![Chinese equities plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Chinese equities plunge
Chinese equities plunged the most in five years, led by brokerages, after regulatory efforts to rein in record margin lending sparked concern.
Chinese equities plunged the most in five years, led by brokerages, after regulatory efforts to rein in record margin lending sparked concern.
Oil bulls finally caught a break as prices capped their first weekly advance since November.
KiwiSavers collectively had more than $21 billion in their accounts. Those are some pretty big numbers, so what do fees mean for individual KiwiSaver balances?
Financial markets will this week find whether the Swiss National Bank's fears were well-founded when the European Central Bank announces its plan to revive economic growth.
Graham Wilkinson's Christchurch-based Retirement Assets is spending $320 million developing and expanding three retirement villages and he is now hunting for further sites.
Big gold producers are making plans to wind down some operations in different parts of the country while keeping a close eye on the price of the precious metal.
Company directors are being warned that unless they keep a subsidiary independent, a parent firm can be liable for its debts.
If investors could be bothered wading through academic research of recent decades on markets and investor behaviour, they'd probably feel like giving investing a wide berth.
The Australian wing of a United States investment fund could swoop in front of Capital + Merchant Finance investors and take a chunk of an $18.5 million settlement.
Biofuel developer LanzaTech's coffers have been bolstered with a US$60 million ($78.5 million) cash injection from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.
The FMA says it would prefer to settle its civil action against six businessmen associated with Hanover Finance, and its chief executive says he is "still hopeful" a deal can be reached.
A once-in-a-generation overhaul of securities law will put the focus firmly back on investors.
New Zealand's market watchdog has for the first time stood in the shoes of out-of-pocket investors and exercised its right to sue for them.
New Zealand shares fell yesterday, paced by Meridian Energy, Contact Energy and Mighty River Power as some investors looked to crystallise recent gains.
New Zealand's market watchdog has declined only one financial adviser application since the collapse of David Ross' Ponzi scheme two years ago.
Ken Wikeley's bankruptcy is a massive fall from grace for one of the NZX's more colourful characters.
Privateer Holdings, that invests exclusively in marijuana businesses, is creating a line of Bob Marley-inspired cannabis products.
A Tauranga law firm will have to pay $150,000 more to retirees who lost money in Blue Chip, a Court of Appeal ruling has found.
Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers is likely to stay bankrupt until at least March next year with his High Court hearing delayed while the parties argue about evidence.
October was a crazy month for financial markets.
Fund manager AMP Capital is unfazed by last week's volatility on international financial markets.
As Xero's CTO, Craig Walker is constantly working in the future, translating boss Rod Drury's vision for the business into hard technical reality.
Liam Dann writes: Get ready for an influx of bargain-hunting foreign investors, because as the dollar drops, NZ assets are effectively going on special.
In a discussion about what constitutes good reporting practice it is easy to buy into reporting myths and it is important to dispel these.
New Zealand financial markets are expected to firm when they open today after the National Party secured the first ever outright win.
Investors in listed power companies appear to be betting the National Party will retain the government benches at Saturday's general election.
A team of veteran investors is set to scrutinise the expansion plans of six high-growth businesses in a million-dollar funding competition.
Bankrupt Mark Bryers is using the name Mark Ryan to run a business in Australia with many hallmarks of his failed Blue Chip property investment group.
John Key has spoken to Air NZ about its expensive regional airfares after the government-controlled carrier's profits rose for a third year in a row.