The NZX-owned Smartshares business has rolled out a suite of ETFs which will give investors a core portfolio with management fees of 27 and a half basis points overall.

General Capital, the parent of non-bank lender General Finance, saw profits fall below expectations in the year to March, despite a 254% increase in net profit for its lending arm. 

A financial adviser’s petition to have Parliament stop automatically-enrolled KiwiSaver members being taxed at the highest rate by default is in the Finance and Expenditure select committee’s agenda on Tuesday.

Community transmission of Covid-19 could force the Reserve Bank to slash the Official Cash Rate to negative territory, according to economists at Kiwibank.

The NZ Property Investors’ Federation is disappointed only minimal changes made to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.

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New Zealand’s market has outperformed Australia's for eight of the past 10 years – primarily because of the make-up of the index, Milford Asset Management portfolio manager William Curtayne says.

Kiwi Invest is more interested in investment themes than bottom up company research.

Investors are looking for additional disclosure in the investment environment, new research shows.

AMP Wealth Management says it is a carbon-neutral business, backed by its Toitū carbonzero certification that represents emissions measured, verified and offset for 2019.

Cigna has taken on a well-known insurance industry identity to strengthen its adviser offering.

Health insurers would struggle to provide cover for transgender-specific care, the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has been told.