Cynics might view vitamins and supplements as little more than snake oil, but Australasian investors are taking a bullish view on the natural products sector's growth prospects, particularly in China.

New Zealand shares dropped yesterday in a global selloff after weak Chinese manufacturing data added to concern about the world's second-largest economy.

New Zealand's listed companies are expected to present solid results to the market in the coming months but analysts are predicting cautious outlooks.

New Zealand shares fell yesterday in a region-wide sell-off as uncertainty over Greece's financial stability overshadowed equity markets.

Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett says the settlement with Milford Asset Management over market manipulation issues has been an uncomfortable wake-up call.

Last week the world's greatest living investor and third richest person made his first foray into the Australian stock market with a A$500 million stake in insurer IAG.

It's a tough time to be an investment banker in Southeast Asia. Mergers involving Southeast Asian companies have dropped 45 per cent this year to the lowest level since 2009.

Irving Kahn, the Manhattan money manager who predicted the 1929 Wall St crash, has died aged 109.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund says it remains comfortable with its investment in the US oil and gas industry.

New Zealand could be on the cusp of a big lift in mergers and acquisitions activity, driven in part by increasing Asian interest in local companies.

Christchurch agribusiness company Scales said it had registered a prospectus for an IPO and sharemarket float today.

Investment bankers are putting increasing numbers of companies under the microscope as New Zealand firms line up to cash in on a rising sharemarket.

Banks stepped in to save the economic system, writes Bob Jones. Had they not, the world would have descended into anarchy with mass unemployment.

There have been a number of recent comments that the NZ sharemarket is overvalued, just as it was in the mid-1980s, writes Brian Gaynor.

Hellaby Holdings expects to add $20m to annual revenue after buying New Zealand Trucks South Island and Dasko Marketing NZ.

Newer crowdfunding sites are giving investors the chance to earn something other than t-shirts and trial products - money.

Around a dozen companies have indicated interest in setting up crowd-funding as new rules come into force making it easier for businesses to raise capital.

Fixed interest investors face a flurry of bond issuance over the next week or so as corporates look to lock in favourable funding rates.

It's finally happened and the world hasn't ended. "Tapering" is under way and the sun still rises in the east.

Westpac New Zealand said it had an offer of September 2018 bonds aimed at raising up to $800 million.

Having a culture where star talent was allowed to make investment decisions without being checked was a big driver of the global financial crisis.

Investment market players are gearing up for the biggest shake-up in more than decade.

Bond markets have undergone a sea change during the last few months, say fixed interest specialists.

New Zealand's Catholic Church says it will "reflect" on a decision by Auckland Anglicans to sell out of all fossil fuel investments within two years.

Businesses remain in a buoyant mood, ANZ's monthly business outlook survey found.

New Zealand shares rose on the first trading day of 2013, following gains on Wall Street, as investors drove up companies that have featured on broker lists for 2013, such as PGG Wrightson and Ryman Healthcare.