Despite the recession being "in its death throes" the economic and financial backdrop is still the most uncertain it has been in many a decade, according to this week's BNZ Capital Markets Outlook.

Momi auction extended; ASB and Bank Direct hike TD rates

Economists are forecasting that home loan rates will start rising early next year, but overall rates borrowers pay are still falling.

Securities and Financial Advisers Amendment Bills passed; Rental property tops investor confidence survey as optimism grows; Infrastructure bonds better than PPPs; Retail funds flow turns negative; Taskforce to probe NZ productivity

This week we learnt the names of the 10 people who will shape the financial advisory industry for the foreseeable future.

The decision to transfer a UK pension to a qualified New Zealand superannuation scheme could be one of the biggest and most important financial decisions that new immigrants will make.

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The Institute of Financial Advisers is confident the industry shake-up that includes the regulation of the industry will not be hindered by a lack of funds.

MPs slug it out over interest rates in Parliament during question time.

Pyne Gould's two financial services businesses - Marac and Perpetual Trust - are about to go through major makeovers.