The possibility of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund doing a George Soros and taking on the Reserve Bank was raised at a Parliamentary select committee yesterday.

People setting up trustee companies to oversee their trusts need to be wary of pitfalls, Guardian Trust says.

Fund managers could know by the end of the month just what the Securities Commission will be doing – if anything – following its initial inquiry into the issue of market time and late trading.

Michael Cullen's tax adviser confirms the AUT tax hole is likely to be closed very soon.

The Securities Commission has finally told all managers who are in breach of the securities law exemption notices to front up to their clients.

A recent court case highlights the dangers of not using a corporate trustee.

The government’s move to encourage state sector employees to save could cost the taxpayer more than five times the amount budgeted for, according to the Treasury.

AMP Capital's chief investment officer Paul Dyer gives his take on the year ahead.

The National Party is understood to be considering adopting a flexible age for government superannuation.

The government has revised downwards the expected return from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

The government has revised downwards the expected return from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

The tax method put forward in the government discussion document on the taxation of offshore investments is a substantial move away from the ‘risk free rate of return’ method recommended in the 2001 Tax Review.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen today released Taxation of non-controlled offshore investment in equity, a joint Treasury/Inland Revenue officials’ paper.

Governments will come under increasing pressure to take a more flexible approach to the retirement age as the population ages, according to visiting Treasury research fellow Richard Disney.

Fund management firms reveal the size of the exemption notice breaches at Parliament yesterday.

St Laurence group is planning to merge its property syndicates - on a voluntary basis.