If we look at the local market on a stock specific basis, we can spot a similar trend with some share prices are still well off their all-time highs, writes Mark Lister:

Who cannot join KiwiSaver once you are 18? Anyone in government superannuation schemes like teachers cannot join, presumably because they already have a scheme.

New Zealanders criticising Google for the low amount of tax it pays in this country should not brand the company as "evil".

The National government is once more coming under pressure to lift the retirement age, this time from coalition partner, the Act Party, writes David Chaplin.

When weighing the pros and cons of owning your own home, the sense of security is important for parents, writes Mary Holm.

Yes, the investment opportunity sounded interesting, I told her. But why was she calling me with such an extraordinary offer.

Fixed interest investors face a flurry of bond issuance over the next week or so as corporates look to lock in favourable funding rates.

The $1.6 billion landlord Precinct Properties expects to start redeveloping its Downtown Shopping Centre site in Auckland's CBD above the new Central Rail Link in two years.

Kiwis face the prospect of a retirement income that meets only basic needs unless more changes are made to KiwiSaver, Mercer warns.

Ireland and New Zealand are highly correlated, writes David Chaplin. Both are small island nations unduly influenced by economically powerful neighbours

Alesco settling its tax-avoidance stoush is likely to lead to companies in similar disputes cutting deals with the IRD, say tax specialists.

A new book is out to help landlords, with a series of forms ranging from notices to increase rent to a dog clause document.

It will take a few more disasters to move things along but we are certainly heading in the right direction.

Usually, this whole aging business is presented as a major looming crisis, requiring urgent action.

This is a buying opportunity, plain and simple and even if prices decline further from here it does not matter for those with the bigger picture in mind, writes Nick McDonald.

Most of those who seek to reduce their tax obligations are net contributors to our society, writes Damien Grant. The only complaints against them are they do not pay enough.

When we talk market opinions there are only two possible scenarios 1. Right, or 2. Wrong. So here are my predictions for 2014, writes Nick McDonald.

On paper, it looks like Andy Davies owns half of Auckland. In real life, the $75 million-plus man wears holey jerseys and lives in a Freemans Bay 'do-up'.

Following a budget can result in lifelong lifestyle changes. Students who don't budget will go on to be workers who don't budget, writes Diana Clement.