Diana Clement looks at the six biggest life insurance mistakes that Kiwis make.

Online shoppers will be paying more for goods overseas if New Zealand follows moves by Australia to slash the GST threshold to raise tax money and protect local retailers.

Despite constantly forging new records, property buyers expect house prices will continue to increase.

Michael Cullen, the architect of KiwiSaver, wrote at the time of its launch in 2007 "that KiwiSaver would help us own more of our New Zealand businesses and that it would produce deeper capital....

Figures showing bank loans to investors outnumbering first-home buyers by three to one are hard evidence of what has undoubtedly been happening for a long time.

However, fund managers expect muted reaction to yesterday's rout on Chinese stock markets.

Bad credit ratings happen to people in all walks of life. Sometimes a catastrophe such as business failure, divorce or illness leaves an erstwhile financially healthy member of the public in dire straits.

The number of people going bankrupt has ticked up for the first time since 2009 when fallout from the global financial crisis reached its peak.

Sydney just hit the million-dollar mark and property prices in Auckland show no sign of slowing down either.

There has never been a better time to pull out his term "crisitunity", writes Eric Crampton.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on exchange-traded funds and the NZX taking a big punt.

Consultancy firm EY says new rules aimed at tracking offshore property buyers could end up increasing compliance costs to taxpayers.

John Key does not need know how many Auckland houses are sold to foreign buyers to see banning such sales is a bad policy, writes Jamie Whyte. Foreign buyers make New Zealanders altogether better off. The more the better.

Milford Asset Management is to increase the hurdle it must meet to earn a performance fee on its Income Fund.

Ever wondered what the secrets are to a really successful investment strategy? Personal finance columnist Brent Sheather writes.

"Spectacularly unsuccessful" is John Key's verdict when asked about following Australia's foreign buyers policy. They are not really telling the whole story, says John Armstrong.

The Property Institute has vowed to find out how many foreigners are buying Auckland houses and what influence they are having on the market.

Prime Minister John Key has opened the door to possible restrictions on foreign buyers if information gained shows high numbers of foreigners are buying in New Zealand.

There is a important debate to be had about foreign investment in NZ because we are a small, open economy and a big shift in global trends can have a disproportionate impact, writes Liam Dann.

A 12m-wide sliver of land wedged between two houses is up for sale in Ponsonby.

Colliers' advertising in China for Auckland apartments talks up soft rules.

Singles on an average income have no hope of quickly saving a deposit to buy their first home, particularly in Sydney.

For two years now, Kiwis moving to Australia and Australians settling in NZ have been able to also relocate their superannuation savings.

The former empire of legal-highs godfather Matt Bowden is disintegrating - three of his properties, worth more than $5 million, are listed for mortgagee sale.

'Have you got a pet investment?" My mother leaned across a cafe table to ask me this question a few weeks back and the idea for an article was born.

I've edited your long letter, which went into more detail about how hard it was to get a clear picture of fees, commissions and so on. I agree that's poor.

KiwiSaver auto-enrolment could capture an extra 220,000 members above benchmark levels, writes David Chaplin.