free" cash loans before an interest rate in excess of 500 per cent kicks in.

An abandoned Fiji resort that Bridgecorp poured $106 million into is being revived by the island nation's military rulers.