New Zealand investment managers have refocused their interest on both domestic and international equities, but are turning up their noses at government bonds.

The major theme of Bob Buford's book, Finishing Well, is the difference between "success" and "significance."

KiwiSaver - and workplace savings as a whole - are at a cross roads. A big challenge for industry and policy makers is how best to encourage employers to remain engaged in assisting their employees with their savings.

Two finance students from Massey University have been honoured with awards.

The key issue economists are talking about this week are the poor GDP numbers from last week which show the New Zealand economy is deep in the grips of a recession.

AMB AMRO celebrates 100% employee-owned status with name change; Direct Capital fund well on track; Conferenz summit on adviser regulation and law changes

The move to separate the Asia-Pacific life insurance assets of AIG into a new company have taken another step forward.

Fund manager Carmel Fisher's Kingfish, the small cap investor managed by Fisher Funds, will offer quarterly dividend payments to investors, with first return likely to be made in September.

The Commerce Commission has said its investigation into the sale of the ING frozen funds will take another six months to complete and if it decides to take any further action after that could add another three years to the process.