Investment bank Bancorp has launched a new merger arbitrage fund, offering retail investors the opportunity to tap into the potentially lucrative gains from corporate activity in New Zealand and Australia.

Tower has joined the ranks of fund managers offering business support to advisers, but has taken a different tack on the subject.

Auckland

Predicting what lies ahead over the next 12 months is always a difficult job, particularly when it comes to markets.

The Retirement Commission has launched a new part on its Sorted website to help kids learn vital financial skills.

Hong Kong

Despite the Reserve Bank unexpectedly bumping up the OCR by 25 basis points last week there hasn’t been a flurry of activity on the home loan front.

Despite the combined buffeting of a strong currency appreciation, SARS, a generally weak global environment and an electricity crisis, the NZ economy on reflection has shown amazing resilience in 2003.

Outlook for 2004 and the year that was

Global recovery finally here, but doubts still remain over its sustainability

Investment returns from the New Zealand bond market this year are likely to be similar to those achieved in 2003.

What’s in store for the managed funds industry from a tax perspective in 2004?

Our industry faces one of the most pressurised starts to a year in a long time.