West Australian mining companies with operations in Africa have had A$3.6 billion ($3.7 billion) wiped from their value in the past year.

An international investor has become a shareholder in Auckland-based fund manager Castle Point Funds.

A multimillion-dollar fight involving one of New Zealand's most luxurious resorts is heading back to the High Court at Auckland this week.

Speculation that a leading player in the funds management sector is facing a FMA investigation for market manipulation is concerning if true, writes Liam Dann.

Auckland could boost SkyCity Entertainment Group's half-year result issued on Wednesday but Adelaide could drag it down.

I remember inflation and deflation as among the easiest topics to comprehend in my economics class.

The liquidators of fraudster Jacqui Bradley's failed business are mulling whether to try to claw back $2 million from eight investors who were paid out before her Ponzi scheme folded.

As economist John Kenneth Galbraith once said: "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable."

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.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and its three main rivals may need as much as A$30 billion ($32.4 billion) in fresh capital.

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.

The New Zealand share market pushed higher to a new record high at midday today. Here are four reasons why.

The New Zealand share market has continued its record-breaking run, with the NZX50 Index hitting its highest ever point.

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.