Auckland

The booming property market has helped to boost investor confidence by seven percentage points in the September quarter, according to the latest ASB Bank investor confidence survey.

New Zealand mortgage brokers have reservations about the takeover of the National Bank.

The Board of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has selected ING (NZ) Limited to manage the New Zealand Fixed Interest mandates for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

United Future secures its tax concession a year earlier than previously agreed.

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The National Bank has launched a comprehensive sharebroking service in conjunction with First New Zealand Capital.

Asfonz questions United Future's claims that proposed tax changes will leave "quite an additional amount of money in the pocket of taxpayers".

Wellington

The managed fund industry has recorded its first positive quarter since March 2002.

Melville Jessup Weaver's investment survey looks at how fund managers performed over the September quarter.

Explosive was the word used to launch the first-ever CDO conference in Auckland recently.