Listed investment trust Salvus has started a share buyback programme to help reduce the discount that its shares are currently trading at.

Westpac's Wrap reaches half bill, Another asset favoured, Comment and reaction on discussion document, New scam warning, Tower hit by storms and riots.

Auckland

Many of the bigger finance companies have spent the past few weeks reassuring investors that they are OK, despite the collapse of Provincial Finance and National Finance 2000.

Auckland

Napier

Christchurch

Home Loan report: The outlook for people wanting to raise money to buy a new home or refinance an existing mortgage isn’t particularly flash at the moment.

IRD is holding seminars in Auckland and Wellington to introduce its role in KiwiSaver.

Dunedin

Invercargill

Liontamer has just launched its new GLOBAL Series 2 fund which puts 10 of the best-known global brands in a single investment basket. The manager explains why this is no off-the-shelf solution.

Bridgecorp has recently been awarded another rating, this time from an Australian provider of independent property funds research, Property Investment Research (PIR).

Wellington

Palmerston North