Commonwealth Bank has been rated the worst of Australia's major home lenders, while the industry's smaller players remain the people's favourites.

The Commerce Minister wants a crackdown on NZ registered companies implicated overseas in smuggling, money laundering and tax fraud.

Normalising profits to bury the bottom line shouldn't be the norm.

Private equity may be in rude good health today, but its first 10 years were marked by disharmony and quite a few failures, recalls Martin Goldfinch, ACC private equity manager.

Debt, disaster, and quick flicks? New Zealand private equity firms prefer a lower-profile, longer-term approach, they tell Nick Smith.

Banks are holding on to their money, so why is the Government so generous with ours?

Bank profitability in New Zealand is too high and we have to do something about it.

The writing is on the wall for the old-fashioned cheque.