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Inside Money: Socks and Roses - The gifts of Christmas past
Inside Money blogger David Chaplin engages in a spot of Christmas satire for the silly season.
Inside Money blogger David Chaplin engages in a spot of Christmas satire for the silly season.
Two consumer finance companies directed by New Zealand businessman Allan Hawkins are facing criminal charges that alleges their repossession and debt recovery practices breached the Fair Trading Act.
One of the FMA's key areas of interest next year will be the world of KiwiSaver.
I've read a few articles about bringing Australian super across to KiwiSaver. I worked in Sydney for a year back in 2000.
The sea, the sun, the sand – what’s not to like? Unless it’s a holiday that ends up setting you back $136,400…
Is New Zealand's low inflation a structural change or just cyclical? The Reserve Bank's lack of certainty is causing exporters and businesses grief.
I am disappointed that my KiwiSaver provider, ASB, has decided to close down its FirstChoice KiwiSaver Scheme, and in particular the Global Sustainability Fund.
The Financial Markets Authority has warned it may name and shame banks or even restrict their licences if alleged KiwiSaver mis-selling and switching practices are allowed to continue.
The NZX-owned KiwiSaver scheme, Smartkiwi, will be closed early next year following the stock exchange's purchase of Superlife.
Borrowing against your equity is some of the cheapest money out there (as opposed to credit cards), writes Tom Hartmann. But here are the pitfalls.
Only 20 per cent of people near retirement surveyed passed a quiz about the basics of retirement planning.
I am a widow turning 65 shortly, own my own home mortgage-free (worth about $460,000), working 12 hours a week, semi-supporting my son who is at uni.
He's 28 and a former mechanic - but had to go to jail to learn that it's useful to save some of your money.
A central component in the reform of the financial planning industry is education but this notion comes with problems.
In the online world a new adage that applies - If you pay for something, it’s the product. But if it’s free, you are the product.
All I want for Christmas is an Ebola emergency kit. That's not because I think I'm at risk of catching the disease.
The only problem with this technically-excellent, thoroughly-executed, thankfully-brief statistical analysis of KiwiSaver is its uselessness.
FOFA is a serious law, introduced by the previous Labor government after a series of scandals hit Australia's financial planning industry.
A reader writes: If my employer includes its contribution as part of a total remuneration package, what happens to the contribution if one opts out of KiwiSaver?
Steer clear of dumb debt this season – and the more tidings of comfort and joy there’ll be for the rest of the year.
New Zealand's market watchdog has declined only one financial adviser application since the collapse of David Ross' Ponzi scheme two years ago.
KiwiSaver tax credits cost around $800 million a year but careful analysis by Treasury economists on household finances can find no evidence it has boosted accumulation of wealth.
My partner and I have our own home at the moment with a sizeable mortgage, and we're thinking of starting a property rental portfolio.
Herald columnist Diana Clement looks at how to get the best out of the Christmas shopping spend.
The Reserve Bank has unveiled more vibrant and secure banknote designs which will progressively enter circulation later next year.
The latest Briefing to the Incoming Minister from the Earthquake Commission is a revealing document.
Over the next two years the government and its agents will be reviewing the Financial Advisors Act 2008 (FAA).