The impending departure of Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard has sparked calls for changes to monetary policy; meanwhile, a Treasury report has been seen as a call for a capital gains tax. 

A new Treasury report highlighting vast differences in tax rates between asset classes is a thinly-veiled call for a capital gains tax, according to one tax expert.

New anti-money laundering requirements will be a headache for advisers, and will provide no benefit to them or their clients, according to IFA president Nigel Tate.

New Zealand's biggest banks are at risk of having their credit ratings cut, after Kiwibank and the big four Australian-owned banks were all placed on negative ratings outlook.

Dust off your crystal ball; the silly season is over and it's time to look at what's in store for global investment markets in 2012.

Deposits versus bonds; Ludlow gets more jail time

Fund manager performance fees were a hot topic again this week; meanwhile, the price Fisher Funds paid to buy Huljich KiwiSaver was finally revealed.

Fisher Funds spent just under $21 million buying the troubled Huljich KiwiSaver scheme, new documents show.

The Co-Operative Bank (formerly known as PSIS) has had a couple of big changes at the top, with both its chairman and chief executive resigning.

Fund managers need to accept lower incomes in the bad years if they expect to reap big rewards in the good years, according to Tower Investments chief executive Sam Stubbs.

Blue Chip liquidators have gone to court claiming more than $40 million from former directors and auditors of the failed property investment scheme.

Fund managers shouldn't charge performance fees for doing their job, says one industry figure who likens it to a plumber charging a performance fee for fixing a toilet.

Name suppression lifted from two SCF accused; PGC investors offered a bargain.

Financial services workers returning from the beach to their desks this week had plenty of news to digest, including the sale of fund manager Gareth Morgan Investments to KiwiBank.

KiwiSaver investors could miss out on $14 billion unless major changes are made to the way default schemes are managed, ANZ says.

Performance fees charged by New Zealand fund managers are often too high and use inappropriate benchmarks, according to a new report by Harbour Asset Management.