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How 1987 crash changed my life
COMMENT: I didn't know it at the time but the crash of 1987 changed my life, too.

KiwiSaver not medicine many hoped for
COMMENT: KiwiSaver has been a great success but hasn't boosted local markets as hoped.

Unsuccessful investing art, not science
COMMENT: The best way of ensuring you own the top performers is an index fund.

The rookie's guide to the sharemarket
If you've got your eye on shares but get confused by the options, where do you start?

How to be better with money from today
Nobody wants to wait for rewards, so here's how to start being better with money today.

Picking through the fund fruit salad
Don't fall into the old apples v oranges trap when checking your fund's returns.

Forget buying a house, focus on savings
A millennial financial advisor has practical advice to get ahead early in life.

AMP snuffs out tobacco investment
This will affect millions of dollars invested through the asset manager's KiwiSaver funds.

Small investors get access to big funds
Investors will only need $1000 to gain access to funds from global and local fund managers.

High fees don't mean high returns
COMMENT: It is hard to see any correlation between fees and returns, Brent Sheather writes.

Brent Sheather: Benchmark uses and abuses
Investors saving for their retirement face something of a perfect storm at the moment. We are now in an era of low returns yet

Foreign investment in NZ rises
Foreign investment in New Zealand stocks is at its highest since 2011, but investment specialist JBWere says the level may soon fall.

Augusta Capital goes to High Court
Augusta Capital has filed High Court proceedings seeking orders requiring listed property investor NPT to call a meeting of shareholders to discuss its hostile bid.

KiwiSaver member growth slows
KiwiSaver membership and funds are growing at the slowest rate since the scheme began in 2007, but commentators say this simply reflects its maturing.

Top talent win finance awards
Salt Funds Management has been crowned fund manager of the year at the finance industry's premier set of awards.

Capital Markets: No longer the Wild West
Are we regulating for its own sake, and imposing process and cost with no benefit?

Rob Everett: Regulation helps financial sector grow
The funds management industry represents an increasingly important part of the NZ economy, writes Rob Everett.

Talking money, minus the jargon
Manager Peter Lynn explains why the funds industry must learn clarity.

Mint Asset gains mandate for Super Fund
Mint Asset Management has gained a $150 million active equities mandate for the NZ Superannuation Fund.

Inside Money: $3 billion later - money mounts up for Milford
High-flying boutique fund manager, Milford Asset Management, is set to crash through the $3 billion barrier