National’s finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith says the party would put contributions to the New Zealand Super Fund on hold for the next four years if it were to form the next government.

ASB Bank will no longer charge high LVR borrowers a higher interest rate, promising to offer the same price "irrespective of equity levels".

Superannuation funds and KiwiSaver providers are expected to be among the outperformers as the economy recovers from Covid-19, a new report suggests.

Heartland says its 2.89% digital mortgage product was a hit with borrowers, and could the relaunch online offering when the lending market settles down.

Insurer Cigna has hired a new chief risk officer.

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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