Bonus Bonds has received the first AAAf* fund credit quality rating in New Zealand by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.

S&P finance company rating scheme canned, Strategic opens in Chch, Sails notes downgraded, Accountants warming to SOFI.

ASB Bank and the government's Kiwibank continued to be the clear winners of the mortgage market war during the September quarter of 2006 while the instigator of the war, Bank of New Zealand, continued to lose market share although its mortgage book still grew.

The world’s emerging and developed markets continued to post positive returns in December and for all of 2006 as oil prices remained low.

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Northplan has expanded into the Rotorua region by acquiring Jones Financial Services.

Reserve Bank deputy governor Adrian Orr is to take over running the $10 billion-plus New Zealand Superannuation.

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Managed fund investors look set to finish the year on a ‘high’ with their investments experiencing strong returns across the board for the month of November, FundSource says.

Thousands more New Zealanders signed up to major medical health insurance in the September quarter according to statistics released by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ).

Borrowers need to be attuned to the risk of higher interest rates early next year if the Reserve Bank delivers on its warning, ANZ economists say.