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<i>Inside Money: </i> Why politicians are disgusted with advisers
New financial advisers rules won't stop the world turning to custard.
![Local property firm DNZ set to float](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Local property firm DNZ set to float
The second NZX listing this year is looming after $671 million real estate investor DNZ Property Fund said it planned to float mid-August.
![Money: Cheques dying a slow death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Money: Cheques dying a slow death
New Zealanders wrote one-third fewer cheques last year than they did six years earlier, as consumers opted for quicker payment methods.
![Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard
Allan Hubbard is a genius, says one investor who says she has doubled her money in 12 years.
![Home loan affordability dips in June](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Home loan affordability dips in June
New Zealand home loan affordability worsened slightly in June from May as the median house price nudged up faster than incomes.
![<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns
NZers will look back on the winter of 2010 as the moment we finally realised the last decade of growth was a sham.
![Interest rates tipped to rise despite CPI dip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Interest rates tipped to rise despite CPI dip
Economists expect the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates further late this month, despite lower than expected inflation figures.
![Inflation now 1.8pc - lower food prices offset tobacco hike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Inflation now 1.8pc - lower food prices offset tobacco hike
New CPI figures show prices rose 0.3 per cent for the June 2010 quarter, meaning annual inflation is running at 1.8 per cent.
![<i>Inside Money: </i>ASIC clears the smoke from CFDs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Inside Money: </i>ASIC clears the smoke from CFDs
Maybe the tobacco industry can serve as a model: Warning - CFD use may seriously harm your wealth.
![Signs of US weakness hits world markets overnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Signs of US weakness hits world markets overnight
Stocks in Europe and the US fell after worse-than-expected US economic data bolstered concern about growth.
![Hubbard supporters push bandwagon on to internet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Hubbard supporters push bandwagon on to internet
Thousands of people using the internet to their support for embattled Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard.
![Finance frontman Arkinstall resigns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Finance frontman Arkinstall resigns
Investment Savings and Insurance Association frontman Vance Arkinstall has resigned as he faces charges for his part in allegedly misleading investors in a failed finance firm.