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Treasury releases a report it wrote to Finance Minister Michael Cullen explaining why tax incentives for health insurance don't work.

New Zealand-developed stockbroking system SecuritEase™ will be welcomed by brokers reeling from increased costs due to a NZSE fees restructure in January.

Auckland

A quiet little comment slipped into a speech by Finance Minister Michael Cullen to an unlikely audience - the Ladies’ Probus Club of Cornwall Park in Auckland held in the Baptist Church, signals a major change for New Zealand's savings regime.

Name change 1 & 2, Early bird offer extended, Perpetual buys advisers, AXA profits

The following is a covering letter the Securities Commission send to the Minister of Commerce, Paul Swain, with its formal recommendations for changes to the Investment Advisers (Disclosure) Act 1996.

BNZ Investment Management reckons its come up with a winning product combination in the popular mortgage fund market.

National's finance spokesman David Carter has another crack at the Government's funding of the NZ Super Fund. Press release follows.

Selling out to a fund manager is a succession option that's becoming more and more possible for small financial planning practices.

Listed financial services company AMP reported a 40% slump in its profit for the year due to a fall in investment income, but its underlying business continues to improve.