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Mary Holm: Bonus hard to find in Bonus Bonds
Mary Holm talks kids, Bonus Bonds and buying a home.

Brian Gaynor: Focus on funds not without its risks
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), or passive investment funds, have grown rapidly over recent years.

Brian Fallow: Making a market in carbon
The Paris Agreement on climate change ticked one essential box from a narrow national point of view: it countenances the use of international trading in carbon credits to meet countries' emissions targets.

Diana Clement: Confusopoly, laddering and a few twists
You'd think writing about money was simply repeating the same concepts over and over again, but every year I come across new ideas, concepts and products.

No soap leaves TV3 in a spin
TV boss will have to decide if it is worth making another attempt to get taxpayer funding for NZ version of Home and Away.

Fran O'Sullivan: Time for a rethink on two-tier WTO
New Zealand should have a critical rethink about whether it's time to join those that want to get the World Trade Organisation on to a two-tier system and reinvigorate global trade.

Get Sorted: Giving beyond our close circle
Tom Hartmann talks microfinance providers offering low-cost borrowing solutions to those in need.

Tech firm founders become billionaires
Australian software maker Atlassian made a blockbuster share market debut last week, valuing the company at nearly US$8 billion ($12 billion) and propelled both founders to billionaire status, well....

Diana Clement: Investors' love for lender fading
Investors are falling out of love with New Zealand's first peer-to-peer (P2P) lender.

Mary Holm: Peer-to-peer lending qualms
Mary Holm talks peer-to-peer lending, smart investing and replacement businesses.

Brian Fallow: No time for the tight-fisted
It is high time for the Government to go easy and give itself more room to manoeuvre in setting fiscal policy, writes Brian Fallow.

John Drinnan: Campaigners for screen sector
Over the years, John Barnett and Dave Gibson have fought to get funding for their respective film and TV dramas.

Phil Newland: Litigation funders help to ensure level playing field for all
Litigation risk and costs, and the time it can take to achieve an outcome through the court process, are such that many parties are simply unable to pursue valid legal claims.

CEO Q&A: Mark Adamson, Fletcher Building
Mark Adamson tells Anne Gibson of his reaction to shareholder criticism, the massive business sell-down, turning 50 and his holiday plans.

Robyn Pearce: Don't wrap the kids in cotton wool
Robyn Pearce talks the benefits of being stretched, no matter what our age.

Brent Sheather: Oh no, more on active versus passive
Brent Sheather talks active versus passive fund management.

Get Sorted: Seen your credit score?
Tom Hartmann talks credit card history and what factors can affect credit scores.

The case for and against a rate cut
Like three quick wickets in a test match on an otherwise lifeless pitch, this week's monetary policy statement suddenly has a bit of an edge to it.

Brian Gaynor: NZX losing the race to deliver new listings
Why do we have so few IPOs in New Zealand? The NZX will have only three main board IPOs in the current year compared with 12 in 2014 and seven in 2013.

Smartphones for Xmas only half the plan
COMMENT: Do your children dream of receiving water balloons and unicorns for Christmas? Get real, Diana Clement writes.

Shopping around for insurance worth it
OPINION: The savings you can make shopping around for insurance are certainly worth the hassle, writes Mary Holm.

John Drinnan: Maori show mooted for TV3
Current affairs programme would be 100% taxpayer funded.

Brian Fallow: Bad aim, or the wrong target?
Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler will be acutely conscious that inflation for the past year has been below the 1 per cent bottom of the bank's target band.

Mike Taylor: Smaller stocks, hunting ground for gems
Investing in small caps need not be a volatile experience, you just need to focus on the right stocks, Mike Taylor writes.

Risks and rewards in private investing
Running a privately-owned business is hard work; and mostly rewarding. Investing in privately-owned businesses is also hard work and mostly rewarding.

Robyn Pearce: How to resilience-proof your kids
Robyn Pearce talks how to raise successful young adults. "If we always seek to protect our children from adversity, we weaken, damage and distort the precious young lives we're entrusted with."

Small Business: The silly season - Dana Johnston and JP Schmidt, 46 & York and Meadow
Small Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owners Dana Johnston and JP Schmidt about dealing with the lead up to Christmas.

Graham McGregor: Three success strategies for December
There are only a few short weeks till a brand New Year begins on 1 January 2016. Here are three success strategies to put into action in December.