Instant Finance has been given a B3 ‘Investment Grade’ rating by the local successor to global corporate credit rating agency Rapid Ratings.

ING has finally won the FundSource Fund Manager of the year award after years of being a finalist.

The official KiwiSaver website http://www.kiwisaver.govt.nz/ is now live, providing information on the long term saving scheme that includes provision for first home subsidies.

The Reserve Bank has elected to keep the official cash rate at 7.25%, although some economists expected it to rise today.

Australian company Suncorp has reached agreement to buy Promina, which owns Asteron, Guardian Trust, Vero and Tyndall in New Zealand. Also, David Chaplin provides details on Suncorp - a company largely unknown in New Zealand.

Liontamer’s latest capital protected fund is a little different than earlier ones as it has traded off some of the “booster” performance for the ability to allocate the portfolio with “perfect hindsight”.

Allied Prime Finance, the group formed following Allied Farmers takeover of Prime Finance, has rolled out its first investment statement and prospectus.

The pressure on mortgage rates has finally shown with a range of lenders increasing their fixed rates in the past few days.

New PINs, Macquarie gives away money, Two billion reasons for listed debt, C+M takes 100%, Mascot joins Unlisted.

A second survey has shown that there has been a drop in awareness of the government’s KiwiSaver scheme, even though there is a view that the scheme will be a centrepiece for Labour’s re-election campaign.