Retirement village company Summerset has unveiled a 46 per cent jump in underlying profits.

The intelligence software developer, just beat its forecast annual sales by attracting customers to its suite of services.

Kiwis are conned out of their money every day of the week.

Australian-listed Origin Energy is bullish on the potential of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Caraval prospect off the coast of Oamaru.

While the sharemarket has been overloaded with a raft of company financial reports this week, the fixed interest market has had a flurry of its own announcements.

A controversial bid to mine an area of seabed off the North Island's west coast has met a backlash, with only a handful of several thousand submissions in support of the plan.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which makes breathing masks and respirators, raised its full-year profit guidance, likely to be $97m, on increased demand for its devices.

The movie The Wolf of Wall Street is having an impact on market regulation, particularly in the United States.

Jewellery chain Michael Hill International posted first-half earnings that met its guidance of last month after lifting sales.

Trade Me's stoush with real estate agents over its fee increases for property listings has driven a down-grade from one analyst.

Turners Auctions, which transacts about 10 per cent of the New Zealand used vehicle market, beat its annual profit forecast after widening its scope beyond auction sales.

Cloud-based accounting software developer Xero, has appointed former Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell as its new chairman.

Opus, the engineering firm with one of four mandates to lead design the Christchurch rebuild, reported a 2.6 per cent decline in annual profit.

A small telco is accepting payment by Bitcoin and says it is first company in the industry from New Zealand to accept the digital currency.

Details of how the Government plans to float Genesis Energy could be out by the end of next month, but fund managers say it will need to be heavily discounted.

The outcome of this year's election is still a major unknown but one analyst has already started factoring it into his recommendations for the energy sector.

Greens-Labour policy biggest of sector's issues and MRP hurting most, says broker.

Cashed up with more than $10 million in fresh capital, Auckland software firm Wherescape is in expansion mode and considering listing on the NZX.

Euribor-EBF has chosen New Zealand's Global Rate Set Systems to collect, process and distribute its financial benchmarks from May.

Milford Asset Management has spent $2.3 million buying into Mercer Group, building a 5.2 per cent stake in the stainless steel producer.

Meridian Energy sold more electricity in the first six months of the current financial year than in the previous year, but prices achieved were significantly lower.