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Buyers turn to parents for help
Young, first-time house buyers are cashing in their inheritances early as tough new lending rules make home ownership harder.
Mary Holm: Saving retirees from spending it all
Q: A few weeks ago, your column discussed some of the changes the Financial Services Council wants to make to KiwiSaver (removing the tax credit and cutting Pie tax rates).
Financial stress to bite Kiwis this Christmas
Additional Christmas outlay will leave more than half the population feeling financial stress over the holiday period, according to a MasterCard survey.
Finance asset freeze first for police
Police asset freezing action against two jailed Capital + Merchant directors is unprecedented.
Police look to seize directors' assets
A High Court judge has made restraining orders over property linked to two jailed Capital + Merchant Finance directors, with the police looking to eventually seize the assets.
Mortgage woe looms
Homeowners who have stretched their budgets to get into the housing market in the past two years are likely to feel the squeeze as interest rates rise.
Mary Holm: Borrowing can make a big difference
"I cannot agree with your comparison two weeks ago of the 10-year return on $100,000 for shares versus property."
Diana Clement: Responsible investment a force to be reckoned with
What's your money up to? Are your KiwiSaver and other investments funding industries that damage the environment, use child labour, encourage gambling or produce tobacco?
Credit card battle builds
Competition is heating up in the $5.6b credit card market, with two major banks releasing new offers in the past week.
Financial adviser appeals sentencing over $4.7m theft
A financial adviser who spent some of the $4.7million he stole from investors on flash cars and a lavish lifestyle was not entirely motivated by personal gain, his lawyer has told the Court of Appeal.
Diana Clement: Hands-on Super an option for capable investors
Wouldn't you love to manage your own retirement funds? Instead of handing them over to a KiwiSaver provide, you research and buy the assets, which could include individual equities and even rental properties.
Ross sentence 'too lenient'
The man behind NZ's largest Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in jail - a punishment deemed too lenient by one of his victims.
KiwiSaver: KiwiSaver top-up before kids can pay dividends
I read the other day about women hitting retirement with less in the kitty than men.